Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from April 2008

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from April 2008

Wealthy and wise: Leonard Lewin joins Athena Capital Advisors in Lincoln.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Leonard L. Lewin, in the public eye about a decade ago as chief legal counsel to two former Republican governors, went private in 2001 when he returned to a partnership at the Boston firm of Gadsby...

Commentary: Grisham's latest, true to life, has great 'Appeal'.(John Grisham's The Appeal)(Book review)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Peter Elikann What was purported to be John Grisham's triumphant return to the legal thriller after a hiatus of several years turns out to be something that remarkably transcends that genre and enters a realm of fiction much larger...

Verdicts & Settlements April 7, 2008: Parties dispute witness credibility in accident case.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Finding for the defendant On Jan. 31, 2006, the claimant struck a tree head-on in West Springfield. At the time of the accident, it was dark and the roads were wet. An alleged witness --...

Verdicts & Settlements April 7, 2008: Estate blames landlords for tenant's death in fire.(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $500,000 settlement The plaintiff's estate brought a claim against the decedent's landlords for a dwelling fire that took the plaintiff's life. The estate claimed that the residential...

Verdicts & Settlements April 7, 2008: Patient suffers complications from retained gauze.(Case overview)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $45,000 settlement The plaintiff, 77, was a hospital patient from April to June 2004. During that time he underwent three spinal disc surgeries at the L-3, L-4 and L-5 level. On May 26,...

Verdicts & Settlements April 7, 2008: Worker suffers head injury when pipe falls at jobsite.(Case overview)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $268,300 settlement The plaintiff alleged that he was injured when he was hit in the head by a piece of pipe that fell from an area above him while he was on a construction site. A claim was...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: April 7, 2008.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-2004-002 IN RE: JOSEPH PAUL SULLIVAN JR. Last known address: 132 Tilden Road Scituate, MA 02066 Memorandum and Order entered by Cordy, J., on February 11, 2008 The...

Commentary: What to make of Gary Zerola's cases.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff "The world is closing in on him," were the words used by a judge to describe lawyer Gary Zerola after he had been charged with rape on three separate occasions. In each case, the method he was...

Commentary: A gripping tale of a jailhouse lawyer who made a difference.(Fred Cruz)
April 7, 2008... Byline: David Yas, Publisher I get a lot of mail from prison inmates. And, quite frankly, I throw out a lot of it. Why? Well, my brain tells me that there is a very small chance that the pleas of an incarcerated person will be...

Commentary: Corporate America's challenge to 'big law'.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Edward Poll I recently witnessed the start of a revolution -- or, at least, a self-proclaimed one. The occasion was a panel discussion that included the current Association of Corporate Counsel's general counsel and its former...

Commentary: Mechanics of proper case citation require more than 'manual' skills.(Column)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Julie Baker and Lisa Healy Write On is an occasional feature providing guidance for attorneys on writing legal memoranda and briefs. Last month, we wrote about using citations effectively to support and enhance your advocacy....

Ma. Department of Industrial Accidents: Pay up - or pay the penalty.(Massachusetts)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In the wake of a recent ruling by the reviewing board of the Department of Industrial Accidents, insurers may want to think twice about underpaying a beneficiary's comp benefits -- no matter how...

In the cards: Attorney's experieces as a card counter result in book and Hollywood film.(Jane E. Willis)(Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions)(21)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff When Ropes & Gray partner Jane E. Willis met author Ben Mezrich in the fall of their freshman year at Harvard College, she had no inkling that their friendship would result in a best-selling book...

Leaders of local bar associations found new downtown Boston law firm.(Yarashus, Wagner, Cook, Freiberger & Washienko)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A new downtown Boston law firm is taking shape, with the leaders of a couple of local bar associations as its founders. Yarashus, Wagner will be open for business on May 1 in the high-rise...

Q&A with Sarah P. Cecil, general counsel at Metabolix in Cambridge, Mass.(Interview)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff General counsel Metabolix Inc. 21 Erie St. Cambridge In-House Call features interviews with attorneys at Massachusetts-based businesses and non-profit entities about their...

Firms should think twice about wiring international funds for clients.(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I have been fielding questions from attorneys since Eliot Spitzer's resignation as governor of New York, as attorneys are starting to become more interested in suspicious...

Somma thanks supporters, reconsiders resignation.(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I take this opportunity to thank you for your thoughtful editorial of Feb. 24, 2008. I have accepted full responsibility for my arrest the evening of Feb. 6, 2008, for operating...

Suppressing the surge of technology in the courtroom.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Noah Schaffer It is a familiar scene for courtroom veterans: a lawyer marches in with a projector, screen and laptop in tow, ready to put on an electronic presentation that will almost certainly win over the jury. The attorney...

Ex-Massachusetts ADA helps free a man his old office once prosecuted.(David R. Yannetti represents Roland Douglas Phinney Jr. )(Case overview)
April 7, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank Unbeknownst to David R. Yannetti, his once-in-a-lifetime "dream case" was starting to take shape in October 1990. A prosecutor in Framingham District Court at the time, Yannetti knew nothing about the man whom he...

Drunk man who drives friend to ER not entitled to 'necessity' instruction, rules Mass. court.(emergency room; Massachusetts)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A man who was arrested for operating under the influence after rushing his severely injured girlfriend to the hospital was not entitled to a "necessity" jury instruction, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in a...

Mass. Probate & Family Court explains new medical certificate form.(Massachusetts )(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Probate & Family Court has announced a new Medical Certificate form (CJ-P 112), which will be used in guardianship cases involving disabled individuals. The previous version of the form...

Commentary: Time for lawyers to start thinking outside the box.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Katherine Triantafillou Not long ago, the faculty of Harvard Law School announced with pride that it had redesigned HLS's curriculum to better meet the needs of today's law students entering the world of practicing lawyers. I...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Massachusetts )(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Cambridge apartment building Where the appellant owner of a Cambridge apartment building is seeking property tax abatements for fiscal years 2003 through 2006, I find that the...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Massachusetts )
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following case. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues...

Mass. Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Motion for additional medical evidence Where an employee has appealed a decision awarding him a closed period of G.L.c. 152, Sect. 34 benefits for a trip and fall...

Mass. Housing Courts Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Massachusetts)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Prescriptive easement Where a plaintiff alleges she has a right to use a path on the defendant's lots in order to access her rear lot, I find that she does have such a right...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Fire chief Where Georgetown's former fire chief acted in such a way as to lead a reasonable person to conclude that he was likely to act or fail to act as fire chief...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Massachusetts)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys SLAPP - Criminal complaint - G.L.c. 93A Where (1) when a defendant attorney attempted to deposit a plaintiff client's $10,000 check as payment for legal services, the check was...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Massachusetts)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer protection Interference with business relations Where evidence indicates that the defendant knowingly and willfully attempted to interfere wrongfully with the plaintiff's business...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Exhaustion - Medicare regulation Where a plaintiff group of medical doctors brought suit in U.S. District Court challenging a federal regulation precluding Medicare payment...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Houseboat - Settlement Where (1) the residents of a houseboat received $77,572.69 pursuant to an insurance settlement after the boat suffered wake damage and (2) the Chapter 7...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 7, 2008.(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction Original - Interstate suit The U.S. Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over a suit brought by the state of New Jersey against Delaware over Delaware's plan to build a...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2008-6 IN RE: ANNE L. BERGER Last known office address: 110 Winn Street Woburn, MA 01801 Order (public reprimand) entered by the Board March 10, 2008 SUMMARY ...

Commentary: Gov. Patrick and the courts: We're still waiting.(Deval L. Patrick)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editorial We expected more. As a caretaker of the judiciary, Gov. Deval L. Patrick has not been a disaster. In fact, he has made some fine appointments to the bench. But, overall, Patrick...

Commentary: The importance of family protection trusts for seniors.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Harry S. Margolis While much of elder law involves planning to protect seniors, their spouses and their estates from the costs of long-term care, that is hardly the only concern that older clients have with regard to estate...

Attorney after hours: Boston attorney launches new kind of practice.(E. James Perullo)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff As a second-career attorney in his 40s, E. James Perullo knew he was not a likely prospect to become a first-year associate at a major downtown law firm. He also knew he needed to continue to work...

Employees of Norfolk Probate & Family Court participate in walking contest for charity.(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employees of the Norfolk Probate & Family Court have been stepping lively these past several days as a weeklong walking contest to benefit a charity of the winning team's choice nears its end. ...

Avvo-cating for a new website: Attorney-rating service Avvo adds ratings for Mass. attorneys.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff If you are a Massachusetts attorney, your new website is up and running -- whether or not you want it to be. As of this month, the attorney-rating service Avvo has added ratings for...

Engendering e-discovery.(Women in eDiscovery)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Ten years ago, the phrase "women in electronic discovery" might have referred to a freshman engineering course at a women-only college or maybe a historical exhibit on female inventors at a science...

Meehan's inauguration as chancellor of University of Mass.-Lowell draws Pelosi, Patrick.(Martin Meehan)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed attorney and former congressman Martin Meehan as a Capitol Hill star come home, as she headlined recent ceremonies installing the former congressman as chancellor...

State rep: initiative petition process is being ignored.(Jeffrey D. Perry)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: As a conservative Republican legislator in Massachusetts, many times my point of view does not prevail. As a political party in this blue state, my GOP often complains about...

Insurance commissioner's policy 'abandons' consumers.(Letter to the editor)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: On several recent occasions, I have contacted the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance to complain abut the settlement practices of several automobile insurance companies....

Commentary: Networking 2.0: chicken dinner, business cards are not required.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Jeff Scalzi Seller's Market offers practitioners information about marketing their skills and services as attorneys. Don't feel like cooking? Get a job in the legal industry. For any given meal, one with the appropriate...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court: Workers' comp rejected for injuries after 27-hour shift.
April 14, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank A Big Dig employee could not recover under the Workers' Compensation Act for injures suffered in a one-car collision that occurred while he was driving home at the end of a 27-hour shift, the Supreme Judicial Court...

When going gets tough in down economy, tough-minded, midsize firms get going.(Industry overview)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz This is the first in a series in which Lawyers Weekly gauges the impact of the economic downturn on the practice of law in Massachusetts. Goodwin Procter Chairwoman Regina M. Pisa does not equivocate when...

Switch of jurisdictional basis is OK, rules 1st Circuit.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Matthew C. Harper-Nixon An amended complaint that switched the basis for subject-matter jurisdiction from diversity of citizenship to the existence of a federal question must be given effect, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Verdict in cop's harassment case takes attorneys by surprise.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Julia Reischel From Day 1, Brock v. City of Springfield was anything but a typical case. For starters, the plaintiff was a male -- a rarity in sexual-harassment claims. Second, when the Hampden County Superior Court jury...

The law of the ballpark.
April 14, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank As the Red Sox begin the task of defending their 2007 World Series title, here are a few baseball-inspired legal issues for lawyers to chew on. Who's got tickets? Does anyone truly believe the Red Sox and...

Boston attorney and skiing septuagenarian still lands on his feet.(Julian J. D'Agostine)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz Half a century ago, a life in the law in Massachusetts had its limitations -- or so Boston attorney Julian J. D'Agostine recalls of his early years in practice. "The opportunities were very limited," a...

Notices from the Mass. Courts: April 14, 2008.(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT SUFFOLK,ss. SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT AMENDED ORDER IN RE: LIMITED REPRENTATION PILOT PROJECT The order in re: Limited Assistance Pilot Project issued on...

Commentary: In defense of the billable hour.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Alan J. Schlesinger I take it to be the lawyer's job to defend the defenseless, the maligned and the shunned. So, pen in hand, I defend the billable hour. Google "beyond the billable hour" and peruse some of the 438,000...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Damages Default - Expert Where (1) a defendant was defaulted in a motor vehicle tort action, (2) the trial judge conducted a hearing for the assessment of damages, at which the...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Agency and partnership Limited partnership - Real estate purchase Where the plaintiffs, limited partners in a commercial real estate venture, appeal from a judgment for the general...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Emergency medical services - Payment Where, in two instances, a defendant company transporting patients by ambulance through the town of Danvers was forced to seek the...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Deed validity Where plaintiffs filed this Land Court action seeking a declaratory judgment affirming the validity of four deeds bearing the defendant's signature, I hold...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Abuse prevention order - Stalking - Double jeopardy Where a defendant, having pleaded guilty to three counts of violating a G.L.c. 209A abuse prevention order, was indicted for...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Police - Public policy Where an arbitrator rescinded a police officer's termination and ordered him suspended for six months, the arbitration award must be vacated on public...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Chapter 7 - Chapter 15 Where "foreign representatives" seek dismissal of an involuntary Chapter 7 case involving a debtor corporation that is the subject of a separate Chapter...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative NRC - State appeal Where the commonwealth of Massachusetts has sought to participate as a party in nuclear plant license renewal proceedings, the Nuclear Regulatory...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Reconsideration Where a Chapter 7 debtor moved for reconsideration of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's order granting relief to a mortgagee, a judgment denying the motion for...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Counterclaim Where (1) a plaintiff insurance company brought suit alleging that the defendant engaged in a fraudulent scheme designed to obtain insurance benefits from the...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: April 14, 2008.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Nixon Peabody, which has an office in Boston, has opened an office in Shanghai, China. Edward J. Naughton has joined Brown, Rudnick, Berlack, Israels in Boston as a...

Commentary: How do you sue a client? Very carefully!(Column)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Edward Poll Regular readers of this column know that I consider the client intake process to be the most important step in the collection process. An appropriate conversation and written agreement with your client about payment of...

Florida-based business consultant advises anxiety-prone attorneys on keeping their cool.(Jeffrey Miller)(Interview)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In Expert Opinion, Lawyers Weekly interviews specialists in the management of law firms. This week, Lawyers Weekly reporter Julia Reischel speaks with Jeffrey Miller, a Florida-based business...

Verdicts & Settlements April 14, 2008: Patron blames restaurant for attack in parking lot.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $150,000 settlement The plaintiff, a 50-year-old cook and bartender, alleged that he was a patron of the defendant restaurant and bar when he was inadequately protected, and put in peril, by...

Verdicts & Settlements April 14, 2008: Estate claims negligence resulted in teen's death.(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $600,000 settlement The estate of the plaintiff's decedent recovered $600,000 for the negligent supervision of a 13-year-old minor resulting in death. The parties were able to negotiate the...

Verdicts & Settlements April 14, 2008: Cancer spreads after alleged delay in diagnosis.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 million settlement In May 2002, the 59-year-old plaintiff was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of chest pain following a cholecystectomy. A chest X-ray contained an...

Verdicts & Settlements April 14, 2008: Parents hurt, son killed in collision.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.35 million settlement On Nov. 23, 2005, a family was traveling northbound on Interstate 91 near Greenfield, returning home from an annual Thanksgiving shopping outing. After stopping with...

Verdicts & Settlements April 14, 2008: Patient suffers injury during transport in wheelchair.(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $375,000 settlement An elderly patient suffered a traumatic injury to a lower extremity while being transported by wheelchair by a nurse. The wheelchair came in contact with a door frame,...

Verdicts & Settlements April 14, 2008: Lawyers reveal details of Big Dig tunnel settlement.
April 14, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $6 million settlement A lawsuit arose out of the death of Milena Del Valle and injuries to her husband, Angel, after sections of the I-90 Connector Tunnel collapsed and crushed their car as it...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: April 28, 2008.
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-2008-011 In re: David John Hopwood LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 27 Sabbatt - P.O. Box 3918 Pocasset, MA 02559 S.J.C. Order of Term Suspension entered by Justice Ireland on March 7, 2008,...

Commentary: In mortgage crisis, Massachusetts bar should lend an assist.
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editorial As the crisis in real estate financing spreads across the country, it is causing real pain here in Massachusetts with foreclosures, evictions, abandoned properties and distressed...

Commentary: Risky business.(on malpractice insurance)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Edward Poll Most law firms are familiar with the concept of insurance, if for no other reason than because of the issues involved with carrying professional liability insurance in the event of malpractice litigation. However,...

Commentary: ESI, short for electronic stored info or ... educate self immediately (in e-discovery).(lawyers on information management)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Henry B. Chace TechnoLAWgically Speaking discusses how advances in office technology can best be used in the management of a law practice. Electronic discovery isn't just for big firms anymore. Any and every attorney in...

Commentary: 'Denardo' and 'Eudy': a day at the beach?(property lawsuit)(Case overview)
April 28, 2008... Byline: William V. Hovey Rights in and to private beaches seem to occupy a lot of court time, especially in the Land Court. So it was not surprising to read about a recent dispute between owners on, and owners not on, a beach in Sandwich....

Mass. Appeals Court Judge William I. Cowin retires.(Massachusetts )
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Yet another appellate judgeship is available as of today as Appeals Court Judge William I. Cowin takes his leave of that court on this, his 70th birthday. Cowin's leave-taking gives Gov. Deval...

Mass. Bar Assn. cancels annual CLE conference.(Massachusetts Bar Association)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Massachusetts Bar Association's annual CLE conference, scheduled for April 28, has been cancelled. The plug was pulled on the long-running event following a dramatic downturn in...

Mass. Committee for Public Counsel Services to establish Immigration Impact Unit.(Massachusetts)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Faced with an ever-increasing number of cases in which its clients' convictions in state courts may lead to dire results under federal immigration statutes, the Committee for Public Counsel...

Model judge: Governor's Council approves Steven Thomas's nomination to Cambridge District Court.(Brief article)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Steven E. Thomas, a perennial judicial candidate who has applied for appointment to a judgeship on five occasions, has found that No. 6 is the charm. On April 23, the Governor's Council voted 6-0...

Big business is blowing smoke.(Letter to the editor)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: The position of big business in responding to a new damage provision in the Massachusetts Wage Act is overly dramatic and driven by self-interest. I would be amazed if a...

Attorneys should heed Law Day lessons.(Letter to the editor)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I always thought it was funny that Law Day in the United States is celebrated on May 1, the same day that the rest of the world celebrates International Workers Day, an...

Marshall, Mulligan: governor is staunch supporter of judiciary.(Deval L. Patrick)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: We respond to your April 14 editorial ("Patrick and the courts: We're still waiting") to stress the many ways that Gov. Deval L. Patrick has supported, and continues to support,...

Office Space: Boston IP lawyer moves toward paper-free office.(intellectual property)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In Office Space, Lawyers Weekly explores the workspaces of lawyers chosen randomly from across the state. This week, reporter Noah Schaffer takes inventory of what is in the office of Boston...

Eco-Tip: Energy-efficient equipment.(Massachusetts Bar Association and Conservation Law Foundation's tip for energy conservation)(www.energystar.gov and www.epeat.net)(Brief article)
April 28, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following is an "Eco-Tip" offered by the Massachusetts Bar Association and Conservation Law Foundation as part of their "Lawyers Eco-Challenge." To obtain more tips and to sign up for the...