The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) has issued extensive revisions to the rule governing criminal pleas, which will take effect on May 11, 2015.  As I explain below, while the changes address a narrow issue, they impact criminal defendants because they further constrain what little judicial discretion is left in…

Researchers at Harvard Business School (HBS) and Hunter College recently issued a report based on their survey of more than 25,000 HBS graduates on issues related to work, family responsibilities, and the gender gap in senior management positions in the workplace. The study concludes that these highly educated and ambitious…

On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voted in favor of a ballot initiative that requires employers with 11 or more employees to provide their employees with paid sick time.  Massachusetts is now the third state in the nation to enact paid sick time protection for employees.  The new law, which goes…