Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from December 2004

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from December 2004

Q&A with Northampton District Court Judge Richard J. Carey.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Northampton is a unique town because of the number of prominent colleges and universities in the area. So says Judge Richard J. Carey -- and he should know. As the only Northampton District Court...

App. Div. MA Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Dismissal - Breach - Duress Where a complaint arising out of a contract was ordered dismissed, the dismissal order must be vacated and the case remanded because of the...

LAWYERS WEEKLY SPECIAL REPORT- Asbestos in Middlesex Court: crisis looming?
December 6, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally First of two parts. A scheduled asbestos removal project in the elevators of the Middlesex County courthouse will not go forward until state officials review the entire building for potential hazards, sources...

Boston University School of Law's new interim dean making some changes.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Boston University School of Law is about to become a stress-free zone, thanks to its newly appointed interim dean, Maureen O'Rourke. The first woman to take charge of the Dean's Office,...

Commentary: School of hard knocks.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff As debate intensifies over the University of Massachusetts' push to acquire the non-accredited Southern New England School of Law in a bid to create the state's only public law school, comes the...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments Affirmed The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Defense Cost Reimbursement Agreement - NOR Where a plaintiff has instituted an arbitration proceeding in connection with an agreement for reimbursement of defense costs, a...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Maritime Lien - In Rem Arrest Where the proposed administratrix of the estate of a drowning victim has moved for a maritime lien and the in rem arrest of a sunken vessel, I find...

Springfield attorney argues case in front of U.S. Supreme Court.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff What are the chances that a lawyer from a two-attorney firm in Springfield will ever argue in front of the highest court in the land? Slim to none, according to Linda J. Thompson. But, as...

Mass. Appeals Court finds arbitrator's discovery sanctions improper.
December 6, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham An arbitration panel did not have authority to impose monetary sanctions on a plaintiff for failing to produce certain documents in pre-arbitration discovery, the Appeals Court has ruled. The defendant, which...

US C.A. 1st Cir Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Tardy Proof Of Claim - Mortgage Holder Where (1) a borrower filed a Chapter 11 petition, (2) the lender was not provided with notice of the debtor's later Chapter 7 conversion,...

Verdicts & Settlements December 6, 2004: Pregnant woman hurt in crash; baby born with disabilities.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict On Nov. 26, 2001, a collision occurred between a tractor-trailer, owned by the defendant and driven by its employee, and a 1997 Dodge Neon driven by the plaintiff who was nine...

Mass. business litigator Daniel J. Lyne wins first place at Gran Turismo Auto Race.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Want to know how it feels to travel at speeds of more than 140 miles per hour in a car and not end up in court? Just ask business litigator and amateur racecar driver extraordinaire Daniel J....

Superior Court judge says sales rep could sue ex-employer under 93A.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A sales representative sued by her ex-employer for soliciting former customers could counterclaim for Chapter 93A violations where the suit was brought after the employee's non-compete period expired, a Superior Court...

Plaintiff gets counsel fees on housing-assistance case.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright A plaintiff could collect attorneys' fees on a housing-assistance claim, even though the case was disposed of by a stipulation of dismissal rather than by a judgment on the merits, a Housing Court judge has held. ...

Verdicts & Settlements December 6, 2004: Expectant father is killed by drunk driver.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.95 Million Settlement The plaintiff's decedent was killed by the defendant drunk driver who admitted to traveling at an estimated speed of 70 to 90 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone along a...

Verdicts & Settlements December 6, 2004: Motorcycle passenger dies in collision.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.2 Million Verdict This wrongful death case involved a collision between a motorcycle operated by the first defendant, on which the decedent -- a 37-year-old divorced mother of two teenagers...

Verdicts & Settlements December 6, 2004: Infant suffers seizure after prolonged labor, later dies.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.25 Million Settlement The defendant obstetrician recommended a "VBAC" (vaginal birth after Caesarean section) to the plaintiff mother reportedly without advising her of the risks. The...

Verdicts & Settlements December 6, 2004: Automatic stay in bankruptcy case violated.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $53,000 Award The complaint in this case alleged that the defendants had violated the automatic stay in the plaintiff's bankruptcy case by sending collection letters without obtaining relief...

Commentary: 'Hancock' and the future of education.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff At the October oral argument in the case of Hancock v. Commissioner of Education, the Supreme Judicial Court questioned its own role in shaping education reform for the future of Massachusetts....

Vioxx litigation could be one of the largest products liability mass tort.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Lisa Bruno The buzz among plaintiffs' lawyers starts with a "V" and ends with an "X." Whether it ends with successful lawsuits remains to be seen. Litigation over recalled painkiller Vioxx promises to be the largest products...

Mass. Housing Court Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fees - 'Prevailing Party' - Administrative Hearing - Stipulation Of Dismissal Where the defendant Department of Transitional Assistance has challenged a plaintiff's request for...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Municipal Issuance Of Municipal Lien Certificate - Alleged Consumer Protection Violation Where defendants allege (1) that the plaintiff town issued a municipal lien certificate...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Sex Discrimination - Coaching Position Where a complainant was not chosen for a high school varsity softball coach's position by the respondents in 1998 and 1999, I find...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: December 6, 2004.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Subpoena Duces Tecum - Documents In Personnel File Where a plaintiff individual and the coplaintiff Society of Jesus of New England have appealed a single justice's decision...

LAWYERS WEEKLY SPECIAL REPORT: Asbestos history in Cambridge raises questions.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally LAWYERS WEEKLY SPECIAL REPORT Second of two parts. Recently disclosed documents reveal that standard asbestos safety procedures have never been implemented in the Middlesex County courthouse, despite...

A Shot In The Dark: Gay policeman must prove that needle prick gave him AIDS.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Lisa Bruno It was a horror story come to life when a City of Lowell policeman was pricked by a hypodermic needle during a frisk of a crime suspect and subsequently diagnosed with HIV. But the story went from the tragic to the...

Boston lawyer volunteers to oversee elections in the Ukraine.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff While some local lawyers were watching over the domestic presidential election this fall, one Boston lawyer was overseeing elections in the Ukraine. Marsha Weinerman of South Boston says she...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court seeking comment on proposed Standing Order.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT The Supreme Judicial Court solicits comments on the attached proposed Standing Order on Transcript Format and Requirements. The Standing Order was submitted to the Court...

Appeals And ABCs.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Patty Campbell Malone is not your average stay-at-home mom. Three years ago, when the Natick mother of three realized that her children needed her during the day, she quit practicing full time...

Q&A with new Superior Court Chief Justice Barbara J. Rouse.
December 13, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham Born: Dec. 23, 1944; Oxnard, Calif. Education: Boston College Law School, 1973; Columbia University (M.A.), 1968; Smith College (B.A.), 1966 Bar admissions: Massachusetts, 1975; Ohio, 1973 ...

Mass. App. Tax Board Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Real Estate - Overvaluation Where plaintiff property owners seek an abatement of real estate taxes, that request should be granted, as the assessors overvalued the subject...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments Affirmed The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues...

App. Div. MA Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Dismissal - Breach - Duress Where a complaint arising out of a contract was ordered dismissed, the dismissal order must be vacated and the case remanded because of the...

Mass. Labor Relations Comm. Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Prohibited Practice Charge - Work Hours Where a union has filed a prohibited practice charge against the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, we find that the charge must be...

US D.C. Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Deposition Of Plaintiff's Former Attorney Where (1) a plaintiff administrator has filed a wrongful death claim against the defendant manufacturer of the golf cart which the...

Verdicts & Settlements December 13, 2004: Infant goes into fetal distress, born with cerebral palsy.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $3 Million Settlement The minor plaintiff was born on Aug. 29, 1997. He suffered from cerebral palsy, was unable to sit or stand on his own, walked only with a walker and was unable to speak....

Verdicts & Settlements December 13, 2004: Baby born with erb's palsy; delivery blamed.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.75 Million Verdict The plaintiff's mother found out that she was pregnant with the minor plaintiff in August 1991. The mother had an uneventful pregnancy and on April 19, 1992, she was...

US C.A. 1st Cir Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Fracas - Qualified Immunity Where, following a fracas which occurred during an election week in Puerto Rico, (1) a plaintiff filed claims alleging violations of his civil...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Police Officer - Termination A police officer who was fired for making sexually explicit videos while off duty and selling them on an online auction site cannot sue his...

Verdicts & Settlements December 13, 2004: Nurses' assistant harassed by supervisor is later fired.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 Settlement The plaintiff was a 17-year-old junior in high school working as a certified nurses' assistant after school for the defendant nursing home when she was subjected to...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2004-18 IN RE: STEVEN E. MURRA BBO Public Reprimand No. 2004-18 IN RE: STEVEN E. MURRA Last known office address: 492A Main Street Acton, MA 01720 Order...

Commentary: Analyzing a 'scary' case.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A recent ruling by a Superior Court judge, Millennium Equity Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Mahlowitz, describes a scenario certain family-law attorneys are calling "scary." In the case, Judge...

Commentary: Furious judges can only punch a clock.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A crisis can be like one of those thunderstorms that used to scare the bejesus out of you as a kid. There's a flash of light (the initial news); the hellacious boom (the reaction); and then the...

Massachusetts Appeals Court says contract change is OK under statute of frauds.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright A real-estate developer that made an oral modification to a land contract could sue the landowner for specific performance, the Appeals Court has ruled. The defendant argued the modifications went beyond timing,...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New Associations James P. Briggs has joined the Williamstown firm of Grinnell, Dubendorf & Smith as an associate. He will focus his practice in the areas of real estate, estate planning and...

Massachusetts environmental attorney James D.P. Farrell dies.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff James D.P. Farrell, an environmental lawyer in the Attorney General's Office, died Nov. 29 unexpectedly. He was 46. Farrell grew up in Weston and Chatham, and attended both the Belmont Hill...

Mass. attorney Francis H. Burr dies.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Francis H. Burr, an attorney who took up pro bono work in order to improve health care and higher education, died Nov. 25 from complications following a stroke at Massachusetts General Hospital in...

Verdicts & Settlements December 13, 2004: Woman breaks leg exiting amusement park ride.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $765,000 Settlement While visiting an amusement park with her family, the 42-year-old plaintiff, a real-estate agent, boarded a cart on the park's only slow-moving "dark" ride. Upon exiting...

Verdicts & Settlements December 13, 2004: Pair on motorcycle injured in collision.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $493,200 Settlement The plaintiffs, a husband and wife, alleged that they were severely and permanently injured as a result of a motorcycle/motor vehicle collision. They claimed that the...

Verdicts & Settlements December 13, 2004: Woman given meds for thyroid, turns out to be cancer.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 Million Settlement The plaintiff's decedent was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease as a teenager and treated with radiation therapy and underwent a spleenectomy. Following the procedure, she...

Verdicts & Settlements December 13, 2004: Pedestrian struck by take-out delivery vehicle.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.7 Million Settlement The defendant driver, a 23-year-old Chilean man, struck the plaintiff, a 58-year-old home health aide, as she crossed Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton to board an...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Denial Of Revised Subdivision Application Where a defendant planning board has rejected a plaintiff's revised application for approval of a Falmouth subdivision plan, the board has...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections Consultant/Public Employee - Activities On Behalf Of Political Committee Where an individual is a privately hired consultant for a political committee and is also a compensated...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Orders December 1, 2004 Further appellate review granted: Commonwealth vs. Aaron Kincaid. Reported below: 61 Mass. App. Ct. 657 (2004). Mr. Justice Spina did not participate. ...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Service - Extension Of Time Where a plaintiff alleging dental negligence has filed a motion to extend time in which to perfect service, the motion should be allowed based...

US Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: December 13, 2004.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Legal Malpractice - Chapter 13 Where Chapter 13 debtors have charged an attorney with legal malpractice based on the attorney's alleged failure to advise them to record a...

The third rail of the First Amendment.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Dave Yas Each day the citizens of Boston enter MBTA subways and buses like silent drones, squeezing themselves into compartments that are intimate by necessity, not by choice. And many of the expressionless souls find their...

Boston firm hit with $7.2M verdict over opinion letter.
December 20, 2004... Byline: John Cunningham Lawyers who handle corporate transactions are abuzz over a recent ruling where a law firm was on the losing end of a $7.2 million judgment after issuing an opinion letter that neglected to mention an ongoing...

Commentary: ABCs of an SEC investigation: essential questions & answers.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Derek M. Meisner The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is funded to take action; its budget for enforcement has increased exponentially in recent years, and, as a result, it is opening more investigations and targeting new...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New Associations Jason Rosenberg and Herbert Weinberg have started Rosenberg & Weinberg, a boutique law firm in North Andover and Boston. Both Rosenberg and Weinberg focus their practice in...

Mass. Land Courts Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Tax Taking Where a defendant has challenged the plaintiff city's tax taking, the challenge must fail because the tax instrument is valid and the amount due is not restricted...

Verdicts & Settlements December 20, 2004: Child receives lethal dosage of nutrition solution.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $3.75 Million Settlement On May 26, 2003, the plaintiff's decedent, then 6 years old, was admitted to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment of a suspected appendicitis. Upon admission it...

Verdicts & Settlements December 20, 2004: Unsecured bank of lockers falls on top of student.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $296,250 Verdict In 1999, the defendant town contracted with the defendant construction company for the construction of an addition to a middle school and renovation of the existing structure....

Group of Boston Bar Assn. lawyers offering pro bono estate planning for troops.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In times of war, there are those who show support for the troops by sending care packages or, as the saying goes, by tying a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree. But a group of Boston Bar...

Quorum of panel could issue approval, Superior Court judge rules.
December 20, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham A three-person quorum of a five-member planning board could approve development of a parcel of land that was not subject to subdivision requirements, a Superior Court judge has ruled. A neighboring landowner,...

Identity theft claim vs. credit card co. denied by Superior Court judge.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally A credit card company should not be held liable for "identity theft" where a cardholder's private information was stolen after a security breach on a retailer's website, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The...

Mass Dept. of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Liability - Trust Fund Where an administrative judge ruled the Workers' Compensation Trust Fund liable, under G.L.c. 152, Sect. 65(2), for an industrial accident, we...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Sex Discrimination Claim - Manager Where a female manager alleges that she was discriminated against and eventually terminated because of her gender, I find that her claim must...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Qualified Immunity - Excessive Force - Shooting At Fleeing Suspect Shooting a fleeing suspect whose flight may harm others is not a clearly established use of excessive force....

Verdicts & Settlements December 20, 2004: Constuction worker struck by falling flatbar.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $850,000 Settlement The plaintiff's employer was one of many subcontractors working to complete construction of a new retail store in Boston. The first defendant was another subcontractor,...

Q&A with Grace H. Lee, general counsel for the Dept. of the State Treasurer.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff As general counsel for the Department of the State Treasurer, Grace H. Lee is responsible for ensuring that the office's legal affairs are in order. Her role was recently expanded to include the...

Alison L. Klein joins Boston firm of Parker Scheer.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Alison L. Klein has joined the Boston firm of Parker Scheer as a litigation associate and director of the firm's domestic relations practice group. Klein focuses her practice in representing...

Mass. App Tax Board Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Real Estate Taxes - Abatement Where a real estate tax abatement has been sought by plaintiff Brookline property owners, we conclude that an abatement is warranted here based on...

Appellate Division Massachusetts Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Motion To Dismiss - Service Of Process Where a judge dismissed a plaintiff's personal injury action, the judge acted permissibly based on evidence that the plaintiff (1) had...

Verdicts & Settlements December 20, 2004: Woman claims breast cancer not diagnosed early enough.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $900,000 Settlement The plaintiff was a 36-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Stage II left breast cancer in September 1999. In June 1998, 14 months prior to the diagnosis of her breast...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-1993-0001 IN RE: JEREMIAH V. LUONGO SJC No. BD-1993-0001 IN RE: JEREMIAH V. LUONGO Notice Of Reinstatement Hearing The Board of Bar Overseers will hold a public hearing on...

Commentary: The future of 'Alford' pleas.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In the 1970 case of North Carolina v. Alford, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant may enter a plea of guilty accompanied by a claim of innocence, a so-called Alford plea. In other words, a...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts amends its local rules.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS TO MASSACHUSETTS LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULES The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts announces that its local rules have been amended...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court soliciting amicus briefs.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT THE SUPREME JUDICIALCOURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIESIN THE FOLLOWING APPEAL PENDING BEFORE...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court approves amendment to small claims rules.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Boston, Massachusetts 02108 NOTICE OF APPROVAL Notice is hereby given that the Supreme Judicial Court has approved and promulgated rules as further indicated...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Assault With Intent To Rape - Motions For Required Findings Where two defendants have appealed their convictions for assault with intent to rape, indecent assault and battery on a...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys 'No Litigation' Opinion Where plaintiffs have filed suit charging the defendant law firm and three codefendant attorneys with negligence and misrepresentation in connection with...

US C.A. 1st Cir Case Summaries: December 20, 2004.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative NRC - Reactor Licensing Proceedings Where new rules governing nuclear reactor licensing hearings have been challenged, the challenge must be rejected on the ground that the...