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Recent Developments and Legal Trends in Employment Law
In an effort to keep our readers abreast of recent developments and legal trends, we summarize below what is new... Read More »
Updated Bulletin Regarding COBRA Premium Assistance Under ARPA
The IRS recently issued a detailed notice (Notice 2021-31) providing much-needed guidance on the application of the temporary premium assistance... Read More »
Our “Top Five to Ten” List of Important Recent and Upcoming Cases
When we published our February newsletter, COVID-related closures were still commonplace, vaccines were only first making their way to the... Read More »
3 Discrimination Takeaways From The Latest High Court Term
Gavriela M. Bogin-Farber, senior associate in the firm’s Employment Department and president of Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association (MELA), was quoted... Read More »
COBRA Alert: Enhanced Benefits for Those Eligible
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which provides important health insurance... Read More »
Nancy S. Shilepsky and Brian J. MacDonough published in Law360 on the application of the doctrine of the ministerial exception
Nancy S. Shilepsky, partner in the firm’s Employment Department, and Brian J. MacDonough, chair of the department, were published in Law360 on March... Read More »
Sherin and Lodgen Employment Department and Essex Partners host webinar on hot topics in employment law during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Sherin and Lodgen Employment Department, in collaboration with Essex Partners, hosted a webinar titled, "Employment Hot Topics in the... Read More »
Proposed Amendments to the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Regulations
In just a few months, beginning on January 1, 2021, most Massachusetts workers will be eligible for paid family and... Read More »
The CARES Act and Your Compensation: What Every Executive Should Know
Signed into law on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provides access... Read More »
Brian J. MacDonough quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on revisions to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination’s Rules of Procedure
Brian J. MacDonough, chair of the firm’s Employment Department, was quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW) on February 27, 2020. The article,... Read More »
Unequal Bargaining Power and Hardship May Make a Post-Employment Restriction Unenforceable: New Guidance from Massachusetts’ Highest Court
On October 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Non-Competition Act, MGL c. 149, sec. 21, went into effect. Without a doubt, the... Read More »
