On Friday, May 6, 2016, Bennett & Belfort partner, David E. Belfort moderated the Labor and Employment Update Panel at the Massachusetts Bar Association’s 37th Annual Labor & Employment Law Spring Conference at Suffolk University Law School. The Panelists addressed a variety of recent legislative and common law developments in both labor and employment law before a room of about 85 attendees. The experienced…
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Bennett & Belfort, P.C. partner, David E. Belfort, recently published an article in the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Lawyer’s Journal entitled “The Value of Disconnecting." The piece, which ran in the monthly’s March/April Section Review, focuses on the importance of uninterrupted vacations and down time in the age of boundless smart-phone technology and a seemingly endless stream of professional emails. Mr.…
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Partner, Michael L. Mason and Associate Andrew S. McIlvaine recently secured an arbitration award of over $150,000 for a client who was wrongfully terminated without cause. Our client was a financial adviser whose employment contract stated that he could only be terminated “for cause.” His employer terminated him three years into his five-year…
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On February 11, 2016, Bennett & Belfort P.C. partner David E. Belfort again chaired and presented at a seminar entitled “Proving & Valuing Damages in Employment Cases” at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s (MCLE) Boston conference center. Joining Attorney Belfort on the panel were his respected colleagues Attorneys Robert S. Mantell, Esq. of Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, Mary E. O’Neal,…
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Bennett & Belfort, P.C. partner, David E. Belfort , co-chaired, along with Margaret Paget and John Tocci a November 24, 2015 round table discussion at the Massachusetts Bar Association entitled “Legislative Updates on Employment Law with State Legislators” . The legislative panelists included Rep. John Scibak, Chairman, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Sen. Michael J. Barrett, Vice Chair, Joint Committee on…
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In a published opinion by Massachusetts United States District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns, Bennett & Belfort partner Eric LeBlanc successfully defeated Defendant’s motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of Plaintiff’s claims of age discrimination under M.G.L.c. 151B and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. In Seifaee, the 61-year-old Plaintiff was terminated as part of a reduction in force, along with 13…
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On October 23, 2015, B&B partners, Eric LeBlanc and Todd Bennett, obtained a favorable jury verdict for their client in the United States Federal District Court in Boston. Mr. Bennett and Mr. LeBlanc represented PMLRA Pizza, Inc. (“PMLRA”), a franchisee of Domino’s Pizza, and Henry Askew (individually), the President of PMLRA Pizza, Inc. At issue in the case, was: a) …
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We are proud to announce that Thomas Reuters / Super Lawyers has again listed Bennett & Belfort P.C. partners Todd J. Bennett, David E. Belfort, Michael L. Mason (Rising Star) and Eric R. LeBlanc (Rising Star) among the 2015 New England Super Lawyers. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Belfort were selected “Top 100 Lawyers in New England” for a second consecutive…
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