The Firm Has Welcomed Six New Attorneys Since Q4 2018 The closing months of 2018 and the early months of 2019 have been busy for Partridge Snow & Hahn (PS&H). Since October, the firm has welcomed six new attorneys — one Partner, three Counsel and two Associates. The new attorneys add depth to the firm’s...
The ABA is presenting a free CLE webinar in their Business Law Basics series called Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts for the Business Lawyer. PS&H partner and co-chair of the Cyberliability practice, John Ottaviani, is serving as a panelist for this webinar. This program will explain the technical and legal fundamentals of blockchain technology and smart contracts,...
Again? In a case of what must feel like déjà vu for employers, on March 7, 2019, after conducting “listening sessions” across the country and receiving tens of thousands of comments from the public, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a much-anticipated proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that, according to its estimates, would result...
By Colin Coleman, John Ottaviani, and Brian Reilly Does your business have employees or customers in Massachusetts or Rhode Island? If so, you need to have a written information security program (“WISP”). If your business (wherever located) collects, stores or uses personal information about a Massachusetts resident, you are legally required to: (a) develop, implement and...
Partridge Snow & Hahn (PS&H) is pleased to welcome Joshua D. Xavier to the firm as an Associate in the firm’s Employment & Labor Practice. He represents employers in a wide range of counseling and litigation matters, including discrimination, retaliation, misclassification, minimum wage, overtime and harassment claims, leave acts, unemployment benefits, and severances. Xavier also...
Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a proposed rule to require all applicants who have their domicile or principal place of business outside the United States to hire an attorney who is licensed to practice law to represent them in trademark matters before the USPTO. The new rule would apply to applicants filing...
By Colin Coleman, John Ottaviani, and Brian Reilly Does your business provide company or customer data to any of its vendors? If so, do you know what contractual provisions are in place to protect your business in the event of a data breach by your vendor? Vendors typically try to limit their liability under their contracts...
New to the angel or seed investing world? If the answer is yes, then looking at potential investment opportunities can be a daunting task – especially if you are in a market like Boston, Silicon Valley, or New York City, where there are large, well developed startup ecosystems and lots of investment opportunities. PSH Partner,...
By Brian Reilly Thirty-three states, including Rhode Island, allow a for-profit entity to form as a benefit corporation in lieu of a traditional corporation. The downside is officers and directors of benefit corporations face burdens and costs that leaders of traditional corporations do not. Because benefit corporations are for-profit entities, officers and directors must consider...
For Decades corporations have incorporated mandatory arbitration provisions into contracts in an effort to control litigation expense and uncertainty and to secure the adjudication of disputes in the forum of their choosing. Reliance on contractual arbitration provisions to obtain these outcomes in cases which involve claims directly against employees may be unwise as a result...
