As we indicated in our prior client alerts on the new Massachusetts paid family and medical leave law (“PFML”), while the first phase of the law goes into effect on July 1, the PFML’s procedural requirements and operational mechanics continue to be revised and updated. The Department of Family and Medical Leave (“DFML”) announced the...
Partridge Snow & Hahn (PS&H) has once again been recognized by one of the legal industry’s most prestigious resource guides – Chambers USA. The firm is recognized in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for its work in the areas of Banking/Restructuring, Corporate/Commercial, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance, Corporate/Commercial: Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and...
The Spring is a good time for all businesses to review and update their cybersecurity policies and practices. We are only a few months into 2019, and already we are hearing breaking news about new data breaches. The German government suffered a breach involving many prominent politicians and celebrities and Singapore Airlines announced that changes...
PS&H partner, Drew Colby, serves as a panelist at Trends in the Construction Industry presentation hosted by Starkweather & Shepley on April 25, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at Boston Marriott Burlington, One Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA. Click here for more presentation information. To learn more and to register, click here. Starkweather & Shepley Insurance has partnered with East...
Overview One of the major impediments to the growth of the legal cannabis industry in the United States is the inability of cannabis businesses to obtain banking services. Under current law, most banks and credit unions refuse to provide services to cannabis related businesses and their owners, employees or service providers (the “Cannabis Industry”) for...
The first phase of Massachusetts’ new paid family and medical leave law (“PFML”) requires covered employers to provide certain notices to employees and 1099-MISC contractors as of July 1. Specifically, a form of notice is required to be posted at employer locations and personal notice is required to be provided to all covered workers. As...
Last week, a bipartisan group in Congress took a big step toward eliminating the current conflict between federal and state marijuana laws by re-introducing a bill that would allow each state to determine its own marijuana position. The bill is called the “Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act,” or STATES ACT for short....
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli Certain Obligations Take Effect on July 1 – What Employers Need to Know Now THE BASICS. Massachusetts has enacted yet another new leave law. Paid Family and Medical Leave (“PFML”) provides employees with job protected leaves of absence similar to those provided by the federal FMLA, but...
Jack Partridge is among the honorees recognized at the 2019 Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Excellence In The Law event. The luncheon took place on Tuesday, April 9th at the Providence Marriott Downtown. Jack was recognized by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly as one of the publication’s inaugural Hall of Fame inductees. This award is a special lifetime achievement award for the senior...
Privacy protection continues to be a theme at the Rhode Island General Assembly. As we reported in our April 1, 2019 Client Alert, which can be read here, the “Consumer Privacy Protection Act” was introduced on March 29, 2019 proposing more stringent requirements on businesses that collect and retain consumers’ personal information. More recently, on April...
