Category: News and Thought Leadership

On December 4, 2015 Congress and the President enacted the “FAST Act” (“Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act”).  One part of the Act provides that the Secretary of State “shall not” issue a passport (except for emergencies or...

The latest issue of Coren Lichtenstein, LLP Insights includes: School District Held Accountable in Bullying Case when it Failed to Address Parental Concerns During IEP Meeting (Part II), by Andra Hutchins Doing Better By Doing Good: IRA Distributions to...

Financial Matters in the Home In my most recent interviews with post divorced individuals I asked the question, “Now that you have been through the divorce process and if you could offer just one piece of advice to those considering divorce, what would you say?”  The answer is get...

Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act) The Federal “Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015” (“PATH Act”) made permanent a provision of the Internal Revenue Code that allows taxpayers, aged 70 and ½ or older, to direct as much as $100,000 of IRA distributions,...

The latest issue of Coren Lichtenstein, LLP Insights includes: Avoid Surprises During the Spring Real Estate Season, by Robert Finkel Massachusetts Bullying Case to Proceed under Title IX – the law that prohibits sex discrimination in...

The latest issue of Coren Lichtenstein, LLP Insights includes: New developments in an ADA lawsuit against The Container Store; Important information about At-will Employees; A new Massachusetts Tax Amnesty Program; and The divorce blog series...

Most who are reading this blog would understand the phrase “at-will employment” to mean the traditional U.S. employment relationship in which an employee can be dismissed by an employer for just about any reason – that is, without having to establish “just cause” for termination – and without warning. However, what most...

A new issue of Coren Lichtenstein, LLP Insights is now available. This issue includes articles on: Annual Reporting School Suspensions in Massachusetts Tax Deadlines Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Massachusetts Department of...

A new issue of our newsletter, Coren Lichtenstein, LLP Insights, is now available.  This issue includes articles on: Enforcing Mandatory Arbitration Clauses The Massachusetts Department of Reveue’s AP XXX: Voluntary Disclosure Program for the Settlement of Uncertain...

Time and again we get calls from small business owners describing a scenario where a) they entered into a valid and binding contract with another entity or person that contained a mandatory arbitration clause, b) an issue under the contract has arisen that arguably triggers the arbitration provision for purposes of dispute...

On January 19, 2016, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) released a working draft of an administrative procedure (AP) entitled AP XXX: Voluntary Disclosure Program for the Settlement of Uncertain Tax Issues (hereafter “working draft”). The working draft is available here: http://www.mass.gov/dor/businesses/help-and-resources/legal-library/administrative-procedures/working-draft-ap-xxx.html. At this point, the proposed voluntary disclosure...

As attorneys with experience handling a variety of condominium, real estate and zoning issues – particularly issues arising in dealings with city and town level zoning boards and subsequent boards of appeals/trial court appeals – the most frequent inquiry we receive in this area centers on obtaining or challenging the denial of...