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Know the Law: Ensuring Assets Go Where You Want in Your Revocable Trust

Posted on August 16, 2025 (August 19, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: I’m getting remarried but want my inheritance to primarily benefit my children. Will my revocable trust still protect my assets for them after I die? A:  Maybe. Many people

Posted in Trusts & Estates

New Hampshire Enacts New Parental Leave Law

Posted on August 8, 2025 (August 25, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Effective January 1, 2026, a new law in New Hampshire expands unpaid leave rights for employees to attend medical appointments related to childbirth, postpartum recovery, and pediatric care. Enacted as

Posted in Employment & Labor

Know the Law: Liability Risks of Maintaining a Vacant Lot

Posted on August 2, 2025 (August 4, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: Is a property owner liable if someone is injured on a vacant lot?  A: The answer in New Hampshire depends more on control than ownership of the property.  

Posted in Real Estate & Land Use

What to Consider When you are Considering Whether to Grant a Stock Option?

Posted on July 28, 2025 (August 4, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Stock options are a popular choice for corporate employers that desire to grant their employees incentive compensation. This makes sense. They afford such employers a means to compensate key employees

Posted in Tax

Know the Law: In NH and Mass. Can Corporations Be Doctors Too?

Posted on July 20, 2025 (July 21, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: What are Corporate Practice of Medicine laws and how do they differ in Massachusetts and New Hampshire? A: In general, corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) laws seek to prevent

Posted in Corporate

AI Implementation: How Should Law Firms Do It?

Posted on July 16, 2025 (August 7, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri

Legal applications and operations are integrating artificial intelligence more rapidly than any similar technology. A few examples include email, notetaking, legal research, document creation, due diligence and e-discovery review, data

Posted in Artificial Intelligence

COBRA Compliance, an Often-Overlooked Area of Employment Law

Posted on July 3, 2025 (July 10, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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An often-overlooked area of employment law compliance is an employer’s obligation to offer continuation of health coverage to employees upon employment termination and certain other events. As discussed below, an

Posted in Employment & Labor

Know the Law: Why Are California Lawyers Suing New Hampshire Businesses?

Posted on July 3, 2025 (July 10, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: Why Are California Lawyers Suing New Hampshire Businesses? A: You likely use tracking plugins on your website, like Meta Pixel, Google Analytics, or LinkedIn Insight. These technologies help you

Posted in Cybersecurity and Privacy

Seacoast Labor Gaps? How the H-2B Temporary Worker Program Can Help

Posted on June 26, 2025 (July 1, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri

Although the New Hampshire unemployment rate has slightly increased since this time last year, many businesses are still suffering with labor gaps for unskilled positions.  With the summer season already

Posted in Immigration

Know the Law: New Hampshire Residents Cannot Bring Their Firearm to Massachusetts Without First Obtaining a Nonresident License

Posted on June 21, 2025 (June 25, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q:  I heard that the United States Supreme Court in recent years struck down various laws that prohibited individuals from carrying a firearm outside the home.  In New Hampshire, I

Posted in Trial Practice and Litigation

Conducting Lawful Employment Interviews

Posted on June 20, 2025 (June 25, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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The employment interview serves as a necessary and fundamental component in the hiring process. To hire qualified candidates who complement a company’s culture, interviewers must be well versed in how

Posted in Employment & Labor

Copyright Risks in the Digital Age: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Complexities

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Jessica Oliveri
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While operating in a digital environment is nothing new for most businesses, copyright and other intellectual property concerns continue to evolve in both complexity and scope. The legal risks arising

Posted in Intellectual Property

How Should Businesses Implement AI?

Posted on June 16, 2025 (June 24, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri

Business applications and operations are integrating artificial intelligence more rapidly than any similar technology. A few examples include email, document creation, notetaking, data summarization and analysis, design and engineering, finance

Posted in Artificial Intelligence

Restricted Stock Units Are Not Restricted Stock

Posted on June 16, 2025 (June 26, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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It is common in a discussion of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) or restricted stock to get the two mixed up. After all, they sound the same. But an employer who

Posted in Employment & Labor

Shocking the Country’s Energy Polices, One Volt at a Time: Watt You Need to Know

Posted on June 9, 2025 (June 10, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri

During the first week of the new Presidential Administration, Donald Trump, with all due haste, made it abundantly clear that he would honor his campaign promises regarding the country’s energy

Posted in Energy & Environment

Know the Law: My Daughter Was Seriously Injured by a Drunk Driver with No Assets

Posted on June 7, 2025 (June 9, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: My daughter is a college student at a state university.  She was seriously injured when a drunk driver crossed the center line and crashed into her vehicle.  The drunk

Posted in Trial Practice and Litigation

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