Massachusetts has modernized its rules governing attorney argument as to specific damage awards at trial – but only in Superior Court. Newly amended M.G.L. chapter 231, section 13B, has opened the door for juries to consider specific requests for damage sums which are sought by an aggrieved or injured plaintiff. Prior to this amendment, plaintiffs’ counsel in Superior Court civil…
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Developments in the Dynamic World
of Business and Employment Law
On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Bennett & Belfort partner, David E. Belfort moderated the Labor and Employment Update Panel at the Massachusetts Bar Association’s 36th Annual Labor & Employment Law Spring Conference at Suffolk University Law School. The Panelists addressed a variety of new developments, both legislative and case-related, in both labor and employment law over the last year. Seasoned…
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Below are some facts about sexual harassment claims in Massachusetts that you may not have known. There are many other important details relating to sexual harassment claims that are not discussed in this blog. We will update future blogs with additional information regarding sexual harassment law. If you have questions about sexual harassment in Massachusetts, please contact our office (617.577.8800).…
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On February 25, 2015, Bennett & Belfort P.C. partner David E. Belfort served as a panelist for an MCLE seminar entitled “Top 25 Keys Cases Every Employment Litigator & Counselor Must Know.” Joining Attorney Belfort on the panel were his esteemed colleagues Attorneys Andrea C. Kramer (Chair) of Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP and Nina J. Kimball of Kimball Brousseau LLP.…
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On January 7, 2015, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law An Act Relative to Parental Leave (Parental Leave Act). Effective April 7, 2015, the new law essentially makes the existing Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act (MMLA) gender neutral, so that the protections under the MMLA apply equally to both men and women. The Massachusetts Parental Leave Act also extends benefits to…
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On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Partner, Todd J. Bennett, joined colleague Scott Heidorn of Bergstresser & Pollock P.C., to speak about taking and defending depositions for the Massachusetts Bar Association’s “Feed Your Mind: Legal Lunch Series.” The monthly lunch series, hosted by the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Section and Young Lawyers Division, provides civil litigators of all experience levels…
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On July 1, 2015, MGL Chapter 149, Section 148C, Massachusetts’ Earned Sick Time For Employees law goes into effect, and with it thousands of employees begin accruing time-off rights that were not previously enjoyed. Who gets sick time off? The voter approved initiative potentially entitles all non-federal government workers in Massachusetts sick time off from work to care for the…
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Bennett & Belfort P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of Attorney Sarah Amundson to the firm! Attorney Amundson was officially sworn in, and signed the register of attorneys, on November 19, 2014 at Historic Faneuil Hall. The ceremony was conducted by Maura S. Doyle, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court and presided over by SJC Chief Justice Ralph D.…
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