New England In-House

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 ...

Click here to read this special section, “Cannabis and the Municipal Challenge: The Secrets to Successful Permitting,” sponsored by Smith, Costello & Crawford. The participants in the roundtable discussion were: James E. Smith, moderator and founding partner at Smith Costello; Sira ...

A financial advisor who claimed she was subjected to gender discrimination and retaliation by UBS Financial Services and its market manager in Boston, James E. Ducey, has been awarded $1,633,019 following arbitration. Christine Carona was awarded damages, attorneys’ fees, and ...