Pierce Atwood LLP

Folks in our #Boston office enjoyed a delicious #Thanksgiving feast yesterday! Thank you to Heather Higgins, office manager extraordinaire, for planning and organizing this annual luncheon!

Please join us in welcoming #TrustsAndEstates associate Livia O'Connor to the #Boston office. Livia is a recent graduate of Suffolk University Law School. Click here to learn more about Livia: https://lnkd.in/eDYSt7Ne

Firm attorney Lisa Gilbreath is quoted in Law360 on the DC Circuit's recent decision that not only surprised #environmental attorneys, but could potentially create chaos at federal agencies. https://lnkd.in/g8qTSAqJ

We are thrilled to officially welcome Manuel Alejandro Sánchez-Wong as an associate in our #PortlandMaine-based Business Practice Group. Alejandro is a recent graduate of Boston College Law School. Before that, he graduated from University of Havana School of Law, and was then employed as a family law attorney with the Department of Justice and served as a coordinator for the UNICEF program, “Por un mundo al derecho.” Click here to learn more about Alejandro: https://lnkd.in/gKuvamTH

November 20 was a busy day at the #Massachusetts Statehouse! In addition to signing The Mass Leads Act, Governor Maura Healey signed into law a #cleanenergy bill designed to streamline the permitting of #Battery #Energy #Storage Systems in #Massachusetts, while also ensuring that the Commonwealth’s commitment to stakeholder participation and #environmentaljustice and labor goals are met. Firm attorneys Andrew Kaplan, Dan Bailey, Paul Connolly, and Tess Edwards have the details here: https://lnkd.in/eixm3stE

On November 20, #Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed The Mass Leads Act, which not only loosens #waterfront #development restrictions to allow for a new soccer stadium, it also protects the integrity of the #permitting process by insulating approved projects from common ex post facto attacks, establishes a new permit regulatory office, adopts #tax exemptions for #datacenters, and promotes “#climatetech.” Firm attorneys Dan Bailey, Paula Devereaux, Kathleen Heyer, Gareth Orsmond, and Douglas Troyer have all the details here: https://lnkd.in/ePCGSrzC

Firm attorneys Peter Guffin, Ariel Pardee, and Mark Sayre authored the article, "#NewHampshire: Cookies & Similar Technologies" for OneTrust DataGuidance. The article discusses the relevant laws in NH governing consumer #privacy, including NH Privacy Act that has implications for cookies and similar tracking technologies, and the NH Consumer Protection Act, that allows for statutory damages.

Congratulations to firm attorneys Mary-Laura Greely, Alex Mattera, and Kathleen Heyer on being recognized as "Top Lawyers" by Boston Magazine. #businesslaw #bankruptcy #LandUse #environmentallaw #boston https://lnkd.in/gv3WhTVZ

Attention #retailers! As you're ramping up holiday promotions, offering discounts, special sales, and even “free” items, it's easy to unknowingly run afoul of the laws governing promotional pricing — laws that are often less intuitive than they seem. What may appear to be a harmless sales tactic could quickly turn into a deceptive trade practice. Firm attorney Kasey Boucher Pierter explains in this latest alert: https://lnkd.in/eUrAij9B

Employers reclassifying employees as exempt and planning to provide employees with regular salary increases to keep pace with inflation, are seemingly off the hook. The Eastern District of Texas struck down the Fair Labor Standards Act, determining that the FLSA loosely defines the white collar exemptions solely in terms of job duties, and not with respect to any minimum salary level. This nationwide ruling takes effect immediately. Firm employment law partners Peter Hale, Suzanne King, Katy Rand, and Daniel Strader have the details here: https://lnkd.in/ewsDyuSb