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Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane Partner Accepts Extension of Position on ISCEBS Benefits Quarterly Advisory Board

Katherine Hesse, Partner at Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP has been an advisory editorial board member for Benefits Quarterly magazine since 1990. She has been author of the legal updates in Benefits Quarterly since 2000. In her 20-year tenure as author and editor she has published roughly 40 legal updates for the magazine. She has recently accepted the opportunity to extend her position on the ISCEBS Benefits Quarterly Advisory Board for another three years.

The International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS) is the premier interactive community providing educational resources, innovative thinking, and collective wisdom to help members excel and prosper in their careers.

Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane LLP is also known throughout New England for its labor and employment practice as well as its extensive business litigation and advising employers on internal reviews and strategic legal approaches when dealing with the government. The firm also has an extensive education law practice representing public, private, and nonprofit educational institutions from pre-K through the college and university level.

Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Receives Favorable Decision for Town of Dracut

On April 11, 2023, MHTL Attorneys Peter Mello and Madison Harris-Parks represented the Town of Dracut, and successfully obtained a preliminary injunction order requiring, among other things, that the Defendant homeowners cease renting out their pool to the public. The case, Town of Dracut by and Through Its Building Inspector vs. Nason, Gilbert et al., was initiated by the Town after the Defendants failed to comply with the Town’s associated underlying zoning enforcement order. The Town requested the injunction Read More

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EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL RELIEF MEASURES - INCLUDING OPEN MEETING LAW REMOTE OPTION - SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

The option for public bodies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to hold public meetings remotely or in a hybrid fashion, which came into play at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been extended by the General Court for another two years, until March 31, 2025. The Governor signed the legislation, which will be codified at Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023, on March 29, 2023. Because of the inclusion of an emergency preamble, the law goes into effect immediately.

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Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane Partner Accepts Extension of Position on ISCEBS Benefits Quarterly Advisory Board

Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP Receives Favorable Decision for Town of Dracut

EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL RELIEF MEASURES - INCLUDING OPEN MEETING LAW REMOTE OPTION - SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

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