The B&B Docket Blog:

Michael Mason spoke to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly about a recent federal court decision that clarified employers’ obligation to pay overtime and keep accurate records of hours worked. The court held that the defendant, F.W. Webb Co., violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by misclassifying its inside sales representatives as exempt from overtime. The company had argued that because the sales…

An accountant who resigned from his employment and who allegedly violated a non-solicitation restriction by providing services to former clients of the prior employer will not be subject to his former employer’s anticompetitive demands. B&B attorneys Todd Bennett and Sudeshna Trivedi successfully defeated the former employer’s motion for a preliminary injunction, including the accounting firm’s request for a court order…

On June 21, 2023, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that a former employee of Schneider Electric would get his day in court on his claim of age discrimination. The case, Adams v. Schneider Electric, involved an employee who was laid off in 2017. Adams alleged that he was laid off because of his age, and that Schneider Electric had…

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is taking steps to severely restrict employers’ tendering of non-competition, non-disparagement and confidentiality agreements to employees. In particular, the NLRB has deemed it unlawful for employers to tender provisions in severance agreements and other employment agreements that broadly seek to interfere with or otherwise limit protected rights of employees. In a memo dated May…

B&B Partner Michaela May spoke to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on the new-found prevalence of Massachusetts claims in remote work environments, particularly among commissioned employees. In an article published on May 27, May spoke about the circumstances that often lead employees whose work straddles many states to pursuing their rights under Massachusetts law. Massachusetts law claims can be attractive to employees,…

In a trade secrets case in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Judge Richard Stearns has issued a scathing M.G.L. chapter c. 93A decision rebuking Defendants for deliberately and deceptively using Plaintiff’s trade secrets to the detriment of Plaintiff. The decision captioned, Biopoint, Inc. v. Dickhaut et al, came down on April 25, 2023. The Court issued a hefty…

Bennett & Belfort PC is pleased to announce that on May 18, 2023 B&B Partner, David E. Belfort will serve as co-chair for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s (“MCLE”) panel, “Successfully Trying Employment Cases in Court, at Arbitration & in Mediation.” Mr. Belfort and co-chair Monica R. Shah, along with panelists Lynn A. Kappelman and Hon. Bonnie H. MacLeod (Ret.), will…

Bennett & Belfort, P. C. is proud to have defeated Defendant’s Motion For Summary Judgment on behalf of its client, Jaimi Rose, in his pending discrimination case.  In a decision dated May 1, 2023, a Justice of the Barnstable Superior Court, Hon. Elaine M. Justice Buckley denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment on claims of race discrimination, hostile work…