Rudolph Friedmann LLP Resources

Articles & Publications:

• Buying or Selling a Boat? Read This. - Posted 10/29/20
• Since Covid-19, Many More Mechanic’s Liens Filed - Posted 10/26/20
• Evicting a Tenant: The Details Matter - Posted 10/1/20
• Massachusetts Appeals Court Reviews Life Estates in New Case - Posted 8/13/20
• Bracing for COVID-19 Litigation – What to Expect and How to Avoid It - Posted 6/9/20
• Bellalta – A Win for the Homeowner - Posted 6/3/20
• Construction Work Stoppage – Now What? - Posted 3/20/20
• Legal Considerations Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Posted 3/18/20
• Making Lemonade Out of a Lemon – Recent Court Decision May Help Auto Buyers Recover Under the Massachusetts “Lemon Law” - Posted 1/22/20
• The Virtual Estate: How to Preserve Your Digital Assets - Posted 1/7/20
• Authorized Employees? Form I-9 Non-Compliance Risks - Posted 12/18/19
• The Virtual Estate: How to Preserve Your Digital Assets - Posted 11/6/19
• Retail Employers – Don’t Sleep On Your Overtime Obligations - Posted 10/9/19
• Legal Recreational Marijuana Use: Does a Positive Test Mean You’re Fired? - Posted 9/25/19
• Recent Court Decision May Cause Slippery Legal Conditions for Business Owners and Operators - Posted 8/13/19
• Cabin Masters Unite! - Posted 7/24/19
• Massachusetts Adopts the Uniform Trade Secrets Act - Posted 5/8/19
• Paradigm Magazine Publishes Bobby Rudolph’s Article on DOL Modifications to “80/20 Rule” for Tipped Employees - Posted 4/17/19
• The Future of Noncompete Litigation in Massachusetts - Posted 3/27/19
• Department of Labor Modifies Stance on Obama Era 80/20 Rule for Tipped Employees - Posted 3/6/19
• What? I Can’t Talk to My Own Employees? A Cautionary Class Action Tale - Posted 2/20/19
• Watch Out for Self-Extending Leases – Acts Can Satisfy Notice Provision - Posted 1/30/19
• Does This Ad Violate Massachusetts Law? - Posted 1/2/19
• Residential Leases in Post-Legal Marijuana Era - Posted 12/19/18
• Security Deposits: Could They Be More Harmful Than Helpful? - Posted 11/28/18
• Department of Labor Modifies Stance on Obama Era 80/20 Rule for Tipped Employees - Posted 11/15/18
• An Epic Decision: Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements - Posted 10/31/18
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Strikes Down Anti-Litigation Provisions in Condominium By-Laws - Posted 10/3/18
• Massachusetts’s New Noncompete Law: What Employers Need to Know and Do Before October 1 - Posted 9/12/18
• Social Media and the Law - Posted 8/29/18
• New Massachusetts Employee Leave Laws on the Horizon - Posted 8/8/18
• Caution to Employers: When Paid Administrative Leave Constitutes Unlawful Retaliation - Posted 6/20/18
• Buying or Selling a Boat: What You Need to Know - Posted 5/9/18
• School Threats Won’t Threaten Student Privacy - Posted 3/7/18
• Lender’s Beware: Omitting One Word in a Mortgage Could Impact Your Right to Foreclose - Posted 2/21/18
• Employers Phone Home – Out of State Employer Sued in Massachusetts - Posted 1/17/18
• Franchisor Not Liable for Alleged Tips Act Violation by Franchisee - Posted 11/29/17
• Insurer Not Obligated to Play Two Ways - Posted 11/15/17
• Exhausting Administrative Remedies Under IDEA Not Required in School Discrimination Cases Alleging Disability - Posted 11/1/17
• IDEA Requires Schools to Offer an “Individualized Education Program” Reasonably Calculated to Enable a Child to Make Appropriate Progress - Posted 11/1/17
• Instant Replay: Dallas Cowboys Case Raises Issues Similar to "Deflategate" - Posted 10/18/17
• Potential Legal Issues for College Students: Traps for the Unwary - Posted 8/23/17
• It Pays to Eat – The Massachusetts Meal Break Law - Posted 7/12/17
• Land Court Rules No Binding Agreement Where Broker Lacks Authority to Bind Seller - Posted 6/28/17
• Reality SLAPP: Blogging Is Protected Free Speech - Posted 6/7/17
• When Children Become Adults: 3 Essential Legal Documents - Posted 5/24/17
• Tenants of Condominium Units Beware: Condo Trust’s Grant of Parking Rights to Abutter Ruled Not Interference with Lease Rights - Posted 5/10/17
• Business Owners Beware: Heightened Duty to Secure Confidential Information - Posted 4/12/17
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Clarifies Shareholder Rights and Director Duties in Massachusetts - Posted 3/30/17
• Case Highlights Importance of School District Interdepartmental Communication - Posted 3/22/17
• Confidentiality of Information Involving Attorney-Client Relationships - Posted 2/15/17
• Landowner Liable When Guest Walks into Area Marked "Employees Only" - Posted 1/18/17
• It Pays to Eat – The Massachusetts Meal Break Law - Posted 10/31/17
• Class Action Waivers: To Waive or Not to Waive? - Posted 1/10/17
• Implications of the Act to Establish Pay Equity - Posted 12/4/16
• New Overtime Rule Blocked by Federal Court
• Websites and E-Commerce: Where the Virtual World Can Present Real Problems
• Separate Companies May Constitute a Single Employer for Liability Purposes
• Protecting Your Software: State Law vs. Federal Law and Other Issues
• Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and How They May Affect Your Business
• Appeal of Zoning Board Variance Requires Posting of Bond to Proceed
• Court Denies Former CEO Access to Privileged Communications
• A Guarantee or Not a Guarantee, That is the Question
• Take a Closer Look at Your Independent Contractors
• New Case Establishes Liability for Restaurant Owners with Multiple Locations
• Commercial Contractors: Beware the Cost of Insurance and Indemnity Provisions
• Prepare Now - Earned Sick Time Law Effective July 1, 2015
• Condominium Law: Who Pays for Repairs?
• Employees-at-Will:  When Can They Not Be Fired At the Employer’s Will?
• Enforceability of Covenants Not To Compete: Employers Win and Lose
• Business Divorces – Stockholders’ Rights in Closely Held Companies
• Can Corporate Counsel’s Privileged Communications Be Withheld From Directors/Shareholders?

News & Announcements:

• Eric J. Walz Joins Rudolph Friedmann - Posted 11/25/20
• Six Figure Verdict and Attorney’s Fees Award Upheld on Appeal in Complex Foreclosure Case - Posted 11/17/20
• Rudolph Friedmann LLP Represents Sellers in $43.9 Million Sale of Cambridge Property - Posted 10/6/20
• Robert Rudolph Receives ADL’s 2020 Daniel R. Ginsberg National Leadership Award - Posted 6/16/20
• Bobby Rudolph Helps Collect Seven-Figure Judgment in Complex Real Estate Case - Posted 4/27/20
• Alexander Tsianatelis Joins Firm as Associate - Posted 2/26/20
• Four Rudolph Friedmann Attorneys Selected as Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Two Attorneys as Rising Stars - Posted 10/23/19
• Jim Rudolph Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020© - Posted 9/4/19
• RF Wins Complex Foreclosure Case and Six Figure Verdict in Jury-Waived Trial - Posted 8/7/19
• Managing Partner Jim Rudolph Selected as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America
• Jury Verdict for Firm’s Client in Dispute Over Six-figure Brokerage Commission
• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Features Jon Friedmann and Adam Shafran in Employment Case of First Impression
• Successful Defense of Business Owner
• Jim Rudolph Appointed to Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)
• Partner Jonathon Friedmann Successfully Defends Developer
• An Interest in Interest: Adam Shafran and Jonathon Friedmann Appear Before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
• Rudolph Friedmann Secures $4 Million Judgment in Wrongful Death Action - Posted 12/14/16
• James Rudolph Receives Honorary Degree from Salem State University
• James Rudolph Elected Chairman of the Board of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts
• Rudolph Friedmann Makes Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly List of Largest Verdicts and Settlements of 2015
• Jon Friedmann and Adam Shafran of Rudolph Friedmann LLP Obtain $6.5M Class-Action Settlement for Garbage and Recycling Drivers