On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule updating the earnings threshold to qualify an employee as "exempt," and therefore ineligible for overtime, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Legislation currently pending in the Massachusetts Senate would expand the reach of the Commonwealth's employment discrimination statute ...

On November 14, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi allowed a student's claim against the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to proceed to discovery.

In a recent decision involving George Washington University ("GWU") and the Service Employees International Union ("SEIU") Local 500, the National Labor Relations Board determined that students...

Bob Cox served as moderator for the Environmental Business Council of New England's (EBC) Leadership Program: Environmental, Energy and Climate Programs

On October 16, 2017, the highest court in Massachusetts found that a federal law known as the Stored Communications Act (SCA) does not prevent the Personal Representatives of an estate from accessing the content of a decedent's Yahoo email account, but remanded the case to the Probate Court to resolve a second issue of whether Yahoo's terms of services agreement bars access.

In law school, I wrote papers on the tax consequences of death and divorce for same-sex married couples.

Massachusetts brewers may soon be able to sell beer and pour samples at farmers markets.

Last month, a local brewery was informed by the Water & Sewer Commission in its town that its wastewater contained more pollutants than was originally anticipated.

On March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will defer the physical presence requirement of the Form I-9 verification process for those employers who are operating remotely (this does not apply to employers who have employees present at a work location).

Attorney Mark Powers addresses the dicey issue of what creditors can do when their counterparties file for bankruptcy in a recent article for the Worcester Business Journal

Coming up with unique beer names can be a frightening prospect. With so many brewers cranking out so many outstanding beers, it can sometimes seem like all of the best names are already taken.

It's no secret that Massachusetts has a long way to go when it comes to addressing the issue of affordable housing.

With the end of 2019 fast approaching, real estate investors would be wise to take advantage of opportunity zones, a program that provides temporary deferments and permanent exclusion of taxable

Attorney Mark Borenstein discusses the importance of local zoning ordinances and bylaws in a recent article he wrote for the Worcester Business Journal

The timing of the project couldn't be better.

Last Summer, a Florida brewery made national headlines by announcing an innovation: biodegradable six-pack rings.

Desperate for an accomplishment in this first year of Republican control of the federal government, the Trump administration is floating two ideas that seem on their faces to be non-starters.

In Mary E. Daley v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Lionel C. Nadeau v. Director of the Office of Medicaid, which were consolidated in an appeal...

The Beer Institute, a trade association based in Washington, D.C. that represents brewers both big and small, as well as importers and suppliers to the beer industry, has recently published...