In New Hampshire, most employees are at will, which means that they or their employer can end the employment relationship with and without notice and/or with and without cause.  There are exceptions based upon certain statutes that protect from firing due to class such as age, race, gender, disability, or actions, whistleblowing, or filing a legitimate worker's compensation ... more

A Will is a simple estate planning tool that allows you to have control over what happens with your assets after you pass away. Without it, your estate administration is determined by the laws of the state you live in, and they don’t know you or what you want. Not a millionaire? Me neither, but I still have a Will, and so do many other people! Estate planning is not only ... more

A corporation's failure to pay employee's wages could result in the corporate officer or its representative that makes decision personally liable even if a corporation can show that it is suffering from serious cash flow problems. New Hampshire's Wage Statute makes a corporate officer or agent of the corporation that knowingly permits the corporation to fail to pay wages ... more

On August 1, 2017, the Supreme Court answered a unique question concerning the effect of an appeal on property divisions.  In the case of Breagy and Breagy, the trial court issued a Final Decree of Divorce in August 2014.  The wife appealed the Decree of Divorce to the New Hampshire Supreme Court who, in July 2015, affirmed the Decree.  Between August 2014 and July ... more

New Hampshire employees have a duty of loyalty while they are employed by the company which generally, even absent an agreement, prevents an employee from working for a competitor or funneling potential company business to the employee’s own side business.   New Hampshire also has a statute addressing trade secrets that prevents employees from misappropriating confidential ... more