The Massachusetts Attorney General (the "AG") recently
released her long-awaited guidance regarding the 2016 overhaul of the
Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (the "Act"), which takes
effect on July 1, 2018. (For a summary of the Act's key
provisions,
click here.) The Act, which, among other things, prohibits
employers from paying employees of different genders differently
for comparable work, has left employers with many questions as to
how its provisions would be interpreted and enforced. While the
AG's guidance does not provide the concrete interpretation of
the Act many employers were hoping for, it does give employers
greater clarit
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25 Apr 2018, Speaking Engagement, Boston, United States
TiE Boston and Babson College join Boston Blockchain Week (April 23 - 27) - the largest gathering of blockchain founders, developers, and funders in Boston/Cambridge.
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are funding exciting startups and presenting new opportunities for investors to get a piece of the action while also creating a new funding vehicle that is changing founder/investor dynamics.
The energy storage market has taken off in the Northeast. In late 2017, Massachusetts announced $20 million in grants for 26 projects through the Baker-Polito Administration’s Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage program, while New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently committed to deploy 1,500 megawatts of storage by 2025. With storage finally here, communities and consumers are looking to marry solar with storage as a solution to reducing electricity costs, increasing grid resiliency and better-utilizing energy resources. Numerous Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) members are leading in this space in Massachusetts, New York and other states that have jump-started their energy storage markets.
What does the generalist in-house counsel need to know about protecting designs? Designs occupy a unique space in intellectual property. In the U.S., designs are protected under the patent laws, while in Europe, designs are typically protected under industrial design law. Overlapping protection for designs also exists in the U.S. and Europe through copyright law and through trademark law as it applies to trade dress.
Foley Hoag LLP will present a 60-minute webinar on Wednesday, May 9 at 12:30 pm EDT offering guidance for in-house counsel regarding the basics of design protection from U.S. and European perspectives, as well as strategies for protecting designs effectively and economically.
Were you one of the lucky few to "win" one of the 85,000 H-1B visa numbers in this year's random selection process held by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) lottery?
Plaintiffs who pursued numerous web accessibility actions under Title III of the ADA are now using website accessibility to test the limits of a different area of law – employment law...
In January, recreational cannabis use became legal in California, with the state mandating cannabis employers comply with the regulatory framework applicable to all businesses.
In another victory for gig economy companies reliant upon the independent contractor business model, a Pennsylvania federal court ruled yesterday that a collection of UberBLACK drivers...
Employers operating in New York will soon face a raft of new sexual harassment laws. The state budget bill for the 2019 fiscal year approved by the New York State Legislature on March 31...
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