Bennett & Belfort PC is pleased to announce that on December 4, 2020 B&B Partner, David E. Belfort, will serve as an invited speaker at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s (“MCLE”) “23rd Annual Employment Law Conference 2020”. Mr. Belfort will serve on a panel entitled “ADR and Trial Practice in a New World: What's New, What's the Same, and What's…
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David E. BelfortMichael L. MasonMichaela C. MayTodd J. BennettEric R. LeBlancCraig D. LeveyBennett & Belfort is pleased to announce that Thompson Reuters has recognized six of its attorneys as SuperLawyers and SuperLawyers Rising Stars. Attorneys Todd Bennett and David Belfort were selected as “Top 100” attorneys. Attorney Belfort was also selected as a SuperLawyer in the category of “Employment Litigation:…
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David E. Belfort, Esq.Bennett & Belfort PC is pleased to announce that on October 29, 2020 B&B Partner, David E. Belfort will serve as a panelist on the Massachusetts Bar Association’s (“MBA”) presentation entitled “COVID-19 and the Workplace: What Employers Should Know & Perspectives from the DOL and AGO” The Panelists plan to address a variety of hot topics impacting…
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Eric R. LeBlanc, Esq.Michaela C. May, Esq.On June 5, 2020, the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a Superior Court decision that would have precluded a plaintiff in a sexual harassment case from moving to dismiss her harasser’s specious counterclaims. The case is Rosario v. Caring Bees Healthcare, Inc. et al, Appeals Court No. 19-P-1223. After Attorneys Eric LeBlanc and Michaela May…
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With businesses reopening in Massachusetts, a major challenge is how to handle employee concerns about returning to the workplace while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Laws enacted to specifically address COVID-19 in the workplace protect employees who contract the illness, need to take care of a household member who has contracted the illness, or cannot work due to COVID-19-related child care…
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B&B Partner David E. Belfort was called upon for comment and quoted in the April 29, 2020 issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (“MLW”) in a front page article discussing the Massachusetts Appeals Court decision upholding the ruling in Trahan v. Wayfair, LLC (Trahan v. Wayfair Me., LLC, No. 19-1961 (1st Cir. Apr. 21, 2020). The Trahan appeal involved the lower…
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Severance agreements are contracts between an employer and a departing employee that formalize the terms of the separation- and beyond. While people are generally aware that employers sometimes offer a severance agreement, there are some important facts that employees should know in the event that they are presented with one and asked to sign it. Like most contracts, severance agreements…
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On March 12, 2020 Bennett & Belfort P.C. attorney Craig D. Levey served as a panelist for the Boston Bar Association’s program entitled “Employment Law Issues Related to the Coronavirus Outbreak.” This very timely discussion was hosted by the BBA’s Labor and Employment Law Section. Mr. Levey was joined on the panel by Peter J. Moser of Hirsch Roberts Weinstein…
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