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Understanding the Systems Perspective When Running a Family Business

November 15, 2012

Unless families create boundaries between family life and business life, conflict and chaos are bound to occur. According to Patricia, however, families can replace chaos with order by viewing the…

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EPA Review Process May Cloud Nanosilver’s Future

November 12, 2012

Silver (Ag) is used in a variety of industrial and consumer products. For example, silver may be found in wound dressings, swimming pool chemicals, personal care products, wood finishing varnish,…

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Reasonable Accommodations: Service and Assistance Animals in Condominiums

November 12, 2012

When a condominium unit owner requests to keep a pet, the condo association usually consults its master deed, bylaws, and rules and regulations to determine whether or not the pet…

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Fire at Bridgewater-Raynham High School Sparks Confrontation With Local Reporter

November 8, 2012

When Bridgewater-Raynham’s principal physically escorted a reporter out of the school and ordered her to delete photos taken from a public place, she sparked a confrontation that violated the reporter’s…

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The Impact of the New Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code on Our Family Law Practice

November 8, 2012

The New Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code ("MUPC") brought about new reform in the field of family law that impacted family law courts and practitioners alike. Together with Theresa Ramos, Brad…

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DPU Adopts Emergency Net Metering Regulation: New Caps to Take Effect Immediately

November 7, 2012

On November 1, 2012 the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued an emergency regulation updating its existing net metering rules, and implementing the new net metering caps scheduled to take…

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Estate Planning For An Unpredictable Future

November 5, 2012

Patricia outlines the two major components – organizational and operational – of using trusts in estate planning. The organizational structure is established when the trust is signed. The operational structure…

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Why Your LLC Needs a Written Operating Agreement

October 31, 2012

Many businesses today choose to form as, or convert to, a limited liability company (LLC), because LLCs provide a convenient, flexible structure, offering the limited liability features of a corporation…

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International Standards for Safety Data Sheets Are Coming for Manufactured Nanomaterials – October 2012

October 4, 2012

International standards compliance for hazardous chemicals, materials, or substances is important to promote workplace and customer safety and to foster the global marketability of your products while trying to minimize…

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Massachusetts DPU Issues Order Defining “Facility” and “Unit”

September 7, 2012

On August 24, 2012, The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued an order (the Order) that clarified the terms "facility" and "unit" as used in the Massachusetts Net Metering…