Written by Deborah Pechet Quinan.

Published in the March 22, 2013 issue of the New England Real Estate Journal. 

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RIW Client Alert

New Rules are in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code

Authored by Gary Bubb

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Written by Mike Duffy.

Published in the Friday, January 25, 2013 issue of the New England Real Estate Journal. 

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Barry Weiner appeared in the article entitled Work E-mails: The New Smoking Gun written by Christine Caufield:

Barry Weiner, name partner of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner in Boston, was quoted in the following:

"People within organizations are more often than not insufficiently sensitive to the fact that electronic communications leave a lasting record that can undoubtedly be retrieved and can be a really important piece of evidence for lawyers," said trial attorney Barry Weiner of Ruberto Israel & Weiner.

"And because people are able to copy numerous people on their e-mails, the breadth of the seeds that they're planting can be really quite broad and more easily tracked and discoverable," he added. 

Labeling e-mails with the subject phrase "confidential and privileged" does not make them so, Weiner said. An e-mail to your company's in-house counsel could be privileged, but not if that e-mail is sent to others as well. And adding the in-house counsel to your list of e-mail recipients doesn't make the missive privileged, either.

"It's important for people to have an understanding as to what communications by e-mail they can feel free to make, and who is going to be able to look at those e-mails at a later date," Weiner said.

Disclaimer Schmisclaimer

Disclaimers at the bottom of an e-mail that tell the recipient the contents may contain privileged information have weight only insofar as they alert people to the possibility the email is confidential.

"Such a statement does not in and of itself make the communication confidential," Weiner said. "It may give someone a heads-up to keep it to themselves, but the fact is you have created a record by this e-mail, and if it isn't protected by privilege, it will undoubtedly be discoverable in a proceeding."

Written by Mike Duffy.

Published in the Friday, January 25, 2013 issue of the New England Real Estate Journal. 

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Gene Landy appeared in the article entitled Trolling for Treasure: Take a side - So-called patent trolls either suck the life out of innovation or are the defendersof inventors written by Galen Moore

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The article appeared in the October 3-9, 2008 issue of Mass High Tech.

Shareholder, Stacey Friends published a recent Client Alert: Trademark Scams and Misleading Solicitations. 

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New England Real Estate Journal
by Michael Duffy
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Practice Areas
Commercial Real Estate

Shareholder, Stacey Friends published a recent Client Alert: Trademark Scams and Misleading Solicitations. 

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Banker & Tradesman
Commercial Real Estate Monthly Section
by Dan Goldberg
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Practice Areas
Construction Law
Commercial Real Estate

by Maureen Mulligan

Published in TortSource, Volume 14, Number 2, Winter 2012

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Stacey Friends appeared in the article entitled Scrabulous Gone, Questions Remain: Copyright Battles Heat Up on Web written by Mike Musgrove for the Washington Post.

by Maureen Mulligan

Published in TortSource, Volume 14, Number 2, Winter 2012

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Chris Litterio appeared in the article entitled Recruiting can bear more fruit without Blackberrys written by Jennifer Leclaire:

Chris Litterio, managing partner of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner in Boston, said employers should outline employee accessibility via BlackBerrys outside of the workplace. "If someone is getting disciplined or terminated for not answering their BlackBerry quickly enough after hours, that could lead someone to file a wrongful termination suite," Litterio said.

"In economic downtimes, you see a lot more creative employment termination claims come up," he continued. "From a hiring perspective, if your competitors are not requiring employees to carry a BlackBerry 24/7 and you are, they may take the job with the more personal life-friendly employer.

by Michael Rosen

Published in the New England Real Estate Journal
Friday, November 11, 2011

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Practice Areas:

Commercial Real Estate

Construction Law

Brad Croft appeared in the article entitled Job losses are there, but below national average written by Mary K. Pratt:

"Smart companies are doing great because they're looking at projects, looking at what subs are doing, who are their suppliers, and whether the subs are paying their suppliers (on time). That focus isn't typically used when times are good."

The article addresses the amount of Massachusetts construction job losses in 2007. It appeared in the August 22, 2008 issue of the Boston Business Journal.

by Daniel Goldberg

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Practice Areas:

Litigation

Construction Law

New England In-House
by Barry Weiner
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Practice Area
Litigation

This is the 4th installment of a six-part series on litigation management

by Daniel Goldberg

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Practice Areas:

Litigation

Construction Law

RIW was featured in the article entitled "Specifics count when courting lawyers", written by Keith Regan. The article talks about what to look for when trying to find a lawyer to suit your needs.

The article appeared in the June 27, 2008 issue of the Boston Business Journal.

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by Daniel Goldberg

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Practice Areas:

Litigation

Construction Law

Mike Gatlin appeared in the article entitled New Law imperils collection of some business debts written by Denise Magnell:

"This law makes a great deal of sense if you've gotten one of the subprime mortgages to finance your home," said real estate attorney Michael Gatlin, a shareholder with the law firm Ruberto, Israel & Weiner in Boston. "The problem is, the way it's written, the law also applies to corporate entities. When I saw that in the law, I thought, 'It must be missing something ... this can't be right.' "

The article addressed a new state law concerning homeowners facing foreclosure. It appeared in the April 18, 2008 issue of the Boston Business Journal.

by Daniel Goldberg

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Practice Areas:

Litigation

Construction Law

by Daniel Goldberg

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Practice Areas:

Litigation

Construction Law

New England In-House
by Barry Weiner
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Practice Area
Litigation

This is the 3rd installment of a six-part series on litigation management

by Daniel Goldberg

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Practice Areas:

Litigation

Construction Law

Mike Duffy was quoted in the March 25th Boston Business Journal article on stepped up
Wage-and-Hour enforcement by the US Department of Labor.

by Daniel Goldberg

Practice Area

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Practice Areas:

Ligitagtion

Construction Law

New England In-House
by Barry Weiner
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Practice Area
Litigation

This is the 2nd installment of a six-part series on litigation management 

by Daniel Goldberg

Practice Area

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Practice Areas:

Ligitagtion

Construction Law

by Daniel Goldberg

Practice Area

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Practice Areas:

Ligitagtion

Construction Law

New England In House Counsel
by Barry Y. Weiner
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Practice Area
Litigation

This is the 1st installment of a six-part series on litigation management. 

by Daniel Goldberg

Practice Area

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Practice Areas:

Litigation

Construction Law

Trusts & Estates Planning
What Shape is Your Estate In? Part 1

RIW Client Alert
From the RIW Trusts & Estates Group

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Brad Croft was quoted in the article titled Legislation promises major changes for construction law bar, written by Phillip Bantz, which addresses the new prompt pay law that affects contracts and business dealings in the construction industry. 

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RIW recently sent out a client alert addressing this new legislation that came into effect early August. To read the alert, written by Brad, click here.

New England Real Estate Journal
by Michael Rosen

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Practice Area
Construction Law

On August 12, 2010 Governor Deval Patrick signed into law Senate Bill 2577, An Act Promoting Fairness in Private Construction Contracts aka Prompt-Pay Bill. The law, now codified as M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section 29E, will fundamentally change the administration and enforcement of construction contracts in Massachusetts.

RIW Client Alert
From the RIW Construction Law Group

Authored by Brad Croft

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Banker & Tradesman
by Michael G. Gatlin
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Practice Areas
Commercial Real Estate
Construction Law

RIW Client Alert
From the RIW Employment Law Group

Authored by Chris Litterio, Managing Shareholder & Chair of the Employment Law group.

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Massachusetts Lawyers Journal
by Brad Croft

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Practice Area
Construction Law

RIW Client Alert
From the RIW Trusts & Estates Group

Authored by Deborah Pechet Quinan & Lisa Weinstein Burns, Co-chairs of the Trusts & Estates Group

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Lisa Weinstein Burns was quoted in the article titled Troubled economy boosts lawyers' estate work, written by Lisa van der pool:

Chris Litterio was quoted in the article titled Legal pitfalls may await in the Legal Services section of the Boston Business Journal: 

RIW Client Alert

Supreme Judicial Court Ruling: Employers liable under the Massachusetts Wage Act for payment of unused vacation time

Authored by Bethany A. Grazio

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Russ Stein was quoted in the article titled Banks will be conservative when it comes to lending for a while.  So... what are your options? written by Mary K. Pratt:

Brad Croft was quoted in the article titled Construction case to impact lawsuits against developers; MPEA limitations period at issue written by Jack Dew:

New England Real Estate Journal
by Brad Croft

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Practice Area
Construction Law

A power-ful case
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
by Barry Weiner
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Practice Area
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Lou Katz quoted in the article entitled Failure to Launch? written by Kate O'Sullivan:

Chris Litterio quoted in the article entitled Law firms shake the bushes to stir up new business written by Lisa Van Der Pool:

Dave Robinson was quoted in the article entitled Social Media: Watch Your Step:

Amy Mastrobattista, Russ Stein and Gene Landy all appeared in various articles in the May 29, 2009 Special How-To Section of Boston Business Journal

Managing Shareholder, Chris Litterio, was featured in the May 15, 2009 issue of the Boston Business Journal.

The article, entitled Staying On Par: Chris Litterio, was written by Lisa van der Pool and touches on Chris' Litigation practice and contemporary law firm management.

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Lou Katz was quoted in the article entitled Smart Ways to Pass on Wealth:

If you're so inclined, you can convert the loan into a gift over time, using the annual gift tax exclusion to forgive some principal each year. Each individual can give $13,000 a year to anyone else without gift tax consequences-- meaning a couple could forgive up to $26,000 a year in principal lent to a child. Alternatively, you can leave the borrower assets in your will with which to pay off the loan. Just don't put into your will that the loan is forgiven at your death, warns Boston lawyer Louis Katz. That could turn a nontaxable inheritance left to your child into taxable "debt forgiveness" income.

 The article addresses the "right ways for parents to loan money to their adult children."It appeared on Forbes.com on May 5, 2009 and will appear in Forbes Magazine - May 25, 2009.

Women's Business Boston
by Stacey Friends

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Practice Area
Intellectual Property

Attorney Jim Fox was featured in the "Outside the Box" special section of the Boston Business Journal.

The article appeared in the March 6, 2009 issue of the BBJ.

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New England Real Estate Journal
by Brad Croft
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Practice Area
Construction Law
Litigation

making earn-outs work for sellers
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
March 12, 2007
by David Baer and Gary C. Bubb
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Practice Area
Mergers & Acquisitions

Chris Litterio appeared in the article entitled Lawyers EyeSeeds of Litigation Wave In Layoffs written by Evan Weinberger:

Christopher Litterio, a managing shareholder at Ruberto Israel & Weiner PC, echoed that sentiment. “I think it's going to be a small rise personally in terms of claims being made as a result of the layoffs,” he said.

Employees know the slumping economy their companies are facing, and in most cases understand that layoffs are just a feature of the current landscape, which lessens, in part, the likelihood of legal action.

The article addresses the rise of employment-related lawsuits due to a down economy. It appeared on February 20, 2009 on Law 360.com.

Gene K. Landy and Amy J. Mastrobattista, Authors

Practice Area
Technology Business Group

For more information about The IT/Digital Legal Companion

Fall 2004
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RIW Client Alert

NEW MASSACHUSETTS RULES REQUIRE INFORMATION
SECURITY PLANS AND PROCEDURES.
Requirements are Effective Shortly

Authored by Gene Landy

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Russ Stein appeared in the article entitled Lawyers testify about what entrepreneurs should ask them featured in the section "Inside Legal Services":

Russell N. Stein

Chair of the corporate and business law group, Ruberto, Israel & Weiner

While inherently risk takers, smart entrepreneurs are savvy enough to understand the need to minimize risk. That includes making sure their advisers know their way around the industry in question, not just the legal issues, but from a business perspective as well.

When a fast-moving deal is in play, there’s no time for on-the-job training. Smart entrepreneurs want lawyers who’ve been there before — done similar deals, and understand the subtle nuances inherent in their industry.

My experience is very much that they also want a legal team that’s as nimble and flexible as they are, with sophisticated technical skills, sure, but also lean and dynamic enough to move quickly and adjust as needed, to follow the momentum of the deal.

Finally, since budgets are often tight, they want a firm that’s efficient in terms of how they staff and manage a deal. 

Russ was one of six Boston-based attorneys that were highlighted in the article. It appeared in February 6, 2009 issue of Mass High Tech.

New England Real Estate Journal
by Dan Goldberg
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Practice Areas
Construction Law

New England In-House
by Barry Weiner
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Practice Area
Litigation

This is the 6th and final installment of a six-part series on litigation management

Gene Landy appeared in the article entitled Find an IP expert who can partner your growth written by Keith Rogan:

For many businesses, a good first test may be whether an IP firm has expertise in a company’s specific industry niche, said Gene Landy, a partner in the information technology business division at Ruberto, Israel & Weiner PC in Boston.

“First and foremost you need somebody who understands your business and industry and what IP means in terms of the strategic and business value in that context,” Landy said.

That’s because intellectual property means different things in different settings. “If you talk to gaming companies, when they say it’s important to have good IP ... it might mean having iron-clad patents for their products,” he added. “You want someone who is pretty well tuned in to how IP is used in your business segment.”

The article addresses what companies should look for when searching for an IP lawyer. It appeared in the December 12, 2008 issue of the Boston Business Journal.

Chris Litterio appeared in the article entitled Weighing the Billable Hour written by Mary K. Pratt:

Litterio said the real issue isn’t necessarily how lawyers bill for their services — he, like others, noted that many other business transactions are billed by the hour — but rather an issue of trust and whether clients believe they’re getting what they’re paying for.

The article addresses the value of billable hours in this downturn economy. It appeared in the November 21, 2008 issue of the Boston Business Journal.

New England In-House
by Barry Weiner
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Practice Area
Litigation

This is the 5th installment of a six-part series on litigation management