If you have applied for a job in Massachusetts, don’t be surprised if you are told that your application will be subject to a criminal background check. In fact, job applicants are by far the most likely to be subjected to a criminal background check in this state....
Home Improvement Contracts: Considerations In MA And Delays Due To Pandemic
Home repair and renovation projects don't always go as planned. A small disagreement between homeowners and contractors can blow over to courtroom battles. As a homeowner, unless you want to waste your time in a "he said, I said" courtroom battle along with the...
Precautions That Should be Taken on Videoconferencing – Legal Issues for Your Business in Massachusetts
Many businesses have been regularly using videoconferencing since the start of the Covid-9 pandemic. It gets around the necessity to socially distance and can have other advantages, too. It is cheaper to run a videoconference than a full blown face to face event and...
What Is Informal Probate In Massachusetts?
Probate is the legal process to settle a person’s assets after their death to ensure that their will is valid. These assets include bank funds, investment accounts, homes, and properties, plus assets like cars, boats and businesses. However, it is essential to...
Massachusetts Tree Law: When Can A Landowner Be Liable For A Fallen Tree?
Homes in a pristine green neighborhood are precious assets, as homeowners rush to buy them. There is no doubt that living in a home that’s surrounded by trees is a fantastic experience… that is until one of them falls on the neighbor’s house! It can happen because of...
What is Fiduciary Duty and What Can be Done When There is a Breach of It?
A fiduciary is an individual, business or organization that has a legal duty towards another individual, business or organization. The party to which the fiduciary owes a duty is called the beneficiary and the specific duty owed is called the fiduciary duty. The word...
All You Need To Know About Emergency Paid Sick Time In Massachusetts
If you feel sick or believe that you may have been exposed to the Coronavirus, it is important that you stay home and avoid exposing others as well. But for this to happen, you’ll need cooperation from your employers, so you can miss work to look after yourself and...
Current Evictions – Legal Considerations During COVID-19 In Massachusetts
Low-income households have already been severely affected by the pandemic, and the housing insecurity is only adding to their troubles. According to the Household Pulse Survey Interactive Tool, approximately one out of five people feel insecure when it comes to...
The Child Custody Order Process in Massachusetts
When couples decide to separate, or when a separation occurs because one of the partners decides to quit for reasons of their own, one of the more difficult sets of decisions that has to be made is what to do about shared children. Who should they live with? Who will...
The Legal Challenges for Small Business Owners in the COVID-19 Era
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit small businesses hard in Massachusetts, perhaps harder than many other places in the U.S. Around 22% of small businesses in the state have been forced to close down, or reduce their operations awaiting a better economic environment. The...
Property Separation in a Massachusetts Divorce
Property Separation in a Divorce in Massachusetts The longer a married couple has been together, the more likely that they have acquired property together and their financial affairs have become entwined. This means that if the couple then decides to go through a...
Pet Legislation in Massachusetts – Are You Doing the Right Thing?
When the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and stay home order in Massachusetts began, many people decided to buy a new pet as a companion and a distraction to the depressing events happening outside their home. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
How Do Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Settlements Work?
Workers' compensation provides payments, as needed, for lost wages, and lifetime medical care for a work-related injury or illness. But, you and your employer or its workers' compensation insurance provider can agree to permanently close your claim in exchange for one...
Attorney Mucci – 2020 Top Rated General Litigation Attorney in Winchester, MA
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The COVID-19 State of Emergency and Its Legal Implications for Citizens of Massachusetts
The COVID-19 virus is affecting every facet of society. Though the long-term legal implications are still unclear, this article explores some of the legal issues that residents of Massachusetts are currently grappling with due to the COVID-19 state of emergency and...
Vacation Time After Divorce in Massachusetts
Vacation Time After Divorce in Massachusetts Couples who have a divorce have to think about what they are going to do with their joint children after divorcing. The younger the children are at the time of separation, the greater the potential harmful effect on their...
Understanding Massachusetts Recreational Boating Laws in the Covid-19 Era
With Massachusetts gradually opening up after what seems like endless weeks cooped up at home, many people are looking forward to enjoy the rest of the summer out on the water. Of course, nothing is exactly the same as it was last year. Although recreational boating,...
Living Apart as Grounds for Divorce in Massachusetts
Living Apart as Grounds for Divorce in Massachusetts Divorce is rarely as pleasant a procedure as the marriage that preceded it, although for at least one, and probably both spouses, it may come as a relief, allowing the two people to move on in life. Marriage is an...
Workplace Covid-19 Safety Measures And Termination of Employment in Massachusetts
Like many states across the nation, Massachusetts is entering a transition period in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic that has been ravaging the U.S. as it has in almost every other part of the world. For the last two months only essential businesses and...
Probate during COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts
Probate is the legal process that a deceased person's estate must go through to pass the decedent's probatable assets on to their descendants or, preferably, their named beneficiaries. Probate can be time-consuming and expensive and can significantly delay...