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Shareholders David Robinson and Eric Sigman will be attending and presenting at the National Retail Tenants Association’s Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale on September 17 to 20. Eric will be presenting a course concerning the best practices for commercial tenants in handling Estoppels and SDNAs. David, a longtime member of the NRTA’s Education Committee, will…

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“This is the world now. Logged on, plugged in, all the time.” Although this quote is from a fictional character (John Connor) in a fictional but fantastic movie (The Terminator), the point echoes true these days. Don’t believe me? Look no further than the newest technological disrupter: Chat Generative Pre-training Transformer. This platform, commonly referred…

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RIW is pleased to announce that Kimberly A. Alley has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Litigation Department, where she will focus on Construction Law and Employment Law. RIW’s President and Litigation Department Chair Bradley L. Croft commented: “We are thrilled to welcome an accomplished trial lawyer like Kim to the firm. Her decades of experience, deep substantive legal…

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David Robinson was selected as a 2023 Go To Employment Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. David focuses his practice on litigation of complex commercial matters, lease disputes, employment disputes, and wage and hour actions. David represents retailers, restaurants, manufacturers, service providers and financial institutions on matters in state and federal court, before the MCAD, EEOC…

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Tip pooling is the practice of taking gratuities received from patrons and either pooling all or part of them to be distributed to other employees. It is the typical practice for restaurants, banquet facilities and other places where prepared food or beverages are served to implement some form of tip pooling as part of their…

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently approved use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of the COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age or older. Previously, all COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the United States were approved through Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”), which enables the FDA to allow for use of…

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The “new normal” following the COVID-19 pandemic appears just across the horizon. The number of active COVID-19 cases continues to decline. Traffic is increasing. The sun is coming out and temperatures are rising (aside from Memorial Day weekend). This return to normalcy is helped in great part by the large number of people in the Bay…

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On May 28, 2021, Governor Baker signed into law a temporary requirement for employers to provide employees up to 40 hours of COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and created a $75 Million fund for employers to seek reimbursement. EPSL will start on June 7, 2021 and remain in effect until September 30, 2021 or…

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In December, President-Elect Biden released his “Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing, Collective Bargaining, and Unions” (the “Plan”), outlining the incoming administration’s labor and employment policy goals. Among the Plan’s proposals are the “eliminat[ion] of non-compete agreements, except the very few that are absolutely necessary to protect a narrowly defined category of trade secrets, and [an]…

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Given the tumultuous nature of 2020, Mass Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) may have not surprisingly flown under the radar for many employers. However, starting on January 1st, most of PFML goes into effect. RIW’s prior client alerts summarize the PFML as well as employer’s obligations. Further information published by the Department of Family…

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