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Burns & Levinson LLP

Offices

  1. USA

    1. Boston MA

      125 Summer Street, Boston MA 2110-1624, USA T 1 617 345 3000 F 1 617 345 3299
  1. HIPAA revises business associate agreement requirements

    USA - May 1 2013

    The privacy of health information is protected by federal rules. These rules, which have been recently updated, affect the handling of “protected

  2. The new Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code

    USA - March 28 2012

    On March 31, 2012, Massachusetts entered a new era with respect to the administration of wills and decedent’s estates

  3. How to negotiate and draft enforceable liquidated damages provisions

    USA - May 3 2012

    As suggested in “The Effective Use of Liquidated Damages Provisions,” there can be a fine line between an enforceable liquidated damages provision and an unenforceable penalty clause

  4. Emails can satisfy the signature requirement of the Statute of Frauds

    USA - July 13 2012

    Most of us know the basics of the Statute of Frauds: Certain contracts, including those pertaining to real estate, goods worth more than $500, and guarantees, as well as those that can’t be performed within one year, must be in writing and signed in order to be binding

  5. In-house counsel need to think like a litigator when drafting contracts

    USA - April 23 2013

    Memorializing an agreement in a written contract serves two primary purposes. First and foremost, a written contract should clearly set out the deal

  1. HIPAA revises business associate agreement requirements

    USA - May 1 2013

    The privacy of health information is protected by federal rules. These rules, which have been recently updated, affect the handling of “protected

  2. United States

    USA - April 29 2013

    The primary federal legislation in the United States addressing trademark infringement and counterfeiting is the Lanham Act (15 USC 1051 and

  3. In-house counsel need to think like a litigator when drafting contracts

    USA - April 23 2013

    Memorializing an agreement in a written contract serves two primary purposes. First and foremost, a written contract should clearly set out the deal

  4. Gratuitous payments cannot be re-cast as accrued vacation pay required by Massachusetts Wage Act

    USA - April 11 2013

    A favorite saying of my mentor and colleague in the Labor and Employment Group here at Burns & Levinson is "no good deed goes unpunished." Over my

  5. Managing nonprofits in troubled times: new tools in trustees’ toolbox

    USA - April 8 2013

    Non-profits, which depend on both the private economy and the public sector, suffer greatly in economic downturns such as we are experiencing at