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Attorneys Ashley P. Coffey and Elizabeth V. Newton named Partner

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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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CTA Enforcement Suspended for US Citizens and Domestic Entities

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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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First Circuit Affirms School’s Policy of Respecting Students’ Gender Identity in Challenge from Parents

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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 […]

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Dave Fine spotlighted in ABA Journal, “This attorney made partner after creating a lucrative practice area focused on construction law”

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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 […]

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Corporate Transparency Act’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting is Back

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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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All Banks Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others: A Look at Interbank Credit Documents

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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 […]

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Ways an Elder Law Attorney Can Help Families | U.S. News

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Hiring an attorney who specializes in elder law could save a lot of money and stress down the road by ensuring your loved one’s future care and assets are secure. Let’s get this out of the way first: You don’t have to consider yourself elderly to hire an elder law attorney. In fact, most elder […]

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Life, Health & Disability Update: Reduction in Disability Benefits Pursuant to Lifetime Rider Again Upheld

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For the second time within the last 12 months, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld an insurer’s interpretation of a rider in a disability policy which provides for a reduction of benefits after age 65.  In Landvater v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 2025 WL 274070 (Mass. App. Ct. 2025), an unpublished decision, the court upheld […]

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Business Law Update: Beneficial Ownership Filing Requirements Remain Voluntary, Despite Supreme Court Decision

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay in the case Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry (formerly Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland), which reinstated the reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and required reporting companies to file a Beneficial Ownership Information Report (BOIR) with the U.S. Department […]

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