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B&B Partner Michaela May spoke to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently on an appellate decision permitting an oil technician’s disability discrimination claim to proceed to trial. In Sutherland v. Peterson’s Oil Service, the technician regularly updated his employer about his knee injury and was terminated very soon after notifying his employer that he was able to return to work. May told…

Bennett & Belfort founding partner David E. Belfort’s successful appeal in Hidalgo v. Watch City Construction Corp., et al. was recently featured in a front page Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW) article entitled “Employer’s Wage Act counterclaims tossed as SLAPP suits.” The case involved B&B client, Plaintiff Andres Hidalgo, whose wage action was met with counterclaims for abuse of process and…

Bennett & Belfort founding partner David E. Belfort and attorney Nafisa Bohra, with the assistance of appellate counsel Robert S. Mantell, won a significant appellate victory that affirms the protections afforded by the Massachusetts’ anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation (“SLAPP”) statute. The so-called “Anti-SLAPP” law protects litigants, including employees, who assert their rights in court and are then countersued for…

B&B Founding Partner, Todd Bennett, was recently quoted in “Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly” (MLW) in connection with a decision by the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirming dismissal by the lower court of age discrimination claims against Trader Joe’s.  The case highlights important considerations relating to strategy when bringing employment discrimination claims. The case, Cocuzzo v. Trader Joe’s East Inc., et…

Bennett & Belfort, P. C. is proud to announce that partners David E. Belfort, Todd J. Bennett, Eric R. LeBlanc, and Craig D. Levey have been recognized as Best Lawyers in Boston Magazine in the practice category Labor and Employment. Attorneys Belfort, Bennett, LeBlanc, and Levey were honored for their outstanding legal talent as recognized by their lawyer colleagues in…

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly honored B&B Partner Michaela May as one of its “Top Women of the Law” for 2024, in a ceremony held on November 12, 2024, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. May, who joined the firm in 2018, primarily represents workers employment-related disputes. May’s practice includes wage-and-hour, discrimination, sexual harassment, severance agreements, and restrictive covenants. Her clients work…

Bennett & Belfort P.C. is proud to announce that attorneys Todd J. Bennett, David E. Belfort, Eric R. LeBlanc, Michael L. Mason, Craig D. Levey, Michaela C. May, Nafisa M. Bohra, Eric Lassar, and Zachary Hammond have been honored in the 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers publication for their exceptional legal talent as recognized by their lawyer colleagues in New England.…

B&B Founding Partner David E. Belfort was recently interviewed by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW) relative to a decision issued by the Massachusetts District Court Appellate Division (Northern District) in Nunez v. Syncsort Inc., et al. (No. 23-ADCV – 63NO) involving whether retention bonuses are considered wages.  The appellate panel (Justices: Stark, McGrath & Fabbri, JJ.)  held that Nunez, an employee who worked through…