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Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House hosted the annual Leaders in the Law reception and awards dinner at the Renaissance Waterfront Hotel in Boston recently. Attended by more than 500 people, the event honored the 2019 Lawyers of the ...

This special section features excerpts from two panel discussions at the December 2019 Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal and Business Environment event, hosted by Lawyers Weekly and Color Magazine. The section is presented by Verrill and Day Pitney, who sponsored the ...

To our readers: Welcome to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House’s annual review of the state’s Largest Law Firms. We have been surveying the 100 largest firms in Massachusetts for more than 25 years and are proud to bring you ...

In this special section, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House celebrate the accomplishments of our 2020 In-House Leaders in the Law. The 24 honorees selected this year were chosen for a variety of reasons. Many played a major role ...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House hosted their annual In-House Counsel Breakfast on Dec. 6 at the Social Law Library in Boston. The program featured a panel discussion with Thanda A. Fields Brassard, general counsel at Fiduciary Trust Co.; ...

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Rhode Island is seeking comment on proposed amendments to local rules and forms relating to implementation of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which takes effect Feb. 19. Copies of the proposed amendments are available ...

The U.S. Department of Labor on Jan. 13 announced a final rule to update the regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Under the FLSA, an employee may have, in addition to his or her employer, one ...

The U.S. Department of Labor Jan. 7 announced three new opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. The newly issued opinion letters are: FLSA2020-1, addressing calculating overtime pay ...

Welcome to the 2019-2020 Directory of New England In-House Counsel. We are proud to provide you with the most comprehensive catalog of its kind, and we hope you find it to be a valuable reference tool. Lawyers Weekly and New England ...

Consistent with both the “place of contracting” and “interest-weighing” approaches to choice-of-law questions, a federal magistrate judge in Rhode Island has recommended to the District Court that Massachusetts law should apply to a Rhode Island plaintiff’s common law claims against ...