Since the inception of Massachusetts’ income tax, the Commonwealth’s constitution has provided that tax could only be assessed at a flat rate across all income levels–currently 5%. When Massachusetts voters …
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Copyright Licenses Are Key When Including Software in Standards
Open source software and open standards have many similarities but the legal frameworks under which each are created have real and important differences. Nonetheless there is an increasing desire to …
Department of Commerce Gives Industry What it asked for Regarding the Entity List
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added Chinese 5G technology giant Huawei to its Entity List more than three years ago. The immediate result was …
Prince, Andy Warhol, Fair Use and the Supreme Court
By Lee Gesmer
The photo of Prince on the left above was taken by Lynn Goldsmith in 1981. Andy Warhol used this photo to create an unauthorized series of silkscreens …
Website Owners Cannot Stop Data Scraping
By Lee Gesmer
One of the mysteries of Internet law is the legality of “web scraping.”
Here are two examples: (1) Clearview AI has scraped billions of publicly available images from …
Client Success Stories – NimblyWise
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Interview with Mike Sweet, CEO of NimblyWise
Tell Us About Your Journey
So my entrepreneurial journey started about 15 years ago when I graduated from business school, …
Client Success Stories – Siren Marine
Interview with Jeffrey Poole, CEO of Siren Marine
Tell Us About Your Journey
My journey was part of our CEO and founder’s journey, Dan Harper, who passed away a little over a …
Client Success Stories – FamilyID
Interview with Rochelle Nemrow, founder of FamilyID
Tell Us About Your Journey
My very first job out of college was with a magazine called High Technology Business Magazine that covered the intersection, …
Understanding the Revised Interpretation of the Massachusetts Wage Act
By Lauren Haskins and Jason Armiger
The Massachusetts Wage Act, M.G.L. c. 149, §148, is a particularly punitive statute for Massachusetts employers – entitling employees who are not timely paid …
Can my Massachusetts Employer Require Me to Get the COVID-19 Vaccination?
By McKenna Heath
Since our previous article from August 2021, employers have more frequently established and enforced mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies. Employers have the discretion to implement mandatory vaccination policies …
Is My New Hire an Independent Contractor?
some workers are classified as “independent contractors” and are not entitled to all of the statutory protections and requirements applicable to employees.
Is “Photo Embedding” Copyright Infringement?
By Lee Gesmer
If you own or manage a website you may be familiar with the process of “photo embedding” or “inline linking” an image or video on your site. Rather …
Client Success Stories – Torchlight
Tell Us About Your Journey
I, myself, am a Four Chapter caregiver and I became a 20-or-so-year practitioner and have been operating Torchlight for about ten years. For me, it was …
Russian Sanctions Update
By Russ Schlossbach, Sean Gilligan, and Dallas Mosier
Introduction
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, United Kingdom, and the European Union implemented a series of broad sanctions on Russia …
Which Entity Type Should I Choose For My Business?
By Dallas Mosier
The question of what entity type to choose when starting a new business can be overwhelming and it is important to choose the one that best fits your …