Attorney Philip N. Beauregard recently won a jury verdict in a malpractice trial against the Alden Court nursing home. The verdict resulted in a recovery of $1.3 million for the family of Kathryn Miller. For more details, read this article from the SouthCoast Standard Times: read more

The attorneys at Beauregard, Burke & Franco were recently successful in obtaining a recovery for a client in a civil rights case against Bristol Community College. The case resulted in a settlement of $600,000. For more details, read this article from the SouthCoast Standard Times. read more

I am a small business owner, and I am lucky to have many friends and clients who own their own businesses. I have found that regardless of the backgrounds of these friends and clients, the size of their businesses, or their industries, that a common theme exists: a lack of awareness of potential legal pitfalls that employers can face if they aren’t being proactive. This is not to fault my friends and clients. Heck, I’ve even guided fellow attorneys as to employment matters. Here is a non-exhaustive list of things that should be on your legal...

As a followup to Attorney Beauregard-Rheaume’s most recent blog, here is a link to the federal government’s answers to commonly asked questions by Employees and Employers as it relates to the new COVID-19 law. Employers, take note that this link also provides the posters you are required to display at your workplace: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic The Law Offices of Beauregard, Burke & Franco is a civil litigation firm specializing in civil rights, business, malpractice, employment, municipal, and personal injury...

Crazy times, and our collective health should be at the forefront of everyone’s minds. With that as a given (I hope!), I figured it may be useful to check in on one of my favorite areas of law, employment, to see what employers and employees may expect in the coming weeks with all of this uncertainty around us. BTW, pictured is an actual image of my home office and my coworker, Clover, who likes to roll in dead animal carcasses if given the opportunity. If you are laid off (no expectation of being re-hired) or furloughed (your employer...

So last year, in the throes of pregnancy number 2, I posted a blog about the value of the d/b/a (“doing business as”). The conclusion, in case you missed it, was there is NO value of a d/b/a, but you’d have to stay tuned as to why. Then I didn’t follow up because, baby, whose Facebook-filtered photo accompanying this blog surely is what led you to click the link. Hopefully you’re still tuned in a year and a couple months later. There is no value to a d/b/a because the individual behind the d/b/a’s assets are DOA when it comes to collecting a...