The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. Resources

Articles & Publications:

• Department of Labor Issues Further Guidance and April 1st Effective Date for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/30/20
• Congress Finally Approves Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/23/20
• A Failed Argument for Sleeping on the Job - Posted 3/23/20
• Recent Lawsuit a Good Reminder to Practice Caution In Planning Holiday Parties - Posted 2/12/20
• If at First You Don’t Succeed… The Department of Labor Announces a New Increase to the Minimum Salary Threshold for White Collar Employees - Posted 1/7/20
• NLRB Changes the Definition of the Independent Contractor - Posted 3/6/19
• Minimum Wage Increases for 2019 - Posted 1/3/19
• The Pins Are In at In-N-Out Burger - Posted 8/14/18
• NLRB Edges Closer to a 3-2 Pro-Employer Majority with Confirmation of Board Member Kaplan - Posted 8/10/17
• Massachusetts’ Highest Court Requires Workplace Accommodation for Medical Marijuana Positive Drug Test – Or Does It? - Posted 8/9/17
• NLRB Trial Judge Appears to Cut Break for Financial Industry Employee Rules - Posted 7/27/17
• Update: Court of Appeals Affirms the U.S. District Court’s Ruling Continuing the Application of the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law to Unionized Employers - Posted 1/3/16
• Five New England States and New York Will Have Higher State Minimum Hourly Wage Rates Than the Federal Minimum - Posted 12/27/16
• Employers Beware:  Some States from Maine Through New York Impose a Higher Minimum Salary Threshold for the White Collar Overtime Exemption - Posted 12/14/16
• UPDATE: Court Agrees to Expedite U.S. Department of Labor's Appeal of Injunction Blocking Overtime Rule - Posted 12/14/16
• Legalization of Marijuana Creates Uncertainty as to the Rights of Employers in Responding to Marijuana Use Outside the Workplace - Posted 11/29/16
• New Overtime Rule in Limbo: Federal Court Promises to Issue Opinion Next Week - Posted 11/17/16
• New OSHA Rules Designed to Limit Non-DOT Mandatory Post-Accident Drug Testing - Posted 9/8/16
• Department of Labor Announces New Overtime Rule With a December 1, 2016 Effective Date - Posted 6/1/16
• New Federal Trade Secrets Law Requires Immediate Employer Action - Posted 6/1/16
• Department of Labor Announces New Overtime Rule With a December 1, 2016 Effective Date - Posted 5/19/16
• The Dangers of Looking the Other Way:  Employer Held Liable to Pay Former Employee for Interrupting Lunch Breaks - Posted 4/25/16
• Vermont Joins a Growing List of States to Mandate Paid Sick Leave - Posted 3/23/16
• First Circuit Court of Appeals Gives Managers a Trial on Their FLSA Overtime Lawsuit - Posted 1/27/16
• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects NLRB’s Lack Of Common Sense And Holds That Employer Is Entitled To Ban Employees From Wearing Unprofessional T-Shirt on House Calls
• Colorado Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Employer’s Right to Prohibit Employee Medicinal Marijuana Use
• Department of Labor Proposes Salary Requirement of $54,440 for White Collar Overtime Exemption
• Connecticut Enacts Law Restricting Employers’ Access to Personal Social Media and Email Accounts
• Government Agencies Issue Proposed Guidance and Regulations That Could Lead to “Blacklisting” of Certain Government Contractors
• Massachusetts’ Mandatory Sick Pay Law Takes Effect July 1, 2015 – Full Compliance Deferred for Certain Employers until January 1, 2016
• NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Common Employee Handbook Policies that his Office on NLRB Considers Unlawful
• Massachusetts Replaces Maternity Leave Law with Parental Leave Law
• National Labor Relations Board Mandates That Employers Allow Employees Use of Work Email For Union Organizing and Related Activities
• Disability Discrimination Under Maine’s Human Rights Act (MHRA)

News & Announcements:

• The Bennett Law Firm Welcomes Attorney Pawel Z. Binczyk To the Firm - Posted 12/15/20
• Peter Bennett and Rick Finberg Named to The Best Lawyers in America, 2021 Edition - Posted 9/1/20
• Peter Bennett and Rick Finberg Named to Best Lawyers in America, 2020 Edition - Posted 8/23/19
• Best Lawyers® Selects Rick Finberg as its 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Labor and Employment Litigation in Portland, Maine - Posted 7/30/19
• National Expert on Labor and Employment Law Elected Chair of the Board of The National Judicial College - Posted 7/11/19
• The Bennett Law Firm Moves to New Location - Posted 4/29/19
• Peter Bennett Elected as Maine State Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates - Posted 10/1/18
• Peter Bennett Selected as Chair Elect of the Board of Trustees for the National Judicial College - Posted 8/14/18
• Peter Bennett Invited to Participate in Northeastern University’s Spring “Myra Kraft Open Classroom” - Posted 2/16/18
• The Bennett Law Firm named to Tier 1 rank in Litigation on list of Best Law Firms in America, 2018 Edition - Posted 11/27/17
• Peter Bennett Named Treasurer of the National Judicial College - Posted 6/16/17
• Bennett Law Firm Recognized in 2017 edition of “Best Law Firms” for U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers - Posted 11/8/16
• Peter Bennett Selected to the 2016 New England Super Lawyers List - Posted 11/8/16
• The Bennett Law Firm Welcomes Attorney Ashley Arra to The Firm - Posted 9/27/16
• Portland Attorney Peter Bennett Appointed by the American Bar Association to Serve a Three- Year Term on its Standing Committee - Posted 9/19/16
• Two Bennett Law Firm Partners Named to The Best Lawyers in America, 2017 Edition - Posted 8/29/16
• Portland Attorney Peter Bennett to Co-Lead Judicial-Media Knowledge Exchange Workshop Co-Sponsored by the Missouri Supreme Court and the American Bar Association on June 30, 2016 - Posted 6/28/16
• Peter Bennett to Present at the 2016 American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco - Posted 5/12/16
• Bennett Law Firm Recognized in 2016 edition of "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
• Two Bennett Law Firm Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© 2016
• Peter Bennett Appointed to the American Bar Association’s Commission on the American Jury for 2015 – 2016
• Bennett Law Firm Recognized by Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2015
• Bennett Law Firm Recognized by Corporate LiveWire – Global Awards 2015
• Portland Law Firm Recognized by Corporate LiveWire – Global Awards 2014
• Peter Bennett Presents at the 2015 Associated Grocers of New England’s (AGNE) Annual Trade Show
• Peter Bennett Appointed to Board of Directors of the Appellate Judges Education Institute
• Peter Bennett to Serve as Special Advisor to American Bar Association Committee
• Peter Bennett Named to the Board of the National Judicial College
• The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. Selected as a 2014 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News and Best Lawyers
• ABA Calls For Safer State Courthouses
• Peter Bennett to Take Part in the 2014 Diversity Summit Panel Discussion
• Peter Bennett to Speak at the Nevada Limited Jurisdiction Judges 2014 Winter Seminar
• Bennett Law Firm Recognized by Corporate Intl Magazine
• College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Elects Rick Finberg of Portland, Maine a Fellow
• The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 Recognizes Two Bennett Law Firm Attorneys
• HR PowerHour Guest Speaker - Peter Bennett
• Corporate INTL Recognizes The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.
• Peter Bennett, Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence to sit on the ABA hearing Committee February 3, 2012
• The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. Wins Two Legal Awards From Corporate INTL Magazine
• Peter Bennett Named Chair of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Judicial Independence
• Corporate INTL Magazine Names the Bennett Law Firm “Maine Boutique Law Firm of the Year”
• ABA Appoints Peter Bennett as a Member of the ABA TIPS Task Force on Leadership-Diversity Initiative
• Bennett Law Firm Attorneys Peter Bennett and Rick Finberg Selected to be Included in the 2011 Chambers USA Guide to the Legal Profession