Q: My company’s goal for 2019 is to ensure that we are cultivating a positive and productive environment for our workplace. Having never really been systematic in our approach, what
Know the Law: Three New Year’s Resolutions for Employers
Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Employers From Firing Employees For Off-Duty Marijuana Use
With the first recreational marijuana retail shops now opening in locations throughout Massachusetts, one legislator is proposing protections for employees who choose to use the newly-legal drug on their own
Know the Law: Complying with Federal Partnership Audit Rules
Q: My business is an LLC taxable as a partnership and has only a few members. I understand that the new federal partnership audit rules may require me to name
Can a Business Operate Legally with Only Exempt Employees? The Employee Classification Corn Maze (NH Society of CPAs)
Published in the NH Society of CPAs Newsletter (12/20/2018) Routinely on LinkedIn and various human resource association list serves, questions pop up which pique the interest of employment law practitioners.
Gender Identity in the Workplace: A Guide
What employers should know now that it has been included as a protected class in New Hampshire. Published in NH Business Review (12/21/2018) Effective July 8, New Hampshire added “gender
When Blockchain Meets Data Privacy and Security
How the paradigm is shifting as regulations and the technology evolve. Blockchain technology and its derivative uses, such as bitcoin and smart contracts, have made attention-grabbing headlines over the past
Blockchain Information Security and Privacy
Blockchain technology and its derivative uses, such as Bitcoin and smart contracts, have made many attention-grabbing headlines over the past couple years. As the uses (both real and theoretical) and
Time to Zone in On Qualified Opportunity Funds
Buried in the 2017 tax bill is a tax deferral and basis boosting provision aimed at luring investors to fund real estate development projects and new businesses in distressed, low-income
Investigating “He Said She Said” Claims
Published in NH Business Review (11/20/2018) In an ideal world, sexual harassment allegations always would be buttressed by reliable eyewitnesses and/or physical evidence (surveillance footage, text messages, etc.). As events of
Clear Smear: The Fight Against Negative Online Reviews
Published in NH Business Review (11/20/2018) Online reviewers wield a lot of power. In just one click, they can hand out the dreaded one-star review without any evidence to support
Can a Business Operate Legally with Only Exempt Employees? The Employee Classification Corn Maze (MA Society of CPAs)
Published in MA Society of CPA’s SumNews Newsletter (11/13/2018) Routinely on Linked In and various human resource association list serves, questions pop up which pique the interest of employment law
Arbitration Provisions for Cross Border Contracts
There are as many opinions on alternative dispute resolution and arbitration as there are lawyers, most of them strongly held. As a general rule, I tend to favor judges and
Time to Zone In On Qualified Opportunity Funds
Buried in the 2017 tax bill is a tax deferral and basis step-up provision aimed at luring investors to fund real estate development projects and new businesses in distressed, low-income
Everything Is Not Terminator: Public-Facing Artificial Intelligence Policies – Part 1
(This is part 1 of a two part series. To read part 2, click here.) For some time now—in response to the California Online Privacy Protection Act, Canada’s Personal Information
Know the Law: When Key Employees Use Family Medical Leave Act
Published in the Union Leader (11/5/2018) Q: Our highest paid executive employee has asked to take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). Losing her for 12 weeks
Fix Your Obsolete Estate Plan
Co-written by: Melinda Davis, Davis Wealth Advisors The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 can mean good news for folks standing to inherit property. Until recently, many people used