On May 1, 2019, the Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) announced that due to feedback from the public and key stakeholders.

In Farmer v. Kansas State University ("KSU"), a federal district court revisited the issue of when off-campus activity that would violate Title IX becomes the responsibility of a college or university to investigate and, if necessary, remediate.

In Tovar v. Essentia Health (U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2017), Brittany Tovar sought and was denied benefits needed for her son's gender reassignment based on a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, as the Essentia health plan explicitly excluded such benefits.

Last week, the President issued an Executive Order entitled "Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources."

As we wrote about in a client alert on May 4, the SBA recently issued guidance to PPP loan borrowers (FAQ 31) about the required certification that the loan is necessary to support ongoing operations.

The Harvey Weinstein scandal drew national attention, and although it struck a nerve with American society, it has empowered individuals to speak out about sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace. Van Dyck offers advice and several contract clauses that employers and their boards should consider in the wake of the Weinstein scandal.

Employers must be prepared to take swift action to address these complaints when they arise in the workplace and, better yet, to take proactive steps to discourage harassment and other forms of discrimination...

In the wake of the #MeToo Movement, the National Science Foundation has released a proposed policy seeking to impose sexual harassment and assault-related reporting requirements on Colleges and Universities.

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...

Worcester Medicine has published "Restructuring Practices the Legal Way" by Peter Martin and Jake Tosti. The health care provider community has been effected by COVID-19 in many ways...

As of January 1, 2019, the new minimum wage in Massachusetts is $12 per hour, and $4.35 for tipped employees, but with an important caveat:

With Governor Baker extending the Stay-at-Home Advisory through May 4, the anxieties and uncertainties people are facing as a result of COVID-19 are not likely to go away anytime soon.

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

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

It's not your imagination, breweries really are popping up everywhere. In December of 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a "Spotlight on Statistics" for the brewing industry.

With investment pumping into current and future developments all over the City, some say that Worcester is experiencing a renaissance.

Recent statements by Department of Education officials suggest new guidance is forthcoming with respect to enforcement of Title IX as applied to sexual misconduct on college campuses.

The Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) has published "Municipal adaptations, collaborations are key to community resilience" written by Katherine Garrahan.

Once the President declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency on March 13, 2020, in addition to opening access to billions of federal dollars, it also allowed employersto offer financial...

Earlier this year, I wrote a post on three bills aimed at reforming the Massachusetts beer franchise law.