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Know Your Employees – Or Else!
Recent Appeals Court Case Highlights An Employer’s Potential Liability For An Employee Outrageously Overstepping the Bounds On a dark and stormy night, your employee abuses her access to your electronic data systems and snoops in an insurance database to dig … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Appeals Court, employer, Inc., liability, Massachusetts, negligence
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What Massachusetts Employers Should Know About Recreational Marijuana
On November 8, 2016, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot question legalizing marijuana for recreational and commercial use. The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (the “Act”) provides that – as of December 15, 2016 – persons at least 21 years … Continue reading
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Tagged drug testing, invasion of privacy, marijuana, Massachusetts
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Reminder: Employees Are Legally Entitled to Time Off From Work to Vote
Massachusetts law requires employers in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishments to give employees, upon request, up to two hours after the polls open to vote. Technically, employers need only give employees leave during the first two hours of the … Continue reading
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The Defend Trade Secrets Act: A Federal Remedy for the Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
On May 11th, President Obama signed The Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) permitting companies and/or individuals with trade secrets to file civil lawsuits in federal court to remedy the misappropriation of such secrets. Thanks to DTSA, trade secrets now receive … Continue reading
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Cheryl Spakauskas Honored by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Mirick O’Connell’s Labor Group congratulates one of its fabulous paralegals, Cheryl Spakauskas, who received the “Excellence in Paralegal Work” Award at the Annual Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Excellence in the Law banquet held at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston … Continue reading
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