The recently enacted SECURE Act has made changes to the laws affecting retirement accounts, which are both good and bad for taxpayers. In this blog I will cover the highlights of the positive changes for taxpayers. Beginning in 2020, the SECURE Act changes the require beginning date (RBD) for required minimum distributions (RMD) from retirement accounts from April 1 of the ... more

Generally, employees do not have job protection when refusing to return to work due to fear of contracting COVID-19 unless they have a health condition that creates high risk of serious health complications if they were to get COVID-19. The employee cannot just conclusively state he has such a health condition and the employer is entitled under the Americans With Disabilities ... more

The wave of law suits against employers claiming the employee contracted the COVID-19 virus at work have begun in several states including claims against Walmart, Tyson, certain nursing homes, and other businesses.  Some lawsuits are claiming that the employers were grossly negligent resulting in the employees getting very sick or dying of COVID-19. The New Hampshire Workers’ ... more

On July 10, 2020, the New Hampshire Supreme Court, in the case of In re: Kamil, issued an order that could have far-reaching implications in contested custody hearings.  In Kamil the wife was allowed supervised contact with her children.  However, she would need to demonstrate to the satisfaction of a mental health professional that she first acquired the skills ... more

Under certain circumstances, contracts that create an agency relationship such as a real estate broker agreement may end at the death of the property owner. The Massachusetts Appeals Court in the case of Newton Centre Realty, Inc. v. David R. Jaffe, Personal Representative, in June 2020, decided that a real estate broker, who had an exclusive listing agreement to real ... more