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Client Alerts Employment & LaborMassachusetts Wage Update: SJC Overturns Years of Precedent and Finds That Employers Must Automatically Pay Triple Damages if Wages are Paid Even One Day Late

April 8, 2022

By Alicia Samolis and Michael Gamboli It is well known that if a Massachusetts employer terminates an employee, the employer risks being liable for three times the amount of wages owed if payment is not made on the last day of employment. A lesser known corollary to this rule based upon Massachusetts caselaw was that...

Press ReleasesPartridge Snow & Hahn LLP Announces New Co-Managing Partners

April 1, 2022

Partridge Snow & Hahn is pleased to announce that Paul Kessimian and Jay Peabody have been elected to serve as PSH’s new Co-Managing Partners. Kessimian and Peabody replace Howard Merten, who has served in the role since April 1, 2017. Paul and Jay reflected on their first day in the co-managing role: “We are proud, honored, humbled, and energized to...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborMassachusetts SJC Holds that Independent Contractor Statute Applies to Franchisees

March 31, 2022

On March 24, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) determined that the Massachusetts independent contractor statute (G. L. c. 149, § 148B) applies within the franchisor-franchisee context and does not conflict with a franchisor’s disclosure obligations under federal law. In the case of Patel v. 7-ELEVEN, Inc. (“7-Eleven”), several franchisees operated 7-Eleven convenience stores throughout Massachusetts...

Nonprofit Press ReleasesPhilanthropic Strategies and Raising Revenue for Nonprofits post COVID-19; Endowment Management and Planned Giving Webinar 3/29/2022

March 29, 2022

PSH Partner Liz Manchester and Dime Bank’s Vice President, Senior Trust Officer, Tim Fogarty, Esq., CTFA will present a webinar on Philanthropic Strategies and Raising Revenue for Nonprofits post COVID-19 which will specifically cover Endowment Management and Planned Giving on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Learn more about Elizabeth and our Charitable &...

Client Alerts Commercial FinanceIRS Permanently Allows TEFRA Hearings by Teleconference

March 21, 2022

By Eugene G. Bernardo II or David M. DiSegna On March 18, 2022, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2022-20, which permanently allows issuers of tax-exempt private activity bonds to hold TEFRA hearings via teleconference. Pursuant to § 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, tax-exempt qualified private activity bonds are subject to a public approval requirement. One means...

Press ReleasesPartridge Snow & Hahn Quietly Grows: Adds 9 Attorneys During the Course of the Pandemic

March 8, 2022

It has been said that every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. The pandemic certainly presented hardship for individuals and businesses alike. During those challenging days, the attorneys at Partridge Snow & Hahn pulled together to help clients, colleagues and each other through long periods of isolation and the...

Press ReleasesPS&H Partner Lawrence Sheh recognized as Massachusetts Go To Lawyer

March 7, 2022

PS&H partner Lawrence Sheh has been included in the Lawyers Weekly list of Massachusetts Go To Business Lawyers. Lawrence is the Co-Chair of the Business Law group, one of PS&H’s largest practice areas. Go To Lawyers article as published by Lawyers Weekly. Lawrence has established himself as a proactive and practical advisor who knows how to get...

Employment & Labor NewsNew Court Decision will Increase Employee Claims Brought in the First Circuit

February 15, 2022

PS&H partner Alicia Samolis recently was consulted by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly to analyze the 1st Circuit case Waters v. Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc., 20-1997. Background In the case, Defendant Day & Zimmerman (“D&Z”) is a Delaware company with a principal place of business in Pennsylvania. D&Z was sued in the federal Massachusetts District Court by Waters, an...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborCongress Moving Forward To Limit Employers’ Right to Arbitrate Sexual Harassment Claims – A Slippery Slope

February 11, 2022

By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli The Value of Arbitration Clauses It is not uncommon for employers to require that all employment related disputes with employees be resolved by binding arbitration and not in court. Advantages of arbitration can include: (i) significant cost savings in legal fees in defense of a claim; (ii)...

Client Alerts Commercial FinanceSecured Creditor’s Last-Minute Credit Bid Rejected at Receivership Auction

January 28, 2022

By Daniel E. Burgoyne Associate Justice Brian P. Stern of the Rhode Island Superior Court recently issued a notable decision arising from a receiver’s sale of commercial real estate in Providence, Rhode Island. The Decision, entitled Rialto Capital Advisors LLC v. Robert Day, LLC, C.A. No. PC-2020-06964 (R.I. Super. Dec. 22, 2021, Stern, J.), is...

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