Despite the united opposition of business groups, the New Hampshire House passed a bill Wednesday that would put make it more likely for insurance companies, corporations or governments entities pay full damages in a lawsuit, even when they are only…
The state attorney general and the owner of three of New Hampshire’s largest shopping malls have agreed to settle a portion of a lawsuit filed by the state over the malls’ gift cards. The attorney general’s office filed suit in…
A date has been set to start the retrial in US District Court in Concord of Enterasys Networks’ former chief operating officer. But it remains to be seen whether the U.S. attorney’s office will actually prosecute Jerry Shanahan, the former…
A bill limiting liability in lawsuits, which appeared to be sailing though the legislative process, has suddenly run into a hornet’s nest of opposition from business groups. House Bill 143 would, in essence, reverse state Supreme Court decisions allowing a…
Wall Street reacted warmly to StockerYale’s latest earnings report, even though it the Salem-based optics firm is still losing money. The firm’s stock price jumped by as much as a quarter Friday morning to a 52-week high of $1.81 a…
The state Senate agreed last week to give the Department of Employment Security the funding it wants when it comes to job training and administration, but not without a little debate. The agency sought to double the amount it gets…
In November, when the voters overwhelmingly picked Democratic officeholders in New Hampshire, ostensibly as a method to send President Bush a message on his presidency and the Iraq War, they may have unleashed forces that will have unintended consequences. While…
This legislative session, unlike last, the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association will lobby against a complete smoking ban in restaurants — but how its membership actually feels about the matter is anybody’s guess. The issue has not only divided…
Will New Hampshire follow New York City and several national restaurant chains in banning trans fat from restaurants? At a Feb. 6 hearing on their bill - House Bill 324 — Reps. Paul McEachern and Jim Splaine, both Portsmouth Democrats,…
Minimum wage article points out issues To the editor: I am writing in response to the article by Bob Sanders published Feb. 7 in the online addition of New Hampshire Business Review (A version of “Tips at heart of N.H.…
