CLIENT ALERT Kaitlin Murphy, Esq. June 6, 2023 Effective August 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) no longer will require COVID-19 vaccination for staff of most …
CLIENT ALERT Written by: Sheehan Phinney’s Intellectual Property Group April 12, 2023 On April 18, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will begin issuing official patents in …
CLIENT ALERT Noy S. Kruvi, Law Clerk; Robert R. Lucic, Esq.; David W. McGrath, Esq. January 27, 2023 On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed …
CLIENT ALERT April 5, 2022 On April 4, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued a pointed reminder to employers that the failure to comply with the strict technical …
CLIENT ALERT Jason D. Gregoire, Esq. | January 20, 2022 On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that requires …
CLIENT ALERT James P. Reidy, Esq. | January 14, 2022 By now, even if you aren’t a regular court watcher or have been otherwise glued to the SCOTUS website waiting …
CLIENT ALERT Jim Reidy and Mark Ventola | September 10, 2021 With the recent spike in COVID-19 infections and concerns that those numbers could rise this Fall many employers had …
How you can protect your project in its infancy from “aggregators” and other bad faith dealers who may try to disrupt the year 15 exit for personal gain. Jaclyn Fisher …
CLIENT ALERT Madeline Hutchings | July 6, 2021 As we all recover from Zoom fatigue, many of us would like to make virtual meetings a relic of the COVID Era. …
CLIENT ALERT Madeline Hutchings | July 6, 2021 As we all recover from Zoom fatigue, many of us would like to make virtual meetings a relic of the COVID Era. …
CLIENT ALERT Mark Ventola | June 7, 2021 Massachusetts employees are now eligible for Emergency Paid Sick Leave for several reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continuing through September 30, …
Jim Reidy and Madeline Hutchings | April 21, 2021 With more than 30 states having legalized cannabis in one form or another employers have been revisiting their drug and alcohol …
CLIENT ALERT Michael P. Panebianco | April 15, 2021 Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont recently introduced the “For the 99.5% Act.” If enacted, it would likely affect almost all taxpayers …
CLIENT ALERT Peter Beach | March 30, 2021 The IRS previously extended the federal income tax filing and payment deadline for individuals for the 2020 tax year to May 17, …
CLIENT ALERT Peter Beach | March 25, 2021 Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont have extended the filing and payment deadlines for their 2020 state personal income tax returns as described below. …
CLIENT ALERT Peter Beach | March 18, 2021 The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the federal income tax filing and payment due date for individuals for the 2020 tax …
CLIENT ALERT Abbygale Martinen | March 15, 2021 On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) of 2021 into law—the third relief package since the …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons | February 16, 2021 For almost a month, certain businesses that previously received a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loan have been eligible to apply for …
CLIENT ALERT February 9, 2021 The New Hampshire Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling dated February 9, 2021, held that in order to get the tax exemption under NH RSA …
CLIENT ALERT By: Robert Lucic | January 25, 2021 Shortly after his Inauguration on January 20, President Biden signed a series of Executive Orders, many of which dealt with …
CLIENT ALERT Andrew Eills | January 12, 2021 As many retail establishment and other business owners can attest, enforcing Governor Sununu’s Emergency Orders pertaining to mask-wearing creates, on occasion, uncomfortable …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach January 8, 2021 Below is a summary of key business and individual tax provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). While many …
CLIENT ALERT By: Karen A. Whitley January 4, 2021 After more than a year of making contributions to the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund, Massachusetts employers and workers have …
CLIENT ALERT By: Abby Martinen December 28, 2020 On December 21, 2020, the Senate passed a new emergency economic relief, government funding, and tax cuts package, known as the Consolidated …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons and Paul Reuland November 10, 2020 The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently released two forms of loan necessity questionnaires which borrowers who received Paycheck …
CLIENT ALERT By: Michael J. Lambert November 3, 2020 On November 2, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued a series of sweeping but “targeted” new measures to help curb the …
CLIENT ALERT By: JP Harris and Jason Gregoire November 2, 2020 On October 28-29, 2020, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Durham October 28, 2020 Earlier this year, we summarized the qualification criteria and application deadlines for grants under the New Hampshire Main Street Relief Fund (“MSRF”). …
CLIENT ALERT By: Jason Gregoire October 26, 2020 On October 22, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced the intent to issue $50.8 million in grants to small businesses who have …
CLIENT ALERT Christopher Candon & Jaclyn Fisher | October 23, 2020 In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the uniquely challenging obstacles it has created for our economy, the reliability …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Reuland and Colleen Lyons October 8, 2020 Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan borrowers continue to consider their options as COVID continues to impact the economy. For some, …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach August 31, 2020 On August 8, 2020, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Memorandum on the deferral of employee payroll tax obligations. On August 28, …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons July 29, 2020 While many Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrowers have or are in the process of preparing PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications and submitting them …
CLIENT ALERT By: Mark Ventola & Deniz Harrison July 20, 2020 On July 24, 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) will publish the final version of …
CLIENT ALERT By: Deniz Harrison July 10, 2020 On June 18, 2020, in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice Roberts, the United States Supreme Court held that the Department …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons July 9, 2020 On July 4th, President Trump signed legislation extending the deadline for businesses to apply for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) …
CLIENT ALERT By: Andrew Eills June 26, 2020 Frontline nurses, other staff, and their employers in New Hampshire’s nursing homes and other Medicaid facilities can breathe a little easier this …
CLIENT ALERT By: John Perten June 24, 2020 A homeowner hires a general contactor to renovate her home. One of the general contractor’s employees, a carpenter, manages to cut off …
CLIENT ALERT By: Deniz Harrison June 19, 2020 Many local Boston businesses are feeling the impact of COVID-19 on their bottom line. While the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach June 17, 2020 The 2017 tax law created capital gains tax breaks for investors who invest profits from stocks, bonds, and other assets into funds …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach June 17, 2020 As discussed in a previous Alert, the CARES Act provides for a carryback of any Net Operating Loss (“NOL”) arising in a …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach June 17, 2020 Borrowers who obtained funds under the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) generally anticipated that the portion of a PPP loan …
CLIENT ALERT By: Bradford E. Cook and Katherine M. Hanna June 10, 2020 On April 27, Secretary of State Bill Gardner appointed a 6-person Select Committee on 2020 Emergency Election …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Durham June 9, 2020 On June 5, 2020, the Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (“GOFERR”) (www.goferr.nh.gov) and the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Reuland and Colleen Lyons June 5, 2020 On Friday, June 5, 2020, the President signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (H.R. …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons June 5, 2020 As contemplated when the Paycheck Protection Loan Forgiveness Application was released in the middle of May, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) released …
CLIENT ALERT By: John Perten June 5, 2020 How long can you delay in signing a contract before the agreement it memorializes is stale and unenforceable? In Dalrymple v. Town …
CLIENT ALERT By: Chris Candon May 29, 2020 Along with the establishment of several other funds (e.g., Main Street Fund, Nonprofit Fund, Healthcare Fund and Agriculture Grants), the Governor’s Office …
CLIENT ALERT By: Mark W. Dell’Orfano May 28, 2020 The New Hampshire Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery recently announced the allocation of $10 million in emergency funding from …
CLIENT ALERT By: J.P. Harris May 26, 2020 The Governor’s Economic Re-Opening Task Force asked the Attorney General to examine an employer’s liability to an employee who contracts COVID-19 on …
CLIENT ALERT By: Madeline Hutchings May 22, 2020 On May 15, 2020, Governor Chris Sununu announced an array of new funding commitments for industries affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Sixty …
CLIENT ALERT By: Andrew Eills May 20, 2020 Governor’s Emergency order # 44 increases total EHSRF to $100 million On March 19, 2020, Governor Sununu issued Emergency Order #9, creating …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Durham May 20, 2020 New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu recently announced the allocation of $595 million in CARES Act funding to several programs intended to provide …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons May 18, 2020 On Friday, May 15th, the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and the Treasury Department released an initial draft of SBA Form …
CLIENT ALERT By J.P. Harris and Michael Lambert May 15, 2020 As the economy reopens and patrons return to shop at retail stores, go to hair salons and enjoy meals …
CLIENT ALERT By: Brian J. Bouchard May 15, 2020 Businesses in New Hampshire are starting to reopen and employers are starting to call back furloughed or temporarily laid off employees. …
CLIENT ALERT By: Christopher Candon May 14, 2020 The PPP safe harbor deadline has been the subject of posts in recent days: Treasury Department and SBA Issues Further Guidance in …
CLIENT ALERT By: Christopher Candon May 13, 2020 This alert provides an update and additional information related to the recent post: PPP Safe Harbor for Return of Funds Set to …
CLIENT ALERT By: Christopher Candon May 12, 2020 The Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) is one of the most significant programs for businesses under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, …
CLIENT ALERT By: Madeline Hutchings May 4, 2020 Amid the COVID-19 event, a common instinct is to put planning on the shelf until life “returns to normal.” And changing landscapes …