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Daryl has more than 30 years of experience advising and representing colleges, universities, and independent schools in a wide range of matters in state and federal courts, before state and federal administrative agencies, and outside of litigation.

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On October 22, in Nunez v. Syncsort Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ( SJC) held that retention bonuses are not “wages” under the Massachusetts Wage Act. 496 Mass. 706 (2025). The Nunez decision continues the trend of Massachusetts courts concluding that conditional or contingent compensation falls outside the scope of the Wage Act.