The Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine in a 6 to 3 decision, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. That doctrine required the courts to defer to an agency’s interpretation of federal law if the statute was ambiguous…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 amended the law to introduce a new, one-time, mandatory repatriation tax on trillions of dollars of accumulations held abroad by American-controlled foreign entities. The tax is imposed on…
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/ Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade, Taxation
Connelly v. United States involved determining the fair market value of a closely-held corporation for purposes of estate taxation. A corporation, owned by two brothers, was obligated to buy back the shares of the first to die,…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
We have written extensively on the recent rollout by EPA and the implications of PFAS requirements for monitoring and treatment by publicly owned water and wastewater (“WWTP”) treatment plants, including those operated as…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In March I published a post about the risks associated with using background checks to vet new employees. A recent decision in the Federal District Court, Baker v. CVS Health Corp., highlights a related peril: using interview…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Much has been written, including in our Burns & Levinson Legal Terrain Blog, about the impact of PFAS and similar “forever chemicals” on suits by state attorneys general and private actions to obtain funds or obtain insurance…
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/ Environmental Law
When someone passes away, their family members are often left responsible for handling the decedent’s property – both real and intangible. Many difficulties come with handling the decedent’s intangible property, such as bank…
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/ Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Last month, I posted about a lawsuit brought by a Boston citizens group, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. The group was seeking to enjoin the City of Boston and other parties from moving forward with a Project to upgrade and…
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/ Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The issue in Connelly v. US is whether, for estate tax purposes, the value of a closely-held corporation using corporate-owned life insurance to redeem the shares of a decedent shareholder increases the value of the company by…
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/ Business Organizations, Insurance, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On Legal Terrain, we have previously reported on examples of the rapidly growing wave of PFAS-related litigation across the country. Advances in monitoring show that PFAS is ubiquitous in the environment. Accordingly, it is no…
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/ Environmental Law, Insurance
At the end of March, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) vetoed a bill passed by the Virginia legislature designed to create a recreational cannabis market in the Commonwealth, citing “adverse effects on children’s and adolescent’s…
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/ Consumer Protection
Frequent readers of the Divorce Law Monitor may recall a previous post “We’re Divorcing – Who Keeps the Pet?” This follow-up post discusses an opinion handed down this month by the Appeals Court, which, while it likely will not…
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/ Family Law
While every employer engages in some due diligence when considering a new hire, if your company routinely, or even occasionally, obtains a “consumer report” as a way to vet candidates, it behooves you to understand the rules set…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
It has long been disputed whether alimony paid from one spouse to another should allow the recipient to save for a rainy day. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts weighed in on that issue for the first time on March 7,…
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/ Family Law
The CannaBusiness Advisory Spotlight Series features expert perspectives from Burns & Levinson clients and contacts who are blazing new trails in the cannabis market…
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/ Business Organizations
