CLIENT ALERT – Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Act
May, 2019 The Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Act (“PFML”), M.G.L. c. 175M, enacted on June 28, 2018, becomes ...
20 May 2019
31 July 2015
Practical Tips for the Massachusetts Homeowner: Cutting and Trimming Trees and What You Need to Know About Your Potential Liability
Every Spring and throughout the Summer, homeowners contemplate home and yard maintenance and with that annual rite of seasonable weather ...
30 July 2015
Inclusion of a Trust Protector Provision in a Trust
Trusts are a popular estate planning tool for various reasons. Among them, a trust, if properly funded, will allow the ...
29 July 2015
Choosing A Trustee
Many times, we will assist clients in establishing trusts as part of their estate plan. One of the more difficult ...
28 July 2015
Massachusetts New Sick Time Law Effective July 1, 2015
This past November, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot measure allowing Massachusetts employees to earn and use sick time under certain ...
27 March 2015
Estate Planning for Parents of Young Children
While it is important for everyone to have an estate plan in place, it should be a top priority ...
20 March 2015
Massachusetts Begins to Regulate Adult Day Care
Massachusetts recently enacted 105 CMR 158 which, for the first time, requires Adult Day Health Programs to be licensed. ...
20 February 2015
Timing is Everything with Long-Term Care Planning
Approximately fifty percent of nursing home care in the United States is paid for by Medicaid. With the rising ...
24 October 2014
Why Everyone Needs a Durable Power of Attorney and Health Care Proxy
We would all like to live long, fulfilling lives, in which we do not need to worry about all ...
17 October 2014
Massachusetts Enacts New Law Regulating Retainage on Private Construction Projects
Massachusetts has just passed a new law that governs the retainage process on private construction contracts that owners, lenders, ...