Under the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), employees are protected from discrimination based upon a disability. A disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the individual’s major activities. It could also be a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. Just having ... more

An employee who has the responsibility of terminating the employment of a subordinate rarely can be held legally liable to the terminated employee. This issue was addressed in the September 30, 2011 decision of the New Hampshire federal court in John Balsamo v. UNH. John Balsamo (hereinafter “Balsamo”) began working at UNH as a general ... more

On September 20, 2011, the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the case of Boissy v. Chevion adopted a new rule with regard to when an easement can be extinguished. An easement allows the owner of one parcel of land to come onto another parcel of land to do a specific thing. For example, an easement ... more