The $2.5-billion Cape Wind project proposed for Nantucket Sound was dealt a critical blow when its two largest customers canceled their agreements to buy a significant amount of the energy the 468-megawatt project would produce. Northeast Utilities/NStar was to buy...

On Dec. 2, 2014, the Massachusetts State Supreme Court heard Monnell v. Boston Pads. This is the first case to be heard at the State Supreme Court level addressing whether real estate agents who are currently independent contractors should be reclassified as...

Developers of ground-mounted solar energy facilities received an early holiday gift from the commonwealth’s Appellate Tax Board’s recent ruling in Forrestall Enterprises Inc. v. Board of Assessors of the Town of Westborough that may have a long-term impact on tax...

Variable annuities were star products when the stock market surged in the late 1980s through the 1990s. Among their benefits were lifetime payouts and guaranteed death benefits. The robust stock market blunted the impact of the many fees associated with the products....

With the midterm elections over and control of the Senate decided, it is time for the Congress to start down the path of reauthorizing our major surface transportation programs. The reauthorization legislation is necessary to fund the various federal programs that pay...

Subprime auto lending has been the dragon of the consumer-finance world for decades. Now, state attorneys general, including Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley, are taking up their swords to fight, supported in part by Dodd-Frank provisions that authorize states to...

  It was a stellar 2014 for the life sciences in Massachusetts, substantially exceeding the banner year of 2013. Nowhere is the physical growth of the biopharmaceutical sector more apparent than in Cambridge. While the suburbs saw significant projects, including...

Accompany’s website is often the first impression that greets prospective customers or clients when they want to learn more about the products and services a business has to offer. Many companies spend a significant amount of their marketing budget on the initial...

The state Supreme Judicial Court’s Dec. 19 ruling striking down key provisions in a Springfield city ordinance regarding the maintenance of foreclosed residential properties is headed back to the Appeals Court. The finding could also affect a related Worcester case....

For David Foster of Chicago, it was a stunning and welcome early Christmas present for him, his wife and three young children. The Senate’s 11th-hour extension of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act through Dec. 31 will save Foster, who works for a nonprofit...