Client AlertsReal EstateQuestion of the Month: Are we reliving 2006, and is the Boston market a bubble waiting to burst?
October 1, 2014
“Question of the Month: Are we reliving 2006, and is the Boston market a bubble waiting to burst?”
As technological developments have greatly expanded the world of available information, the cost of harvesting electronically stored information (ESI) has risen exponentially. In recent years however, technology has also begun to offer new tools, such as keyword searches and predictive coding, to significantly reduce e-discovery costs. But as the parties learned in Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. v. Delaney, No....
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli In a surprising reversal, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia yesterday granted request by the federal government to have its full 11-judge bench re-hear the case on whether the government, by regulation, can provide tax credits to exchanges run by individual states. ...
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborNewsDueling Districts on Major Challenge to Federal Health Reform
July 23, 2014
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli Are Employers in States Without Exchanges Subject to Penalties? In two highly technical and comprehensive rulings out July 22, 2014, two federal districts came to opposite conclusions on a key remaining challenge to federal health reform. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals limited the reach of Affordable...
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborNewsWhen it Comes to Volunteers and Unpaid Interns There is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch
June 18, 2014
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli t is summertime and the schools are out. You get a call from an eager college student offering to intern at your company for free. It seems like a win-win situation, right? Your company wins by having someone finally get to those little details and back burner...
Client AlertsCommercial FinanceNewsNew SEC Rules for Municipal Advisors Take Effect July 1, 2014
June 9, 2014
By Eugene G. Bernardo II and Alexandra W. Pezzello Under rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) last September that go into effect July 1, 2014, municipal advisors must now register with the SEC. The rules are the result of provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act and are intended to provide additional protections...
The American Society for Testing and Materials (“ASTM”) standard for Environmental Assessments was revised in 2013 for the first time since 2005. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has now adopted the updated standard, which the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) had already adopted as consistent with its All Appropriate Inquiries Rule. While the...
Client AlertsNewsDoes Your Company Have An Information Security Program? Is it Up To Date?
March 15, 2014
The data breaches that Target, Michael’s, Nieman Marcus and other large companies have suffered recently have gained a great deal of attention in the media. These public and costly embarrassments serve as reminders that all businesses should have a comprehensive information security policy and should closely monitor their servers and third party data interfaces for...
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborNewsRI Increased Employee Absences (and Headaches) due to the 2014 Temporary Caregiver Leave Law
January 8, 2014
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli Effective January 1, 2014, all Rhode Island employers must allow their employees four (4) weeks of time off per year under the Temporary Caregiver Insurance (“TCI”) Law. Like Temporary Disability Insurance (“TDI”), the program will be financed through employee payroll deductions and administered by the Department of Labor...
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli We alerted you a few weeks ago that while we were all excited about the prospect of bi-weekly pay, we were still waiting for the required application to appear on the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (“DLT”) website. It has!! The application must be filed with...
