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Contract Toolkit: Essential Contract Terms

Posted on April 11, 2025 (April 15, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Regardless of size or industry, businesses usually have contracts.  Contracts help parties document their expectations, rights and responsibilities, helping ensure that business moves forward as-expected.  Whether you’re looking at leases,

Posted in Corporate

Know the Law: Navigating Pitfalls Related to Using AI for NIL

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: I am a student-athlete (SA), and I want to use artificial intelligence (AI) with my name, image, and likeness (NIL) activities. Can I safely use AI to do so?

Posted in Sports Practice Group

Student Handbooks – Essential Updates for the New School Year

Posted on March 26, 2025 (March 28, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Brian B. Garrett, Linda S. Johnson, and  Sean S. LaPorta, provide guidance on how to tackle the annual project of updating an independent school’s student handbook to meet both evolving

Posted in Education

Decanting and Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Posted on March 19, 2025 (March 20, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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In an evolving landscape for modification of irrevocable trusts, Attorneys and Trustees should proceed with caution. In a recent decision, Wright v. McDonald, 317-2020-EQ-00202, the 6th Circuit Probate Division invalidated

Posted in Trusts & Estates

Know the Law: Navigating Debt Collection After Corporate Dissolution in New Hampshire

Posted on March 15, 2025 (March 17, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: I was a shareholder of a now-dissolved New Hampshire corporation.  The company had outstanding promissory notes that were not settled at the time of dissolution.  Years later, a debtor

Posted in Trial Practice and Litigation

HR Use of AI: What Is Required for Legal Compliance?

Posted on March 13, 2025 (March 20, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Artificial intelligence is starting to permeate business systems, including applications used by human resources professionals. AI has the potential to significantly enhance the efficiency and quality of certain HR functions.

Posted in Employment & Labor

Cyber, Privacy and AI Insurance – Do You Have It?

Posted on March 13, 2025 (March 20, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Businesses face serious risk of liability arising from cybersecurity and privacy breach and use of artificial intelligence. Just like we would not (or should not) drive a car without auto

Posted in Cybersecurity and Privacy

Know the Law: My Insurance Company Denied My Business Coverage

Posted on March 2, 2025 (March 5, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: I am the CEO of a steakhouse chain that franchises restaurants across the northeast.  We recently terminated a franchisee that was not living up to its contractual obligations.  We

Posted in Trial Practice and Litigation

Zoning in on Change: The Potential Implications of House Bill 631

Posted on February 27, 2025 (March 6, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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The 2023 New Hampshire Statewide Housing Needs Assessment predicted that the State needs roughly 60,000 additional housing units by 2030 to keep up with its growing population. The Assessment identifies

Posted in Real Estate & Land Use

Practical Uses for Financial Powers of Attorney

Posted on February 27, 2025 (March 6, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Estate planning is often thought of as a way to pass your assets to the next generation at your death.  However, another aspect of estate planning is designating someone to

Posted in Trusts & Estates

Major Retirement Plan Changes to Become Effective in 2025 and 2026

Posted on February 19, 2025 (February 24, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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At the end of 2022, President Biden signed the second major piece of retirement plan legislation in the past three years, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement 2.0

Posted in Tax

Know the Law: Keep in Line with NH’s New Privacy Law

Posted on February 15, 2025 (February 21, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Q: What does New Hampshire’s recently enacted privacy law mean for individuals and businesses? A: New Hampshire has joined a group of 20 states that have enacted an information privacy

Posted in Cybersecurity and Privacy

Are Salaried Employees in New Hampshire Eligible for Overtime Pay?

Posted on February 14, 2025 (February 18, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), all employees in the workplace are classified as either exempt or non-exempt. Non-exempt employees must be paid at least minimum wage for

Posted in Employment & Labor

NH Interest and Dividends Tax Repealed as of January 1

Posted on February 14, 2025 (February 18, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri
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Starting January 1, 2025, New Hampshire taxpayers are no longer subject to the New Hampshire Interest & Dividends Tax (“I&D”).  The I&D tax was enacted in 1923 and assessed tax

Posted in Corporate, Tax

USCIS Announced FY 2026 H-1B Cap Registration Period

Posted on February 14, 2025 (February 14, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap will be open from 12pm EST on March 7, 2025, through 12pm EST

Posted in Immigration

How Independent Schools Can Prepare for an ICE Encounter

Posted on February 6, 2025 (February 6, 2025) by Jessica Oliveri

The executive orders enacted by President Trump in the early days of his second administration have raised significant concerns among independent schools nationwide. Schools are increasingly worried about potential U.S.

Posted in Education, Immigration

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