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Court extends Massachusetts Wage Act coverage to out-of-state employees

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 26 2011

In a case of first impression, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge in the Business Litigation Session has ruled that the Massachusetts Wage Act protects out-of-state employees as long as they have sufficient contacts with the Commonwealth

Change in compensation voids Massachusetts non-compete agreement

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 19 2012

Under well-settled Massachusetts law, a material change in an employee’s employment relationship requires the execution of a new restrictive covenant if the change creates a new employment relationship

First Circuit limits ability to avoid class-wide arbitration

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 17 2012

The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that has a significant impact on the ability of employers to avoid class-wide arbitration

Massachusetts federal court holds that websites can be places of public accommodation for purposes of the ADA

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 17 2012

In National Association for the Deaf v. Netflix, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that Netflix’s Internet video-streaming service, known as “Watch Instantly,” constitutes a place of public accommodation that must ensure accessibility for the disabled