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Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act

A new law, the Parental Leave law, makes the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act gender neutral.  Now, both male and female employees are entitled to eight weeks of leave in connection with the birth or adoption of a child.  The Parental Leave bill was signed into law in early January 2015, [...]

2015-01-14T18:08:05-05:00January 14th, 2015|News|

Navigating the Elder Years

Andrew Butler recently participated in a panel discussion called "Navigating the Elder Years: A Team Approach to Planning and Decision-Making" at the Wayland Public Library.  The presentation addressed the many issues that the elderly and their families often confront and will be held again at the Framingham Public Library on February [...]

2014-12-09T14:46:08-05:00December 9th, 2014|News|

Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Increased

The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2014-61, which announced inflation adjustments to the applicable exclusion amount beginning in 2015.  For an estate of any decedent dying during calendar year 2015, the applicable exclusion is increased from $5.34 million to $5.43 million.  This change increases not only the applicable exclusion amount [...]

2014-11-24T16:06:54-05:00November 24th, 2014|News|

Archstone Attorneys Named Super Lawyers

Eve Horwitz and Andrew Butler were once again named as New England Super Lawyers. This accolade was made by an independent blue ribbon panel of their peers who were asked to vote for those lawyers who represent the best of the legal profession. This is the fourth time that Andrew and Eve [...]

2014-10-29T11:22:08-04:00October 29th, 2014|News|

Archstone Represents Large Medical Practice in Sale to Hospital

Archstone represented a large multi-specialty medical practice in connection with the sale of the assets of the practice to a hospital. The representation included negotiating the business terms of the acquisition, due diligence, the separation of several of the shareholders from the practice prior to the acquisition, the drafting and negotiating [...]

2014-10-03T17:09:35-04:00October 3rd, 2014|News|

Archstone Attorney Chosen as Faculty for Healthcare & Hospital Law Program

Eve Horwitz was selected as a member of the faculty of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's program on Health & Hospital Law Basics. At this year’s program, Eve will address topics pertinent to physicians and physician practices. The program provides an introduction to Massachusetts and Federal health care law-including the essential core issues [...]

2014-09-18T11:15:48-04:00September 18th, 2014|News|
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