More & More Massachusetts Wage Law Claims
Employees and ex-employees are suing under the Massachusetts Wage Act and a recent decision clarifies what all they can collect in such suits. In Wessell… Read More »More & More Massachusetts Wage Law Claims
Employees and ex-employees are suing under the Massachusetts Wage Act and a recent decision clarifies what all they can collect in such suits. In Wessell… Read More »More & More Massachusetts Wage Law Claims
A candidate for State Representative in Massachusetts swore out a criminal complaint against the leaders of a Political Action Committee who, just before an election,… Read More »Criminalizing Political Speech is Unconstitutional
A recent Massachusetts case confirms, again, that Court review of arbitration awards is begrudging and very limited. Below is a brief of CONWAY v CLC… Read More »Dim Hope of Arbitration Award Review – Excess of Authority = Lone Basis
Local Rules Go Too Far Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court stopped enforcement of a local ordinance aimed at cleaning up problems caused by empty, foreclosed properties.… Read More »Court Protects Lenders From Local Foreclosure Ordinance
Conduct of the claimant admitted as a defense to machine design defect warranty claim; jury finds that conduct blocks all recovery. Affirmed on Appeal. Rose… Read More »Unreasonable Misuse Evidence Blocks Warranty Claim Injury Recovery
A Massachusetts doctor, who didn’t sign an arbitration agreement between a nursing home and its patient, couldn’t be forced to take part in the arbitration,… Read More »Broad Seep of Arbitration Clause Can’t Pull in Non-Signers
If you must know more about “the economic loss rule”, … it is rule is based on the idea that lawsuits between people who have… Read More »The Bewildering Economic Loss Rule
If someone gets hurt on your property does every building code violation come in as evidence of negligence? A recently decided Massachusetts case Sheehan v… Read More »Building code violations -evidence of negligence? Only sometimes.
Bullies haven’t needed to fear the law. However Massachusetts has a law GL c 258 E which could be a tool against bullies – and… Read More »Civil Harassment Prevention Orders – Bullying Stoppers?
Boston now requires building owners to disclose annual energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions and the City will make that data public. The… Read More »Boston to Owners of the 1050 Biggest Buildings – Disclose Energy & H2O Use Annually