Department of Labor’s Final Rule on Overtime Raises Minimum Salary Level to $35,568
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule significantly increasing the minimum salary level for the “white collar” exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Absent a legal challenge, the new threshold will be effective on January 1, 2020. Under the final rule, the minimum sala...
$91.3M Verdict Serves as Cautionary Tale for Trade Secrets Holders and Prospective Buyers
In the case of Liqwd, Inc. and Olaplex LLC v. L’Oréal USA, Inc., et al., a Delaware jury recently awarded Olaplex $91.3 million after finding that L’Oréal had willfully misappropriated Olaplex’s trade secrets, breached the parties’ nondisclosure agreement (NDA), and willfully infringed two of Olaplex’s patents. In additi...
Russell Beck elected President-Elect of the Boston Bar Foundation
Russell Beck has been elected President-Elect of the Boston Bar Foundation. The Boston Bar Foundation's 2019-2020 leadership team includes President Diana Lloyd of Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP, Treasurer Stephen P. Hall, of Holland & Knight, LLP, and Secretary Suma V. Nair of Goulston & Storrs PC. Founded i...
Nicole Corvini Daly Promoted to Partner at Beck Reed Riden LLP
Beck Reed Riden LLP is pleased to announce the elevation of Nicole Corvini Daly to Partner, effective September 1, 2019. Nicole is an experienced employment and business law counselor and litigator. She enjoys representing both corporate and individual clients on a wide array of issues, including wage and hour, discri...
Beck Reed Riden LLP Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers in America List
Beck Reed Riden LLP is pleased to announce that four of its lawyers have been named to the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers. Russell Beck, Stephen Reed, Stephen Riden, and Nicole Daly were named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America list in the following categories: Russell Beck, Commercial Litigation Steve Reed, Comm...
Concise Guide to Maintaining an Employee’s Personnel Record
The Massachusetts personnel records law, M.G.L. chapter 149, § 52C, is lengthy and quite dense, and it leaves most who read it confused as to what must and should be included in (or excluded from) an employee’s personnel record. It’s impossible to create a one-size-fits-all solution to cover every possible personnel-r...
Hannah T. Joseph Promoted to Senior Counsel at Beck Reed Riden LLP
Beck Reed Riden LLP is pleased to announce the elevation of Hannah T. Joseph to Senior Counsel status, effective August 1, 2019. Hannah T. Joseph focuses her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, specializing in trade secrets law, restrictive covenants, and matters of employee mobility. She represent...
Stephen Riden Analyzes Appeals Court Decision in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
A recent issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly features discussion with Steve Riden in an article titled “Investor's suit against foreign bank revived." The article covers a decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court concerning whether a foreign bank had sufficient ties with Massachusetts to be subject to suit within t...
Law360 Publishes Russell Beck’s Analysis of Misconceptions in the Noncompete Debate
Russell Beck's analysis of the misconceptions concerning the impacts of noncompete agreements was published by Law360 under the title, “Misconceptions In The Debate About Noncompetes.” The analysis focuses on how the mistaken assumption that correlation implies causation has been increasingly informing decisions in th...
Russell Beck Quoted in Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly on Noncompetes for Lawyers
A recent issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly features Russell Beck in an article titled “Ethical rule fails to free attorney from noncompete.” The article covers a decision by the Business Litigation Session of the Massachusetts Superior Court that the rules of professional conduct governing the practice of law do n...
Landmark SCOTUS Decision Opens Door to “Immoral or Scandalous” Trademarks
Two years ago, in Matal v. Tam, 582 U.S. ___ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the Lanham Act’s disparagement clause (prohibiting the registration of disparaging trademarks) as unconstitutional under the First Amendment. On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued another landmark ruling in Iancu v....
Massachusetts Delays Contributions Toward Paid Family and Medical Leave
Late in the evening on June 11, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Senate President Karen Spilka, and House Speaker Robert DeLeo made the following joint announcement delaying by three months the start of payroll contributions to fund the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave benefits: To ensure businesses...
Department of Labor Proposes Increase to Salary Threshold for White Collar Exemptions
On March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new proposed rule that would raise the minimum salary threshold for “white-collar” employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the proposed rule, the minimum annual salary an employee must earn to qualify for either the executive, ad...
The Legal 500 Recommends Beck Reed Riden LLP
Beck Reed Riden LLP has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States 2019, an analysis of law firms based on surveys and interviews of more than 300,000 clients. The firm has been recommended in the category of “Intellectual property – Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters).” Only 30 law firms in the Un...
Stephen Riden Moderates Discussion with Judge Young on Arbitration
On May 29, 2019, Steve Riden hosted a discussion with The Honorable William G. Young, Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, at the Boston Bar Association on the topic of arbitration. The presentation was titled "Reconsidering Arbitration: A Conversation with Judge Young." The focus of the presentat...
Russell Beck to Speak at AIPLA’s 2019 Spring Meeting
Russell Beck will be a speaker at this year’s American Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Meeting. The AIPLA’s Spring Meeting will take place on May 15-17, 2019, in Philadelphia. Russell Beck will be giving a presentation on May 16th, titled "Managing Misappropriation: What to Do When Trade Secret Misappropr...