by dcdclaw | Apr 26, 2012 | Criminal Defense Articles, Criminal Defense Blog, Litigation, Litigation Articles
How should you act if you are ever pulled over by the police while driving? What if the officer has an attitude? There is an old saying; the best way to take a chip off of someone’s shoulder is to let them take a bow. If you get pulled over by a police officer and...
by dcdclaw | Apr 10, 2012 | Business Articles, Business Law, Litigation, Litigation Articles, Real Estate, Real Estate Articles
Summary Process is the legal procedure landlords must use to evict tenants from residential and commercial properties. It is one of the most abbreviated court procedures in the Commonwealth, yet it requires careful adherence to Massachusetts law and the rules that...
by dcdclaw | Mar 22, 2012 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law, Litigation, Litigation Articles
The failure to properly classify workers as employees in Massachusetts can cause employers to incur tax penalties, increase their insurance liability, receive civil and criminal fines and become subject to litigation. One potential area of liability for...
by dcdclaw | Mar 7, 2012 | Business Articles, Business Law, Employment Articles, Employment Law, Litigation, Litigation Articles
A recent Massachusetts Superior Court case reinforced the importance of an employer honoring its contractual obligations with employees if it hopes to enforce a noncompete agreement. The facts involved a company that sold its assets to a new owner. The new owner...
by dcdclaw | Oct 27, 2011 | Litigation, Litigation Articles
A Massachusetts court recently ruled in a lawsuit brought by a Florida resident who worked for a Massachusetts company that the Massachusetts Wage Act applied to the Florida resident because the Florida resident had sufficient contacts with the Commonwealth of...
by dcdclaw | Sep 15, 2011 | Litigation, Litigation Articles
One of the effects of recent budget cuts has been limiting the trial courts’ ability to respond to litigants and attorneys involved in lawsuits. The budget cuts have caused decreases in staffing but the number of lawsuits and demands upon court personnel have...
