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May 25, 2010
In 2009, two Massachusetts state legislators filed a bill calling for an outright ban of all noncompete agreements in Massachusetts. While that bill died on the vine, the attempted legislative assault…
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May 19, 2010
The case involves a woman who used to work in the Lawrence, MA Department of Public Works for the city’s then-mayor. The woman is currently receiving a tax-free salary as…
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May 14, 2010
Prince Lobel Partner Walter B. Prince was recognized in his hometown newspaper for receiving this year’s William J. Kenealy Alumnus of the Year Award at Boston College Law School’s Law…
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May 6, 2010
Consider the Risks – An Insurance Law Blog On May 3, 2010, the Georgia Supreme court in World Harvest Church, Inc. v. GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company here held that an…
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April 28, 2010
Most of the new leases we are seeing in the current economic climate include a free rent period, sometimes known as a "rent holiday." These rent holidays continue beyond the…
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April 12, 2010
Consider the Risks: An Insurance Law Blog Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that a provision in a commercial lease requiring the tenant to procure liability insurance…
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April 9, 2010
Consider the Risks: An Insurance Law Blog On April 5, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in what is likely to be a significant decision,…
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April 8, 2010
Consider the Risks: An Insurance Law Blog In many respects, it has been a slow news time for commercial insurers and reinsurers. For example, Advisen reports more of the same…
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April 7, 2010
On March 24, 2010, in its first Interpretation Letter, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) declared that employees who perform the typical duties of a mortgage…
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April 1, 2010
The new health care reform law creates strong new whistleblower protections for health care workers and expands coverage under the False Claims Act. The new law protects those who challenge…