ArticleHow Can A Craft Brewer Use The Tax Code To Help With Cash Flow?Breweries can turn to the Internal Revenue Code to help with cash flow in these difficult times.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Bowditch & Dewey
ArticleHow Does My Offer Of Work Affect My Employees' Unemployment Claims?One of the most obvious effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the record-high number of individuals in Massachusetts who have filed for unemployment. Roughly 75% of those job losses are considered temporary...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Bowditch & Dewey
ArticleBeer Franchise Law: Can Brewers And Distributors Craft A Resolution?Three bills aimed at reforming Massachusetts' controversial beer franchise law failed to make it out of committee this month, frustrating the efforts of brewers and beer distributors alike.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBowditch & Dewey
ArticleIs Crowdfunding For You?Starting a new brewery takes money.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBowditch & Dewey
ArticleLegal Basics: Starting A Brewery 101et your limited liability entity set up properly at the start. Do you want it to be a C corporation? S corporation? Limited liability company?United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBowditch & Dewey
ArticleBaker Administration And Massachusetts Legislature Agree To Delay Paid Family And Medical Leave Contribution Start Date From July 1 To October 1, 2019; Attendant Increase In Contribution Rate Is ExpectedYesterday, Gov. Baker and leaders in the Massachusetts House and Senate agreed to adopt a three-month delay to the start of required contributions to fund the new Massachusetts Paid FamilyUnited StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleBaker Administration, MA Legislature Agree To Delay PFML Contribution Start Date From July 1 To Oct. 1, 2019Yesterday, Gov. Baker and leaders in the Massachusetts House and Senate agreed to adopt a three-month delay to the start of required contributions United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
Article"Ban The Box" Amendment Strengthens Applicant Privacy By Further Restricting Employers' Ability To Request Criminal HistoryAs part of Senate Bill 2371, "An Act Relative to Criminal Justice Reform," an employer's ability to ask an applicant about their criminal past was recently further constrained. United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleCourt Finds Disability Must be Sole Reason for FiringThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky recently decided that mere knowledge of an employee's disability is insufficient to establish that the disability was the sole cause of the employee's termination, and therefore discriminatory.United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleCourt Finds Older Parking Lots Not Subject To ADA's "Meaningful Access" RequirementOn February 13, 2018, the District Court for the Western District of Washington found that University parking lots built before January 26, 1992 are not subject to the "meaningful access" requirement under the ADA".United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleDepartment Of Labor Fact Sheet: Higher Education Institutions And Overtime Pay Under The FLSAUnder the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees who work more than 40 hours per week must be paid overtime unless they fall under one of several exemptions. United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleEducational Institutions Affiliated with Religious Organizations May Be Liable Under Massachusetts Law For Hiring or Firing Based on Religious PrinciplesMassachusetts statute G. L. c. 151B prohibits, among other things, employers from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation. United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleFederal Court Upholds Validity of Harvard's Employee Separation AgreementOn August 7, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a disability discrimination claim brought by a former employee against Harvard University, ruling that the employee had released all claims against the University when she accepted the terms of her separation agreement. United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleLeaked Draft Executive Order to Respect Religious Freedom Disrespects the LGBTQ CommunityLast summer, Donald Trump received recognition for being the first Republican presidential nominee to mention the LGBTQ community in his acceptance speech. United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleNY Federal Court Limits Breach Of Contract Claims Against Universities For Failing To Follow Internal Termination PoliciesOn January 25, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York upheld the legal standard established by prior precedence that a breach of contract claim brought by a professor ...United StatesEmployment and HRBowditch & Dewey
ArticleChanges Brewing Thanks To New Delaware House BillA new law in Delaware sheds some light on potential changes that could benefit many of the most popular breweries in Massachusetts.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBowditch & Dewey
ArticleHow Does Your Garden Grow? New Bill Seeks To Limit Beer GardensWe heard it through the grapevine that a new bill seeks to nip in the bud the blossoming trend of beer gardens.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBowditch & Dewey
ArticlePotential Changes To Distributor Agreements For Small BreweriesThe Massachusetts Senate recently passed a bill that would bring an end to a hard-fought dispute between the craft brewery industry and distributors. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBowditch & Dewey
ArticleTTB Online Permit Upgrades Increase Turnaround TimeOn July 31, 2018, after being shut down for about a week, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau ("TTB") launched an upgrade of its technology to v.5.0 of Permits Online. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBowditch & Dewey