Law & Government
Law & Government
Navigating Short-term Rentals By Ryan K. O’Hara, Esq. Maybe you’ve spent a lazy July week with your family in a cottage overlooking Cape Cod Bay. Maybe you’re letting Janice from […]
A Sometimes Fine Line By Marylou Fabbo, Esq. There’s no doubt the #MeToo movement has brought positive change to the business world by creating a safer environment for women (and […]
Attention to Details Matters By Timothy Netkovick, Esq. As attorneys, we often hear comments like these: ‘we don’t need you to draft our handbook, we got one online,’ or ‘we […]
Firm Resolve As Bacon Wilson approaches its 125th anniversary next year, it can look back on plenty of history and change — with perhaps the past couple of decades representing […]
Knowledge Is Power By John S. Gannon, Esq. As an employment attorney, my job is to help businesses comply with the myriad laws that govern the workplace. No business is […]
Navigating Change Amy Royal was taking a calculated risk when she left a stable job in employment law to start her own firm at the start of the Great Recession. […]
Prepare for the Unexpected Medical decisions aren’t always cut and dry. The way Jack Ferriter sees it, why entrust them to just anyone? “A healthcare proxy is someone who stands […]
Hazy Picture Just as the business and legal communities in Massachusetts were learning to deal with medical marijuana, voters kicked the door wide open in 2016 by legalizing the drug […]
A Clear Roadmap By Kimberly A. Klimczuk The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is a federal law that protects employees’ right to engage in concerted activity. Although the NLRA is […]
Degrees of Improvement By Kayla Ebner In the years immediately following the Great Recession, many law-school graduates were challenged to find employment, let alone their dream job. But the picture […]
A Grand Bargain for Business? By John S. Gannon, Esq. & Amelia J. Holstrom, Esq. Last month, the Massachusetts Legislature passed the so-called ‘grand bargain’ bill. The new law, which […]
Be Careful with Your ‘Wake Word’ By Andrew Levchuk and Lauren Ostberg Everyone is now familiar with Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant, virtual personal assistants (VPAs) marketed by Amazon, Apple, […]
Not an Arbitrary Decision John Greaney spent more than four decades behind various benches — everything from this region’s first Housing Court to the state Supreme Judicial Court. Desiring to […]
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Streamlining the Process Since he took the helm as president of Westfield State University in 2015, Ramon Torrecilha has talked often, and consistently, about a changing dynamic in higher education […]
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‘A Zealous Advocate’ Sudha Setty wasn’t sure where her initial interest in law would take her — she simply wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. Her current role […]
