Client AlertsReal EstateReal Estate Finance: Rhode Island
January 12, 2015
Richard Nadeau Practical Law – Thomson Reuters
Client AlertsReal Estate“A guide to real estate finance law for borrowers & lenders in Rhode Island”
January 10, 2015
A Q&A guide to real estate finance law for borrowers and lenders in Rhode Island. This Q&A addresses state laws relating to security instruments, usury laws, limitations on personal liability, recording requirements and taxes, priority issues, mechanics’ liens, landlord liens, title insurance matters, and foreclosure procedures primarily impacting lending transactions in a commercial context. Federal,...
Jennifer Luzzi, 2014 – 2015 Winter Associate, contributed to this article. It’s official; the longstanding rule of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that employees have no statutory right to use work email for communications with each other regarding unionizing activities has changed. On December 10, 2014, the board decided that so long as employees...
Client AlertsNewsU.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve Whether the FHA Provides for Disparate Impact Liability
December 22, 2014
A major change to federal law governing mortgage lending may be on the horizon. On October 2, 2014, the United States Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) not only imposes liability for intentional discrimination, but also for actions taken without an intent to discriminate that may have a disproportionate effect...
Effective January 17, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is reducing filing fees for new U.S. trademark applications filed and processed electronically from $325 to $275 per class (and as low as $225 if certain strict requirements can be met), and from $400 to $300 per class for renewal applications filed and processed electronically....
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborNewsU.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Major Challenge to Federal Health Reform
November 10, 2014
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli Are Employers in the 34 States Without Exchanges Subject to Penalties? Despite the fact that there is no longer any disagreement in the lower courts, the Supreme Court on Friday, November 7, 2014, made the unusual and highly unexpected move of agreeing to rule on a key challenge...
Massachusetts Ballot Question 4 on mandatory sick leave passed. This change to the law makes Massachusetts one of only a few states that requires paid sick time. Under the law, employers with 11 or more employees are required to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick time per calendar year, while smaller employers must...
Client AlertsNewsMandatory Paid Sick Time in Massachusetts?
October 29, 2014
As we prepare to go to the voting polls on November 4, one issue attracting attention from smaller employers is Ballot Question 4 on mandatory sick leave. This proposed change to the law would make Massachusetts one of only a few states that requires paid sick time. Under the proposed law, employers with 11 or...
Client AlertsNewsUS Department of Labor to Aggressively Pursue Misclassification Matters
October 17, 2014
Employers have many ways of getting into trouble. We hope that after reading this you will avoid one of them; namely, misclassifying employees as independent contractors. The US Department of Labor (DOL) just awarded over $10,000,000 in grants to 19 states to improve efforts of finding and prosecuting employers who improperly classify employees as independent...
