Business Law
In a case likely to send shock-waves through the Massachusetts commercial real estate market, a Massachusetts Superior Court Judge has ruled that a commercial tenant was not required to pay rent under ...
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PAUL ROBERTSON AND KEN DEMOURA OFFER PRAGMATIC INSIGHT ON CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO CLIENTS, TO BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION AND TO BOSTON GLOBE SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE. The ...
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To address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 public health emergency, on April 23, 2020, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a Virtual Notarization Act that goes into effect immediately and will ...
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D|S FRAUDULENT INDUCEMENT VERDICT AMONG LARGEST IN MASSACHUSETTS OVER LAST YEAR $5.36 MILLION JURY VERDICT FOR FORMER CFO After a four-week trial, a Lawrence Superior Court jury awarded $5.36 million ...
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MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYER ALERT : All Massachusetts businesses with six or more employees are required to file a Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) by November 30 through the Mass DOR ...
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Massachusetts companies cannot rely on “business as usual” as their approach to non-compete agreements. Old agreements cannot become the templates for new agreements. Ignoring the changes ...
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DeMoura|Smith partner Ken DeMoura started his two-year term as Chair of the Complex Commercial Litigation Institute at the organization’s October conference in Miami Beach, Florida. DeMoura has ...
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Companies that retain independent contractors in Massachusetts must familiarize themselves with the state's stringent independent contractor statute and the consequences of misclassification. ...
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