Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from June 2004

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from June 2004

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-054BD IN RE: MICHAEL READ FULLER Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-054BD IN RE: MICHAEL READ FULLER Last known address: 962 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA...

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following bills have been signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney. The anticipated effective dates are listed but are subject to change. The full text of statutes may be ordered from Lawyers...

Fired Officers Denied Unpaid Salary Under State Wage Act By Mass. Superior Court.(Massachussetts)
June 7, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright Terminated company officers could not collect unearned salaries under the state Wage Act even though their contracts called for the salaries to be paid, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The plaintiffs argued that...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Lisa Ferrara has been named director of the Flaschner Judicial Institute. Ferrara previously served as director of Continuing Legal Education for the...

Mass. Labor Relations Commission Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Impasse - Non- Unit Work Where a union alleges that the Board of Higher Education committed a labor law violation by transferring the union's bargaining unit work to a non-unit...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Interference With Right To Harassment- Free Work Environment Where a supervisor employed by a respondent general contractor directed racially offensive comments to a...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Murder - Unlawful Possession Of Firearm Where (1) a defendant was convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm, (2) the convictions were reversed,...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Massachusetts Port Authority - Runway Construction Where the Massachusetts Port Authority desires to construct and operate a new runway ("Runway 14/32") at Logan Airport, I...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks And Banking Truth In Savings Act - Disclosure Where a defendant bank did not clearly and conspicuously disclose to the plaintiff the effective date of changes to fees and minimum...

Verdicts & Settlements June 7, 2004: Patient With Cardiac History Found Dead At Home.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 Settlement The plaintiff's decedent, age 53, had a long-standing cardiac history dating back to the early 1980s. His medical history was significant for a previous myocardial...

Verdicts & Settlements June 7, 2004: Police Lt. Says He Was Victim Of Retaliation.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 Verdict The plaintiff, a lieutenant and 35-year veteran of the defendant city's police department, claimed that the defendant retaliated against him for his assistance to a female...

Verdicts & Settlements June 7, 2004: Man Suffers Myocardial Infarction After Surgery.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 Settlement The plaintiff's decedent, a 73-year-old man with a history of smoking, began to experience some numbness and tingling in his upper extremities in early fall of 1998....

Verdicts & Settlements June 7, 2004: Paintball Game Results In Eye Injury; Goggles Are Blamed.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Verdict Claims were filed against the defendant social host who allegedly convinced the plaintiff to play paintball in the woods by the defendant's home. The plaintiff claimed that the...

Commentary: Progress On Notary Rules.(Brief article)
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Gov. Mitt Romney's administration deserves praise for listening to real-estate lawyers on the subject of the new rules governing notaries public. It was recently announced that lawyers who...

Commentary: Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Terminating Employees.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright "You're fired!" Those, of course, are the words of financial titan Donald Trump from the hit reality-TV series, "The Apprentice." But when it comes to terminating employees in Massachusetts, the simple, blunt...

Worcester lawyer: Long Distance Relationship.(Keith T. Higgins)
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff With the recent release of photos showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the hands of American soldiers, Keith T. Higgins has his work cut out for him. The Worcester lawyer is currently...

Boston attorney Richard M. Burke: Beyond The Call Of Duty.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff When Boston attorney Richard M. Burke's Marine Corps reserve unit was called up in January 2003, he says he was merely doing his job as a captain in the 25th Marine Battalion based out of Fort...

Boston attorney Geoffrey G. Nathan: Fear Factor.(Brief article)
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Boston attorney Geoffrey G. Nathan has the market cornered on innovative defenses. His latest defense: fear. "Your Honor, I realize I blew through four red lights in a row, but it wasn't...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Rules Contractor Liable For Bias On Part Of Supervisor.
June 7, 2004... Byline: John Cunningham A general contractor was liable for emotional distress caused by the racial remarks of a supervisor to an employee of a subcontractor, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has held. The...

Mass. Department of Industrial Accidents Denies Suit Vs. Employer Over Suicide.
June 7, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham A woman could not sue her deceased husband's employer for causing his suicide by handicap discrimination where the Department of Industrial Accidents had previously denied her claim for workers' compensation...

Mass. Superior Court Rules Privilege Log Lacking, Co. Entitled To Data.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno An insurance company facing breach of contract claims was entitled to production of arguably privileged documents withheld by the plaintiffs where the privilege logs filed by the plaintiffs contained inadequate...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 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...

Verdicts & Settlements June 7, 2004: Bicycle/truck collision results in $240K settlement.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $240,000 Settlement On Nov. 21, 1998, the 13-year-old plaintiff was a passenger on his 12-year-old friend's bicycle. As the bicycle entered a main street in Braintree, it was allegedly struck...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys BBO - Abstention - Immunity Where a plaintiff attorney has filed a multi-count complaint alleging defamation and civil rights violations in connection with a Massachusetts Board...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Court Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Negligence - Failure To Record Mortgage Where a plaintiff has charged a defendant attorney with negligently failing to record a mortgage relating to a ground lease, a motion by...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Minor - 'Miranda' Warning A state court's determination -- that a minor, who was interrogated for two hours without his parents, was not "in custody" and therefore need not...

Massachusetts District Court Case Summaries: June 7, 2004.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer Protection Car Dealer - Unauthorized Repairs Where (1) a plaintiff hired an individual to repair the headliner of the plaintiff's car, (2) the car's sunroof was damaged while...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff ADMONITION NO. 04-17 In 1995, the respondent notarized the signatures of clients on a mortgage and a deed. The clients were not present before the respondent when the documents were notarized....

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following bills have been signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney. The anticipated effective dates are listed but are subject to change. The full text of statutes may be ordered from Lawyers...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Peabody & Ar-nold in Boston has hired the professional liability practice group that previously practiced at Posternak, Blank-stein & Lund. The group, headed...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Prescriptive Easement - Relocation Where plaintiffs claim that the defendant has interfered with their use of a prescriptive easement over the defendant's land, the...

Mass. Bar Association Ethics Commission Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.(Massachusetts Bar Association)(Brief article)
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Move To New Firm - Disclosures Of Information Where a lawyer is moving to a new firm or job, the lawyer may reveal to the prospective firm or employer, without the consent of the...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Limitations - Choice Of Law Where (1) a New Jersey plaintiff, who was injured in a construction accident in New Jersey, has filed suit against the defendant Massachusetts...

Verdicts & Settlements June 14, 2004: Retaliation Is Alleged After Whistleblowing By Police Chief.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 Verdict This case involved a claim by a former police chief who alleged that the defendant city and a number of its past and current officials retaliated against him for his whistleblowing...

Verdicts & Settlements June 14, 2004: Pedestrian Hit By Car; Sustains Multiple Fractures.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $364,205 Verdict The plaintiff was crossing Prospect Street in Peabody when she was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant. The plaintiff sustained multiple fractures, including rib...

Verdicts & Settlements June 14, 2004: Metal Scrap On Highway Causes Injury To Motorist.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense Award The claimant motor vehicle operator struck a piece of metal on the highway, which pierced the floor of her vehicle and lacerated her calf, leaving a permanent scar. A claim was...

Verdicts & Settlements June 14, 2004: Man Knocked Off Bicycle By Passing Automobile.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $215,000 Settlement The 66-year-old plaintiff was an energetic and athletic man who was riding his bicycle along a narrow two-land roadway on Cape Cod in the late afternoon of Dec. 23, 2001....

A Victory For The Mass. Appeals Court.(Massachusetts Appeals Court)(Brief article)
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Last Friday, Appeals Court Chief Justice Christopher J. Armstrong hosted a breakfast reception to "mark the occasion of the [court] becoming current in its work after years of hopeless backlogs."...

Lawyers love committees.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Dave Yas You know what lawyers love? Other than a nice iced mocha latte with whipped cream and chocolate drizzle on top. (I mean, who doesn't like those?) Committees. Lawyers love committees. There are committees to...

Labor Violations: When The AG in Mass. Comes Knocking.(Massachusetts attorney general Thomas F. Reilly)
June 14, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham Attorneys take note: The office of Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has put a priority on investigating and prosecuting unfair labor practices. For lawyers, this means making sure their clients who run...

Coming Attraction: Mass. Trial Lawyers Association Banquet.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association Banquet Thursday, June 24, 6 p.m. Union Club, Boston Cost: $45 per person More info: (781) 646-2265 House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran...

Boston Attorneys: Like Son, Like Father.(Ieuan and Gael Mahony)
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Can't think of a good Father's Day gift? How about landing pop a new job. That's what Ieuan (pronounced "Ee-an") G. Mahony did for his dad after the fall of Boston's Hill & Barlow some 18...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Issues Standing Order.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff THE COMMONWEALTHOF MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MA 02108-1518 Mitt Romney Governor Kerry Healey Lieutenant Governor ...

Mass. Attorneys Say Criminal Time Standards May Cause 'Chaos'.(Massachusetts)
June 14, 2004... Byline: Tony Wright Lawyers are questioning the feasibility of a Superior Court proposal for a three-track time-standards system that would classify length of a case based on the severity of a crime. Attorneys say the revised standing...

Doctors Sued In Mass. Superior Court Over Failure To Disclose.(Massachusetts)
June 14, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno The estate of a patient who died after undergoing experimental cardiac gene therapy could sue a doctor and a hospital for failing to disclose to the patient the financial interest they held in the treatment program...

Mass. Superior Court Rules No Jurisdiction For Online-Auction Suit.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson A local man who purchased a car from an Arizona company through an online auction could not sue for breach of contract in a Massachusetts court after discovering that the car was not in good condition, a Superior...

Boston Bar Assn.'s Ethics Committee Says Lawyer May Reveal Client Info To New Employer.(Boston Bar Association)
June 14, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham A lawyer may reveal to a prospective new employer some limited client information necessary for conflict-checking -- but only if the revelation would not harm or embarrass the clients, according to an advisory...

List of those who passed Massachusetts bar exam given in June, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The following individuals passed the Massachusetts bar exam, which was held in February. * * * Abel, Joshua Eugene, Springfield Ackerman, Kenneth Craig, Boston Adams, Elizabeth...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff ERISA 'Anti- Cutback' Rule A pension plan amendment violates ERISA's "anti-cutback" rule where it expands the categories of post-retirement employment that trigger suspension of payment...

Interview with Mass. Judge Scott L. Kafker.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff With a father who taught European history and a mother who was a law professor, Scott L. Kafker quickly became an avid reader growing up in his Cincinnati home. Today, the scholarly Kafker is...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Redevelopment Authority - Public Records Where (1) the defendant Boston Redevelopment Authority took, by eminent domain, a number of properties slated to become part of a...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Medicaid Overpayments - Automatic Stay Where a Chapter 11 debtor claims that the Health Care Financing Administration violated the automatic stay by collecting Medicaid...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fees - G.L.c. 231, Sect. 6F - Federal Suit Where the defendants in a federal suit have moved for counsel fees under G.L.c. 231, Sect. 6F, I find that their request should be...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Wetlands - School Construction Where the town of Westwood filled a bordering vegetated wetland area prior to seeking a permit for a school expansion project, the project...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Motion To Revise Or Revoke Sentence - 'Ineffective Assistance' Claim Where (1) in 1993, the present defendant pleaded delinquent by reason of first-degree murder, armed robbery...

Mass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents: Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Sect. 34 Benefits - Necessity Of Surgery Where an administrative judge has awarded an employee G.L.c. 152, Sect. 34, benefits, we hold that the benefit award should...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: June 14, 2004.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Tort Defamation - Alleged Miscaptioning Of Photograph Where a plaintiff has filed suit against a number of defendants, claiming that they defamed him by allegedly miscaptioning a...

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2004-9 IN RE: STEVEN L. WINNIMAN BBO Public Reprimand No. 2004-9 IN RE: STEVEN L. WINNIMAN Last known office address: 101 State Street Suite 620 Springfield, MA...

Mass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Emotional Injury Where an administrative judge found that an event at work was the predominant contributing cause of an employee's emotional disability, we conclude...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Adverse Possession - Lawn Area - Dirt Parking Area Where a plaintiff has asserted title to two parcels of Groton land, I hold (1) that he has won title by adverse possession...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Discrimination Claims - Public Transportation Authority Where a plaintiff projects coordinator has filed a complaint against the respondent public transportation authority, I...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections Town Policies - Political Activities - Town- Owned Property Where the town of Yarmouth wishes to adopt policies -- regarding the use of municipal facilities for political...

Commentary: The Future Of Judicial Evaluations.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Massachusetts Bar Association will soon start a system of online judicial evaluations that would allow its members to evaluate judges at any time. According to an MBA statement: "The...

Boston Attorney David P. Rosenblatt: A Learned Man.(Brief article)
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It may be an overstatement to say they don't make judges like they used to, but can we agree that they don't name them like they used to? Case in point: Judge Learned Hand. Was anyone more...

Family scuffle heats up over cryogenically preserved body of legendary baseball player Ted Williams.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Once again, things were heating up in the family scuffle over the cryogenically preserved body of legendary baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams. But a June 15th order from a Florida court has...

OUI Lawyers in Mass. Watching Case On Suspension Of Licenses.(drunk-driving convictions )
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Supreme Judicial Court recently heard arguments that could resolve a controversy that arose after the 2002 amendments to the state's drunk-driving laws: whether defendants with drunk-driving...

Mass. U.S. District Court Denies Compelled Arbitration Of Employment Claim.
June 21, 2004... Byline: John O. Cunningham An employer that disseminated a dispute-resolution policy by e-mail could not compel an employee to submit to arbitration under that policy without proof that the employee read and understood the e-mail, a U.S....

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Rules No 'Self Defamation' Tort For Fired Worker.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Jason M. Scally An employee who repeated a defamatory statement in order to explain the loss of a job to a prospective employer could not sue his former employer for "compelled self-defamation," the Supreme Judicial Court has held....

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Rules Easement May Be Moved By Owner Of Property.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno The owner of a parcel of land subject to a right of way could relocate the easement without the consent of the easement holder -- provided the proposed change did not infringe upon the rights of the easement holder,...

Who is James Albright, former bodyguard, boyfriend of Madonna?
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Most people would enjoy having their name linked with Madonna. Jerrold G. Neeff's client isn't one of them. Neeff represents James Albright, a former bodyguard and boyfriend of the pop...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Public Reprimand - Conflict Of Interest Where an attorney has challenged an order that he be publicly reprimanded, the appeal must fail, as the attorney was given adequate...

Massachusetts Superior Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Interest Where a plaintiff seeks, pursuant to G.L.c. 231, Sect. 6B, that interest be added to an arbitration award against the defendant, there is no basis for an award of...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Consolidated Estates - New Value Defense Where (1) a confirmation order substantively consolidated the debtors' estates and (2) the defendant, having asserted a new value...

U.S. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Qualified Immunity - Wrongful Convictions Where plaintiffs filed suit alleging that the defendants (a detective and an FBI agent) assisted in wrongfully convicting the...

Lawyers Weekly Announces The 'Biggest' Defense Wins Of The Year.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff At the end of each calendar year, Lawyers Weekly ranks the top plaintiffs' verdicts and settlements based on the millions of dollars the plaintiffs took home. But defense lawyers win "big"...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Remand Motion - Contract Action Where (1) a Massachusetts plaintiff filed a seven-count complaint in Superior Court raising a number of claims growing out of a...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff NewsMakers New Associations Sarah Walters has joined Nutter, McClennen & Fish in Boston as an associate in the government enforcement defense group. She focuses her practice on...

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Land Sale Agreement - Mortgage Contingency Clause - Forfeiture Of Deposit Where evidence showed that a defendant did secure a requisite mortgage commitment but nevertheless...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Exhaustion - No Administrative Remedy Where a judge dismissed a plaintiff's suit against the defendant Department of Industrial Accidents on the basis that the plaintiff...

Massachusetts District Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Search And Seizure Frisk - Opening Of Cigarette Pack Where a police officer found illegal drugs in a defendant's vehicle, the drugs must be ordered suppressed because their discovery was...

Interview with Juan M. Marcelino: District administrator of SEC's Boston office.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff As district administrator of the SEC's Boston office, Juan M. Marcelino directed the investigation and oversight of all participants in the securities industry throughout New England, including...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Notice Of DRP - E- Mail Where a defendant employer has moved to compel arbitration of a plaintiff's handicap discrimination claim, the request must be denied because the...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 21, 2004.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Antitrust Sherman Act - Vitamin Purchasers The Sherman Act does not apply to a claim by vitamin purchasers that manufacturers engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy where the adverse...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: June 28, 2004.
June 28, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2004-11 IN RE: DONALD J. BONGIOVI BBO Public Reprimand No. 2004-11 IN RE: DONALD J. BONGIOVI Last known office address: 1 Battis Road Merrimac, MA 01860 ...