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Featured · 12 March 2026
Almost every shareholder dispute this firm litigates was decided years earlier, in a document nobody read closely at the time. Four clauses do most of the work: how shares are valued, who may buy them, what happens on deadlock, and what a departing owner is owed. Here is what each should say — and the drafting shortcuts that cost owners the most.
27 Feb 2026
Restrictive covenants have narrowed sharply, but they have not disappeared. A practical read of what a Massachusetts employer can still enforce, what consideration is now required, and where garden leave changes the calculation.
8 min read
19 Feb 2026
The zoning, environmental, title and financing questions worth answering before you sign a purchase and sale agreement — in the order that a lender will eventually ask them.
5 min read
04 Feb 2026
Emergency relief is decided in days, on an incomplete record, by a judge who has never met you. Before you ask for it, weigh these six factors — including the one most clients overlook: what losing the motion does to the rest of the case.
6 min read
22 Jan 2026
When the largest marital asset is a company one spouse runs, valuation becomes the whole dispute. How the three standard approaches differ, why the date of valuation matters, and when a buy-out beats a sale.
7 min read
09 Jan 2026
A contractor who writes code owns the copyright in it unless the contract says otherwise, and “work made for hire” language alone will not always do the job. How the gap appears in diligence, and how to close it now.
5 min read
18 Dec 2025
The value of a business at closing is mostly determined by housekeeping done years earlier. A year-by-year plan for owners who intend to sell, from clean-up through to the escrow negotiation.
9 min read
03 Dec 2025
The eight rules we give every client before a deposition, and the one that matters more than the other seven combined: answer the question you were asked, and only that question.
5 min read
14 Nov 2025
A workplace investigation that is late, informal or run by the wrong person creates more liability than the underlying complaint. What a defensible process looks like, from the first report to the written findings.
6 min read
29 Oct 2025
Base rent is rarely where the money is. Operating expense pass-throughs, restoration obligations and assignment rights are the three clauses worth negotiating hardest before you sign.
4 min read
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