It can be tricky to find the right solution for parties who are involved in a shareholder dispute. Litigation isn’t always the answer.
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50 State Noncompete Survey
Beck Reed Riden LLP is pleased to announce its updated 50 state (plus DC) survey chart of noncompete laws is available for download.
Read more >Recent Court Decisions Instruct Companies How To Protect Trade Secrets
Two recent cases in Massachusetts provide valuable instruction to Massachusetts companies about best practices for handling trade secrets.
Read more >Boston Globe Endorses Tax Incentives for Video Game Companies
In today’s Boston Globe, its editors endorse a plan to offer tax incentives to video game companies.
Read more >New Bill to Modernize Noncompete Agreements Filed
Legislation that would codify, clarify, and modernize Massachusetts law relative to employee noncompetition agreements was filed today.
Read more >BBA’s IP Year in Review
Russell Beck will be covering trade secrets and noncompetes in this year’s Boston Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Year in Review.
Read more >What Are Reasonable Attorneys’ Fees?
There are practical steps that clients and their attorneys can take to avoid disputes over runaway legal fees.
Read more >Noncompete Updates
Russell Beck will be participating in two up-coming discussions: (1) a Q&A on the Massachusetts noncompete bill and (2) a keynote panel on MA noncompete law.
Read more >Video Games and the High Court: Summary of EMA’s Arguments in Supreme Court Case Schwarzenegger v. EMA
On November 2, 2010, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the matter of Schwarzenegger v. EMA. This case is about a California law that bans the sale of certain violent video games to minors. This is an historic moment for video games – as this is the first time the Supreme Court has ruled…
Read more >Starting Up A Video Game Company
Stephen Riden joined a panel of speakers at PoweredUp Boston’s 2010 Video Game Conference to address issues affecting startup video game companies.
Read more >Comprehensive Survey of Tax Incentives for Video Game Developers
States across the country are enacting legislation to provide tax incentives to video game developers. Beck Reed Riden LLP summarizes these incentives in an updated version of its 50-state survey.
Read more >Massachusetts Legislature Amends Personnel Records Statute
Buried deep within the recently-enacted “Act Relative to Economic Development Reorganization” is language placing new burdens on Massachusetts employers.
Read more >SJC Clarifies Leave Limit Under Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act
The Massachusetts SJC clarified that job-restoration rights under the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act do not extend beyond 8 weeks.
Read more >Parental Leave Expanded Under FMLA
Stephen Reed’s article on the FMLA’s expansion of parental leave rights to same-sex parents appears in the July 2010 edition of New England In-House.
Read more >Nursing Breaks Required Under FLSA
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new requirements for employers to provide reasonable breaks during the work day to nursing mothers.
Read more >Noncompete Reform Symposium
Russell Beck will be speaking at a symposium hosted by the Boston Bar Association on noncompete reform.
Read more >Steve Riden On Social Networking
Steve Riden is quoted in the latest edition of the Boston College Law School Magazine on the developing role of social networking in the legal industry.
Read more >Employers Cautioned On Unpaid Interns
Steve Reed warns “for-profit,” private-sector employers looking to use unpaid interns that they may find themselves at odds with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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