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When Is Probate Required? Massachusetts Law and Probate Alternatives
People during their lives focus on squaring away their estates to achieve all sorts of goals; to avoid inheritance taxes, to survive the MassHealth look back rules, or maybe simply to forego the...
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Protecting Your Business – Preventive Legal Audits Part 2
Though the first part of our article series on legal audits focused on a business sale, we mentioned that there are more reasons to consult an attorney for a legal audit. Even the best intentions with...
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What Do I Pay on Taxes for an Estate in Massachusetts?
When a family member or other loved one passes away, there can be a lot of feelings and side issues that hit a family all at once. The event, in short, is overwhelming. And when time passes, giving the...
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Should I Place My Home and Assets Into a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust?
Reasons and foundations for creating trusts date as far back as Ancient Rome. But even under modern U.S. legal structure, the trust is still one of the most important innovations in property law. So it...
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Worker’s Compensation – Employee vs. Independent Contractor in Massachusetts...
Laws and regulations in general can run counter to what many people consider “common sense.” In this respect, the workers’ compensation laws in Massachusetts are not terribly unique. First of all, if...
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Massachusetts Business Law Attorney Checklist – 6 Areas of Company Exposure
When approached by a new or existing business, attorneys who specialize in business will assess, among other things, the risks faced by that business. This exercise is, however, much simpler than most...
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Why Your Company Needs a Massachusetts LLC Buy-Sell Agreement
Collaborators in an enterprise are usually at their most enthusiastic when they first start the business. This has always been the case. It is exactly why lawyers like us repeatedly emphasize the...
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Do I Need an Attorney to Start a Business? | Cape Cod Business Law
When starting a business, the start-up costs can be immense, especially in Massachusetts where hidden fees and taxes are notoriously burdensome. Putting together a plan, and checking with all of the...
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6 Grants, Government Loans and Capital Resources Available to Massachusetts...
Entering into the new year is always a prospect laced with uncertainty and excitement for most small businesses. And while entrepreneurs have always encountered risk, business owners rarely consider...
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Massachusetts Non-Compete Agreements – What is Reasonable and Enforceable
Former Massachusetts Governor Patrick made some headlines in early 2014 with the proposition of banning the enforceability of non-compete agreements in Massachusetts. It was one of his many ideas to...
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Massachusetts Sick Leave Law for Cape Cod Businesses – 5 Steps to Reduce the...
As is often the case, an idealistic law from Beacon Hill with little to no input from business community has dealt another blow to Cape Cod and Massachusetts small businesses. Among many progressive...
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Powerball Privacy Protection – Forming a Massachusetts Lottery Trust
With a record $1.5 Billion prize on the horizon for tomorrow’s Powerball draw, we’re naturally cashing in on the action with this timely article about forming a Massachusetts lottery trust. A lottery...
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How Not to Like a Boss – Social Media in the Workplace Bill Considered by...
Sandwich, MA – When you work for a company, you represent that company. No one disputes that. Where that line begins and ends becomes a bit been hazy for many employers and employees when it pertains...
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How to Start a Massachusetts Marijuana Business – A Question 4 Primer
On November 8, 2016, Massachusetts was among the three states whose voters approved a measure for the taxation and regulation of marijuana for “recreational” use. Total state excise and sales tax on...
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The Massachusetts Benefit Corporation – The Baystate’s New Business Innovation
While capitalism remains the most favored market system in the developed world, many individuals still believe the free market model incentivizes bad behavior. These beliefs typically target the...
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Starting a Marijuana Dispensary in Massachusetts – A Medical Marijuana...
With a revised application process over the 2012 “Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana”, the Massachusetts law is now among the most straightforward in the country for use of medical...
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The Cryptocurrency Post – What Will Blockchain Mean to Massachusetts Businesses?
The future of digital “crypto” currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum is the subject of much disagreement among technology and finance experts. But most in these fields agree that the underlying...
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5 Red Flags in Massachusetts Non-Profit Governance
Non-profit entities and charities serve an important function in the United States’ free market economy. We have agreed as a society to promote organizations that are committed to fulfilling a public...
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Adult Use Massachusetts Marijuana Business Startup Licenses – Part 1
The draft Massachusetts “Adult Use” marijuana regulations are out, and the Cannabis Control Commission has created an ambitious market for entrepreneurs. These regulations create at least 9 distinct...
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Adult Use in Massachusetts – Recreational Marijuana Licenses Part 2
An advertisement for a Cannabis museum in Amsterdam. Massachusetts, like Amsterdam, is slated to allow social consumption venues for Cannabis.The Cannabis Control Commission issued draft regulations in...
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