Bennett & Belfort P.C. is pleased to announce that partners Todd J. Bennett, David E. Belfort, Eric R. LeBlanc and Craig D. Levey have been recognized in 2026 Best Lawyers in America. Founding Partners Todd J. Bennett and David E. Belfort were both recognized in the practice categories Litigation – Labor and Employment and Employment Law – Individuals. Partner Eric…
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Developments in the Dynamic World
of Business and Employment Law
In a closely watched case, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently issued its decision in Miele v. Foundation Medicine, Inc., holding that non-solicitation agreements with forfeiture clauses are not “forfeiture for competition agreement” subject to the tight strictures of the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (MNAA). The MNAA requires noncompete agreements entered into during or at the start of employment…
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Bennett & Belfort Partner Michaela May was re-elected on June 27, 2025, to serve a second term of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association (MELA). MELA is an organization of approximately 180 attorneys in the Commonwealth who primarily represent employees. Attorney May's practice focuses on wage-and-hour, discrimination, harassment and restrictive covenants. Prior to serving as MELA president, Ms. May was MELA's…
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Bennett & Belfort partner Eric LeBlanc has been ranked by Chambers and Partners USA as a top employment attorney representing mainly plaintiff employees. The Chambers USA Legal Guide rankings assess and compare firms nationwide, and have identified Attorney LeBlanc as exemplifying the many qualities that define top-tier legal talent. Earning a “Band 2” designation, Attorney LeBlanc has distinguished himself through “the most rigorous,…
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Bennett & Belfort, P.C. is pleased to announce that Bennett & Belfort, P.C.'s founding partner, David E. Belfort, will chair a panel for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s (“MCLE”) entitled “New Strategies for Successfully Trying & Arbitrating Employment Cases” on May 22, 2025 at noon. Mr. Belfort is thrilled to be joined by panelists, Monica R. Shah, Esq. Lynn A. Kappelman,…
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B&B Founding Partner, David E. Belfort, was recently interviewed by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly relating to the First Circuit appellate decision of Garcia-Gesualdo v. Honeywell Aerospace of Puerto Rico, Inc. in which a federal panel reversed a lower District court’s decision granting the defendant’s Motion to Dismiss plaintiff’s discrimination claims as untimely because suit was not filed within the short 90-day limitations period. The…
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Bennett & Belfort Attorney Zak Hammond spoke to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in a summary judgment decision permitting a claim under the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act to proceed to trial. In Maher v. City of Cambridge, a building projects coordinator sued under the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act alleging that she performed comparable job duties to her higher-paid male colleagues who held…
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A former high school student will get her day in court on her sexual harassment claim against the principal of her school, who she alleged had sexual harassed her, and her school, who she alleged had violated her rights by failing to stop the sexual harassment. Bennett & Belfort partner Eric R. LeBlanc and associate attorney Zachary H. Hammond, along…
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