Bello Black & Welsh LLP

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2011

The Firm's affiliation with Ford & Harrison LLP was featured in the September 30, 2011 edition of the Boston Business Journal.
John Welsh and Steve Weatherhead authored the chapter on labor and employment law in a recent publication from Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. entitled "Advising a Massachusetts Business." Click here to learn more.
John Welsh was quoted in the September, 2011 edition of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding the advantages of small firm practice.
Ken Bello was quoted in the May 23, 2011 edition of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding the increase in worker-classification audits, particularly in Massachusetts. Click here to view the article.

Jenn Belli co-authored a report issued by the Employment Issues Committee of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts on the status of women in the legal profession. Jenn was interviewed about the report for an article in the October 19, 2009 issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
John Welsh was quoted in the November 9, 2009 edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding a recent case on spoliation of evidence.
On July 29, 2009, Steve Weatherhead was quoted in the "Job Doc" column of Boston.com, the online edition The Boston Globe, regarding the intersection of privacy and health insurance eligibility requirements.
On June 17, 2009, Josh Black was quoted in the Job Doc column of the Boston Globe. The article dealt with employees who suffer illnesses or injuries while traveling on business.
Josh Black was quoted in an article on overtime that ran in the Job Doc column of the Boston Globe on Sunday, April 19, 2009.
Ken Bello and Jenn Belli published an article in the March 2009 edition of New England In-House regarding the recently enacted Fair Pay Act.
Steve Weatherhead was quoted in a March 12, 2009 story in Workforce Management regarding the recent increase in federal discrimination claims.
Ken Bello was quoted in an article of the January 26, 2009 edition of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding a bill pending in Massachusetts to ban non-compete agreements.

Josh Black commented on payments under incentive pay plans in the "Job Doc" column of the October 19, 2008 Sunday edition of The Boston Globe.
Steve Weatherhead authored the "NH Supreme Court At-a-Glance" column featured in the September 19, 2008 edition of New Hampshire Bar News.
Ken Bello was quoted in an article on reductions in force in the September 1, 2008 edition of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Josh Black commented on employee terminations and holiday pay in the "Job Doc" column of the August 17, 2008 Sunday edition of The Boston Globe.
John Welsh was quoted in an article regarding spoliation of evidence in the June 2, 2008 edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Josh Black was quoted in the "Job Doc" column of the May 18, 2008 Sunday edition of The Boston Globe. Josh commented on the legal aspects of employee severance.
Ken Bello's editorial on new Massachusetts legislation mandating treble damages for wage violations was published in the April 28, 2008 edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Click here to view the article.

Steve Weatherhead published an article in the November 2007 edition of New England In-House regarding the enforceability of releases under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
John Welsh was quoted in articles in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and Lawyers Weekly, a national publication, on Covucci v. Keane, Inc., a case in which the Firm obtained dismissal of an age discrimination lawsuit against a client based on proof that the Plaintiff, a former Vice President, had spoliated material evidence.
John Welsh was quoted in an article in Inside Counsel Magazine about a case he argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ohio. The key issue in the case was whether a manager's silence upon learning of a subordinate's pregnancy can be viewed as probative evidence of animosity in a discrimination lawsuit.
Ken Bello was quoted in articles in Massachusetts Lawyers' Weekly concerning two prominent cases in which he served as lead counsel.
John Welsh was quoted in a March 26, 2007 article in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on the selection of Martha J. Zackin, Esq., for a 2007 In House Leaders in the Law Award.

Josh Black was quoted in an article entitled "Struggling with Attention Disorder" in the Boston Globe. Josh commented on the extent of an employer's duty, under the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar state laws, to accommodate employees suffering with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.
Ken Bello was a featured guest on a Boston radio show on sexual harassment in the workplace.
Josh Black was quoted in an article entitled "Coming to Grips with Phobias: Firms, Employees Seek Ways to Deal with Fears, Anxieties" in the Boston Globe.
John Welsh was quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly about his decision to join Bello Black & Welsh LLP.
Ken Bello and John Welsh were quoted in the Boston Business Journal in an article concerning the trend of clients using specialty labor and employment boutiques.