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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Act").  The President also signed a second bill […]

Employers should not be intimidated by class action allegations just because the initial odds may seem stacked against them. In a recent case, Prince Lobel successfully […]

U.S. District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf  ruled in favor of Prince Lobel client Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail Company (MBCR), finding that blacks, Hispanics and whites […]