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Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, P.C. provides legal counsel to businesses, individuals, and families, often spanning multiple generations. The firm’s expertise includes negotiating complex business transactions; providing sophisticated tax, estate planning and business succession strategies; litigating high value business and fiduciary disputes; purchasing, financing and leasing real property; and resolving family law and marital conflicts.  The firm’s lawyers have the knowledge and experience to provide our clients with unwavering and compassionate representation in our areas of expertise.

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We are pleased to announce that Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers has been ranked as one of the "Best Law Firms in America" for 2024 by Best Lawyers®. These rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. We are honored to receive this recognition.

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Corporate Transparency Act Faces Legal Challenge

March 12, 2024

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that went into effect on January 1, 2024 is already facing pushback. Only two months after the Act went into effect, a federal district court in Alabama declared the Act "unconstitutional because it cannot be justified as exercising Congress's enumerated powers." For a deeper dive into the CTA's origin and requirements, please see Richard P. Breed, IV's article, Corporate Transparency Act Overview. The below summary gives some information on the Alabama case and its practical implications for the Act.

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Dara Lynn Freytag Promoted to Partner

March 4, 2023

We are proud to announce that Dara Lynn Freytag, J.D., LL.M. has been promoted to Partner in the firm. Dara Lynn joined the firm in 2014 and counsels clients on sophisticated estate planning, business planning, taxation, and estate and trust administration. She is certified as an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) designee by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils (NAEPC). "Dara Lynn is not only an excellent lawyer, but a deeply trusted advisor to individuals, families, and business owners," says Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers partner Melissa Sydney. "She is an incredible asset to our firm and our clients." Prior to joining Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, Dara Lynn was an associate with a boutique trusts and estates firm in Weston, MA. She is a graduate of Tufts University (B.A.), Suffolk University Law School (J.D.), and Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation). While in school, Dara Lynn began her legal career working in the Norfolk County Probate and Family Court and in the Estate and Gift Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Service in Boston. Dedicated to giving back to her community, Dara Lynn serves on the Board of Directors of Marisa's Mission, leads a Hingham Girl Scout Troop, and maintains a strong connection with her alma mater as well as the Tufts Lawyers Association. Dara Lynn is active in the estate planning community, having served as a member of the Boston Bar Association's Trusts & Estates Steering Committee, and she is currently serving as Chair of the Boston Estate Planning Council's Seminars & Webinars Committee. Dara Lynn, an avid outdoor enthusiast, climbed New Hampshire's forty-eight "4,000 footers" and completed several triathlons and endurance events, and she is currently training to run the 2024 Boston Marathon in support of Marisa's Mission.

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Employee Noncompetes in California Become Hotter Potatoes

March 1, 2024

New laws in California on noncompete clauses will have very broad implications and are part of a growing trend against employee restrictive covenants. It has long been the rule that noncompete provisions in employment agreements are unenforceable in California under that state's general prohibition against restraints of trade (CA Bus. and Prof. Code Sec. 16600). As of January 1, 2024, two new California Business and Professions Code sections make such agreements unenforceable (CA B&P Code Section 16600.5) and illegal, allowing employees to sue if they are subject to such noncompetes.

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