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 their wages to three times the amount owed plus reimbursement of attorney’s fees accrued in pursuing their claim. With a recent decision of the Supreme Judicial Court – Reuter v. Methuen […]
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 for their employees. Certain employees, however, must be vaccinated under Massachusetts law. Massachusetts requires mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for certain employees, such as those who work in: To reach […]
Tell Us About Your Journey My journey started back in 2010 in the United States Navy. I was a supply and logistics officer working on a minesweeper. Minesweepers were a 30 year-old platform, wooden chips, really broken down supply chains. And one of the things that I got to learn about was just how amazing […]
Interview with Joe Phoenix, CEO of Givinga Tell Us About Your Journey The journey has been an interesting one. I mean, it started back in 2015. I had two co-founders and myself started Givinga, built it out of basically a WeWork. I think one of the first meetings that I had was actually in this […]
some workers are classified as “independent contractors” and are not entitled to all of the statutory protections and requirements applicable to employees.
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 always about taking what I had grown up with and having a close family member, my Aunt Pauline, with categorical and pretty significant disabilities. […]
Tell Us About Your Journey I grew up in Mexico City. I was actually born in El Paso, Texas. I came here to study for my Bachelor’s and my Master’s Degrees at Northeastern University and I started the company while I was in my last year of the University. And I started the company, PartRunner, […]
The Challenge A significant challenge faced by many early-stage companies that are interested in filing provisional patent applications, is that a provisional patent application must be filed prior to any public disclosure of the invention (to preserve foreign rights). This means no disclosure prior to any revenue on any product or service of the invention. […]
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 business needs. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, here are some things you should consider before making your decision. Common Business Entity Types The most common types […]
Tell Us About Your Journey I started life as an engineer and suddenly then pivoted to medicine. I was a practicing physician for over eleven years in academics here in Boston at Boston Medical Center, and I’m a BU faculty member. I pivoted over to hospital administration and then into business and have been with […]
One of the challenges of launching and growing a tech startup is procuring the necessary legal advice and support with a very limited legal budget, especially in the early days when the company is pre-revenue. Here are a few pointers on how to get the most out of your budget for legal services. Select The […]
Jake Lombardo is a co-founder of Anodyne Nanotech, Inc., a preclinical-stage biotech company developing differentiated, transdermal forms of high-value drugs. Anodyne Nanotech and its HeroPatch technology are going to become wonderful success stories that will change the lives of so many around the world.
We find that clients are often aware of how to use patents, trademarks and copyrights to protect their intellectual property. However, they seem less confident about how to utilize trade secret law and how it might benefit them. Trade secrets can be a powerful tool and this form of IP protection should always be considered as part of a company’s “IP arsenal.”
In 2013, the United States converted from a “first to invent” patent system to a “first to file” patent system. Under the “first to file” system, if two inventors filed separate patent applications on the same invention, the inventor who filed first would receive the patent. This is true even if the inventor who filed later was first to conceive the invention. Although the “first-to-file” system seems to encourage a “file early, file often” approach, there are a number of factors to consider when deciding when to file a patent application in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Peter Lee, a Board Member at Attivio, explains how they have pioneered a way to bring contextual relevance to any kind of information search, which has allowed Attivio to be recognized by Gartner and Forrester as one of the leaders in the information search space. The development of Attivio garnered the attention of ServiceNow, which acquired Attivio back in October of 2019. It’s now being fully incorporated into the ServiceNow suite of products so that as customers come into the workflow, they’re able to see everything associated with the customer records.