On March 22, 2021, the New Hampshire federal court in the case of Timothy Record v. Hannaford Bros. Co., LLC  denied Hannaford Bros. Co., LLC's  request for a summary judgment of the claims of its former employee Timothy Record.   Record claimed he endured pervasive sexual harassment based upon gender, sex, and sexual orientation and that his work conditions were ... more

In 2003, the Supreme Court, in the case of In re: Blanchflower, defined adultery as sexual intercourse between persons of the opposite sex.  On April 1, 2021, the Supreme Court overruled Blanchflower and reinterpreted the term adultery to include sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the person's spouse regardless of the sex or gender. In ... more

Generally when an insurance company has to pay out on a claim they have the right under the policy to subrogation which allows them to go after the responsible party.  For example, if your furnace malfunctions causing a fire in your house and it was the result of a negligent installation by a company, your homeowner's policy would pay for the fire damage loss and thereafter ... more

While New Hampshire is an employee-at-will state, meaning that either the employer or the employee may end the relationship with or without cause or notice, there is a public policy exception to that law plus federal and state statutes to set parameters regarding the ability to fire or take other adverse employment actions against an employee. An annual job performance evaluation ... more

The Capitol riot at the beginning of this month prompted social media to terminate the accounts of President Trump, most notably his Twitter account.  In response, several critics, including the President, stated that this was a unprecedented assault on free speech.  The First Amendment puts restrictions on the government’s ability to regulate free speech, but not that ... more