In November, 2022 Massachusetts voters approved a constitutional amendment in which Massachusetts residents who earn more than $1 million each year will begin paying a new tax. The new tax imposes an additional 4% state income tax on that portion of annual taxable income in excess of $1 million. Revenues from the tax will be

Are you a start-up to mid-sized company with products or trade secrets that separate you from the competition? Do you understand your intellectual property rights? On June 22, 2023, attorneys Jeremy Walker and Cathi Yao from McLane Middleton's Intellectual Property Practice Group, will discuss the differences between patents, trademarks, and copyrights. In addition, they will review how to protect

The post-Covid period has been marked by a sharp decline in the office space market. Demand is down, vacancies are up, and many landlords have been forced to lower rents below what they would have offered before the pandemic. However, many of these owners either bought or re-financed their properties relying on rent expectations that

What is the best way to protect my assets? How do I set up my family for the future? These questions and more are asked everyday to estate planners. Join attorneys Ryan J. Swartz and Caitlin G. McCurdy as they discuss changes and updates in the estate planning arena, recent cases involving the IRS, and

What is the importance of in person collaboration? That question and other reasons many businesses are moving toward bringing their employees back into an in-person work environment will be addressed in this seminar. Presenter Rick Maybury, President of the Knowles Johnson Institute of Graduate Studies will discuss this idea in more depth and provide takeaways

On October 4, 2023, Governor Healy signed into law Bill H. 4104: An Act to Improve the Commonwealth’s Competitiveness, Affordability, and Equity, which, among other tax reforms, increased the Massachusetts estate tax exemption from $1 million to $2 million and eliminated the notorious “cliff” effect—or disappearing exemption feature—of the prior law. This new legislation, which retroactively