August 1, 2016 – Double damages and attorney fees for gender-based discrimination in wages for comparable work or questions of job applicants as to salary history.
MA Law | Insurance Coverage Cases
Legislature Gets Transportation Network Law On The Books In The Nick Of Time
August 1, 2016 – The Massachusetts Legislature has added a new chapter to the General Laws, chapter 159A1/2, and to amend the insurance laws by adding section 228 to chapter 175.
No Subro Waiver Makes Tenant Liable For $350,000 Luxury Condo Loss
A review of a July 5, 2016 case ruling that a condominium association bylaw that required unit owner’s to obtain property insurance with waiver of subrogation clauses barred an insurer from subrogating its $350,000 loss against another condominium owner’s tenant who had negligently caused the loss.
Insurers May Have To Prosecute Insureds’ Counterclaims
June 28, 2016 – The First Circuit for the Court of Appeals is requesting the SJC decide an issue that the First Circuit characterized as having “potentially wide-reaching implications for how liability insurers must conduct themselves in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”
New Law Sets $47,476 As Minimum Salary for Overtime
The new rule, effective December 1, 2016, raises the minimum level full-time salaried white collar workers must earn before an employer can claim a legal exemption from paying overtime.
