Commerce

Risk Management: What is litigation and how great is the risk? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Supreme Court Expands Statutory Remedy for Unfair Trade Practices

Consumer Protection

Major Revision to Consumer Protection Act

Supreme Court Further Defines Consumer Protection Act Claims

Environment

"Fees: A new piece in the wetlands mitigation puzzle", by Amy Manzelli published in the NH Business Review.

Healthcare & Insurance

HHS Publishes Helpful Guidance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule

HCFA Issues Phase I of the Fiinal Stark II Regulations

New Hampshire high Risk Health Insurance Pool

"Trigger of Coverage" Standards For Occurrence and Accident Based Insurance Policies

Labor & Employment

The Doctrine of Inevitable Disclosure (FDCC Quarterly - Spring 2004)

New Hampshire Supreme Court Addresses Employer Liability for Workplace Violence

U.S. Supreme Court Raises the Bar for ADA Claims

Clarification on Union Organizing Activities Involving Supervisory Employees

What is an “at will” employment relationship, and how does it impact your business?

Land Use

New Concord Impact Fee Ordinance

Personal Finance

N.H. Bankruptcy Court Permits “Stacking” of Homestead Protections

Real Estate

Real Estate Law: Avoiding the NH Transfer Tax Trap

Supreme Court Annonces New, More Flexible Standard for Zoning Ordinance

Regulation of Mortgage Home Loan Brokers and “Yield Spread Premium” Litigation

Registries of Deeds Adopt New Uniform Recording Standards

Concord Adopts New Zoning Ordinance

Retirement Planning

Pension Law Means Changes Ahead For Retirement Plans

Federal Estate Tax Amendments

Simplified IRA Distribution Rules

Taxation

Tips on Tips: Changes at the Fedral and State Level

Tax-Free Funding of College Education Expenses

Supreme Court Rules on Elderly Housing Exemption

IRS Changes Addresses for Filing Tax Returns

Tax Exempt Organizations: Limits On Executive Compensation

Miscellaneous

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WAY: An Associate’s Perspective on Professionalism