Just having the skills and experience to do the job isn’t enough. The probate attorney you hire needs to have the right temperament for your particular case. Losing a loved one is never easy. But amid grief, many find themselves suddenly burdened with legal responsibilities they never expected. The probate process can be overwhelming, especially […]
Greater Worcester Community Foundation is proud to introduce its new Professional Advisors Council, a group dedicated to strengthening relationships between the Foundation and Worcester County’s advisor community. Attorney Jennifer Flanagan is one of a dozen local professionals named to the Council. “Professional advisors are essential partners for our community foundation. They help clients align their […]
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued guidance entitled, What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work (the “Guidance”). In the Guidance, the EEOC states that DEI initiatives, programs, and practices may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) if they involve an employer taking an employment action motivated […]
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Pandemic-era legislation that allows public bodies to hold meetings remotely has been extended through June 30, 2027. The extended temporary amendment to the Open Meeting Law signed by the Governor last week (House Bill No. 62) authorizes a quorum of a board or committee to meet remotely and to require remote public access. The prior authorization […]
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Mirick announced that Attorneys Ashley P. Coffey and Elizabeth V. Newton have been named Partner. Coffey represents entities buying, selling, financing and leasing commercial real estate in the firm’s Land Use and Environmental Law and Public & Municipal Law Groups. She also represents lenders in documenting and closing commercial loan transactions. She joined Mirick as […]
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It has certainly been a turbulent few weeks for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Since our last client alert, which highlighted the reinstatement of the CTA’s beneficial ownership reporting requirements (the “Reporting Requirements”) and set a deadline for most reporting companies to submit their beneficial ownership information reports (BOIR) to the U.S. Department of the […]
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On February 18, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision from the Massachusetts Federal District Court dismissing a lawsuit brought by the parents of two middle school students in the Ludlow public school district alleging that the school had infringed on their constitutional right to direct the upbringing of their children. The parents sued […]
David Fine didn’t intend to become a construction law attorney. But when presented with the opportunity, the Massachusetts-based attorney ran with it. In law school, Fine says, he didn’t have expectations about his future practice. After graduating from the Suffolk University Law School cum laude in 2005, he worked as a law clerk for the […]
On February 17, 2025, the Eastern District of Texas lifted the last remaining preliminary injunction, issued in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, that had previously delayed the implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership reporting requirements (the “Reporting Requirements”). This decision, while aligning with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Texas Top […]
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In 1929 Secretary of State Henry Stimson shut down the State Department’s cryptology office, which had decoded foreign diplomatic cables. “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail,” he said to explain his decision to go out of the spying business. The principle of that statement—that some groups have high standards in dealings between members despite […]