Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from June 2008

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from June 2008

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court rules no pension boost for car provided by city.(Massachusetts)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff In a decision that will affect public retirees all over Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a former Beverly fire chief is not entitled to extra pension benefits based on the value of a city-owned...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court won't hear debate on 40B.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff The Supreme Judicial Court refused to referee one part of the continuing struggle between local governments and the state over a controversial affordable housing law, according to The Boston Globe. In two rulings...

Gloucester driver sentenced for Sandra Bullock crash.(Luciele Gatchell)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A Gloucester woman pleaded guilty to smashing into actress Sandra Bullock's SUV, according to the Boston Herald. Luciele Gatchell, 64, was sentenced to one year of probation, lost her driver's license for 60 days,...

Verdicts & Settlements June 2, 2008: Woman hurt by drunk driving awarded $6m.(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A Springfield woman who claimed her doctor permanently injured her after he fell on her during a drunken stumble has been awarded $6 million. Elizabeth Nelligan, 24, sued Dr. Mark Radzicki in 2005, claiming that...

Verdicts & Settlwmnts June 2, 2008: Bias victim gets $4.5M award.(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A woman who once worked as director of Cambridge's police review board has been awarded $4.5 million by a jury that found the city retaliated against her after she filed a discrimination complaint in 1998. Malvina...

Suit filed in Suffolk Superior Court to overhaul doctor ranking system.(Clinical Performance Improvement program )(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Massachusetts doctors have filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court to stop or substantially change a physician ranking program run by a state agency, alleging that patients have been defrauded and physicians defamed by...

'Cheese man' gets bail in Big Dig case in Mass.(Carmen DiNunzio)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Reputed New England Mafia underboss Carmen "The Cheese Man" DiNunzio has been released on $20,000 cash bail while he awaits trial on a Big Dig bribery charge, according to The Boston Globe. U.S. Magistrate Judge...

Boston Museum of Fine Arts under fire in painting flap.(Oskar Kokoschka's 'Two Nudes (Lovers)')
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Holocaust historians are criticizing the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for its stance in an escalating legal dispute over the ownership of a valuable 1913 painting, according to The Boston Globe. The work, Oskar...

Muslim leader faces deportion.(Muhammad Masood)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff The sentencing of a local man who pleaded guilty to immigration fraud charges has been postponed after his lawyers were told he would be taken into custody immediately for deportation. Muhammad Masood, 50, the former...

Mass.Appeals Court rules prenup invalid absent waiver of marital rights.(Massachusetts)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A prenuptial agreement that was drafted by a husband and signed by his wife without the assistance of counsel could not be enforced because it did not contain a proper waiver of marital rights and was therefore invalid,...

Mass. Commonwealth v. Lora: a profile in rhetoric?(Massachusetts)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Commonwealth v. Lora was closely watched by civil-rights lawyers. The case before the Supreme Judicial Court was to provide the answer to a critical question: Could statistics be used to suppress evidence against a...

First responders.(sex discrimination complaint becomes public)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Julia Reischel On March 6, nearly three months after a first-year associate at Bingham McCutchen reported that she had been drugged at a firm-sponsored holiday party, the firm's chief human resources officer sent out an e-mail to...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Report Editor's note: You may link to the full text of the opinions below by going to www.lawyersusaonline.com/resources/courtopinions.cfm and searching the Lawyers USA Archives. Criminal Sentencing - Explosives ...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appels Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Arbitration Partnership agreement - Non-signatories Where (1) a plaintiff, having entered into a written partnership agreement with a corporation, brought suit against a defendant subsidiary of that corporation and a...

Verdicts & Settlements June 2, 2008: Motorcycle rider hit twice, dragged beneath SUV.(sport utility vehicle)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Driver never exited car to assist victim - $250,000 settlement The plaintiff, a 32-year-old male, was operating his motorcycle along Route 16 in Sherborn when the traffic in front of him began to slow. In response,...

Jury clears landlord in tenant's spill on stairway.(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Railing and banister found to be intact - Defense verdict The plaintiff, along with his wife and two children, were tenants at the subject property. The plaintiff alleged that he was descending an interior stairway...

Verdicts & Settlements June 2, 2008: Elderly woman exits residence; found dead outside.(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Unchecked door was opened during alarm - $450,000 settlement On Thanksgiving evening in 2004, the 88-year-old plaintiff's decedent was a resident at an assisted-living facility. At approximately 11 p.m., a fire alarm...

Verdicts & Settlements June 2, 2008: Unnecessary surgical procedure.
June 2, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff $1.5 million settlement The 48-year-old plaintiff was subjected to an unnecessary surgical procedure by the defendant, an orthopedic surgeon, resulting in serious complications and permanent injury. The orthopedic...

U.S District Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction Diversity - Reconsideration Where (1) a shareholder derivative complaint was dismissed for lack of federal question jurisdiction and (2) the plaintiffs now seek reconsideration on...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Social services SSDI - Non-attorney representative Where the defendant Commissioner of the Social Security Administration denied a plaintiff's application for Social Security Disability Income...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Broker's commission Where an application for payment of a real estate sale commission was denied, a motion for reconsideration of that order must be rejected based on the language...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Insurance G.L.c. 93A - Class action Where plaintiffs, who allege that a defendant life insurance company engaged in deceptive practices in violation of G.L.c. 93A, moved to certify a...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic relations Divorce - Prenuptial agreement Where a judge in a divorce proceeding found a prenuptial agreement to be enforceable, that ruling must be reversed because the agreement does...

Massachusetts Appeals Court- Unpublished Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.(Case overview)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Following is the summary of a decision issued by the Appeals Court pursuant to Rule 1:28. In reporting such unpublished decisions, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reminds readers that they may be...

Massachusetts Superior Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Non-compete - Assignment - Choice of law Where a plaintiff corporation, having acquired a vending and food services business, brought suit charging the defendant, a former employer of...

Mass. District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.(Boston Municipal Court, Massachusetts)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Tort Malicious prosecution - Abuse of process - Trespass Where (1) a criminal complaint was issued against a plaintiff after he and the defendant had a dispute over a drainage ditch, (2) the...

Massachusetts Land Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Building permit - Standing Where a number of plaintiffs are seeking to challenge the Hingham zoning board's issuance of a building permit to certain defendants, I hold that the...

Massachusetts LAND COURT.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Building permit - Standing Where a number of plaintiffs are seeking to challenge the Hingham zoning board's issuance of a building permit to certain defendants, I hold that the...

Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Real property - Assessment Where homeowners claim to be entitled to a real estate tax abatement, that claim must be rejected because the homeowners did not meet their burden of proof...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Discrimination - Mitigation Where a respondent company, which was found liable for handicap discrimination, did not provide mitigation evidence at public hearing and has failed to...

Mass. Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: June 2, 2008.(Massachusetts)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Recommittal - Right to recoupment Where the Appeals Court held in Camara's Case, 71 Mass.App. Ct. 8 (2007), that the employee's benefits shall be adjusted under [G.L.c. 152,]...

Nationwide 93A lawsuit denied class certification.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A nationwide class of plaintiffs suing a Massachusetts insurance company under Chapter 93A over alleged policy misrepresentations was properly denied certification where the commonwealth lacked jurisdiction over...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules parent company forced to arbitration by subsidiary.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A Massachusetts-based manufacturer could not avoid an international arbitration clause in a partnership agreement with another company by suing a subsidiary that did not sign the agreement, the 1st U.S. Circuit...

Million-dollar misstep: spoliated evidence leads to wrongful-death settlement.
June 2, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank An ambulance company's intentional destruction of evidence in the wrongful-death case of a young child ultimately prompted the defense to increase its settlement offer by nearly $1 million, according to a lawyer...

Bristol County: Pat on the back(side).(full-body searches on lawyers who visit their clients)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff An alarming e-mail circulated on May 21 had some in the bar-advocate community worried that lawyers visiting clients behind bars in Bristol County would be subjected to full-body searches. The...

Massachusetts Legislative Report Briefs: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Patrick fills two top administrative posts Gov. Deval L. Patrick has named University of Massachusetts Boston Vice Chancellor Arthur Bernard as a senior advisor to coordinate policy priorities...

Massachusetts Lawyers on the Move: June 2, 2008.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Eileen M. Donoghue has joined the Lowell law firm of Gallagher & Cavanaugh. Brian T. Moore has joined Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell as a partner in the firm's Boston office....

In Practice: With in-home office, Dorchester lawyer has ideal commute.(Leon P. J. Drysdale)(Interview)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Julia Reischel The Alternate Route takes readers into law firms that have chosen to put down stakes outside downtown Boston. This week, reporter Julia Reischel asks solo practitioner Leon P. J. Drysdale about why he has run his...

Commentary: Do as we say, not as we do.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Edward Poll Merger and acquisition work long has been a profitable mainstay for big law firms. Of course, M&A activity cycles up and down, as any glance at today's business news will attest. But one type of merger seems on a...

Commentary: Mandatory treble damages law spurs debate over retroactivity.
June 2, 2008... Byline: David S. Rosenthal and Renee Jackson On April 14, Senate Bill 1059 was enacted by the state Legislature. This controversial piece of legislation, which requires mandatory trebling of damages for any violations of the Massachusetts...

First responders: Speed, substance of firm's response to a publicity crisis can be critical.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Julia Reischel On March 6, nearly three months after a first-year associate at Bingham McCutchen reported that she had been drugged at a firm-sponsored holiday party, the firm's chief human resources officer sent out an e-mail to...

Important Massachusetts Opinions Preview: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Zoning Building permit - Zoning enforcement request Where (1) the Wellesley building inspector and zoning enforcement officer denied a plaintiff's request for enforcement of a bylaw setback requirement against...

Verdicts & Settlements June 9, 2008: Child's untreated infection leads to blindness.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff $1 million settlement In May 1999, the minor plaintiff underwent bilateral eye muscle surgery to correct a congenital esotropia, an eye muscle weakness resulting in the turning in of the eye. Post-operatively, the...

Verdicts & Settlements June 9, 2008: Police officer sexually harassed by colleagues.(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff $2.23 million verdict The plaintiff claimed that he was sexually harassed by fellow police officers on a union-sponsored trip, and, following a police department investigation of that alleged harassment and the...

Massachusetts Appeals Court says threats made through attorney violate 209A.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A woman violated a Chapter 209A order barring contact with her ex-lover by threatening, through his attorney, to release economically damaging information unless he agreed to certain demands related to the custody...

Verdicts & Settlements June 9, 2008: Highway construction worker struck by steel.(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff $950,000 settlement On Oct. 24, 2002, the plaintiff was working as a laborer at a highway construction project adjacent to railroad tracks in Royalston. Laborers at the project were in the process of placing a steel...

Massachusetts men now eligible for maternity benefits.
June 9, 2008... Byline: David E. Frank In what the employment bar is calling a bombshell decision, the MCAD has quietly announced it will apply the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act to both women and men. The revelation came at a recent Foley Hoag...

Mass. Appeals Court says employee can bring claim not pleaded in MCAD complaint.(Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Eric T. Berkman An employee could bring a hostile work environment claim against his former employer in Superior Court even though he did not specifically plead that claim in his race-bias complaint before the Massachusetts...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.(United States)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Criminal Sentencing Where a defendant, sentenced to 262 months in prison, has moved for a sentence reduction, the motion must be denied because a Sentencing Guidelines amendment is inapplicable to him. In June 2004,...

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Bankruptcy 'Means test' - Surrender of collateral Where the United States Trustee moved to dismiss a Chapter 7 case for abuse under 11 U.S.C. s.707(b)(1), the motion was correctly denied based on a conclusion that...

Isaac Borenstein departs bench; court to lose stately judge.
June 9, 2008... Byline: David Yas Isaac Borenstein, considered by many to be the ultimate gentleman judge, will soon be trying cases instead of hearing them. A self-described Jewish street kid from Havana, Borenstein will retire from the Superior...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.(United States)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Bankruptcy Removal - Remand Where the commonwealth removed from state court this proceeding against a Chapter 7 debtor and his non-debtor spouse (sued both individually and as trustees of several nominee trusts), the...

Commentary: Faux judges?(patent judges)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Although cases in Massachusetts may not be directly affected, the recent eye-opening discovery made by George Washington University Law School Professor John F. Duffy is hard for any lawyer to ignore. Duffy concluded...

Bulger associate disbarred by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.(William M. Bulger and former law partner Thomas E. Finnerty)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A lengthy federal investigation into whether former University of Massachusetts President William M. Bulger obstructed efforts to capture his gangster brother, James Whitey Bulger, ended last year without any criminal...

MIT student rapped for hoax-device scare.(Star Simpson of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff The Massachusetts Institute of Technology student whose sweatshirt caused a scare at Boston's Logan International Airport last fall was sentenced to a year of supervised pre-trial probation, instructed to write an...

Judge charged with OUI is off the bench.(Robert Somma, operating under the influence)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A federal judge who resigned after his drunk-driving arrest -- then had a change of heart after receiving a groundswell of support -- will not be returning to work after all. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...

Massachusetts Bar Assn.'s Martin W. Healy named to Board of Bar Examiners.(Massachusetts Bar Association)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff The Supreme Judicial Court has appointed Massachusetts Bar Association General Counsel Martin W. Healy to the Board of Bar Examiners. His appointment was effective on June 1 and will expire on Oct. 1, 2012. Healy...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Corporate Successor liability Where a defendant has appealed from a judgment in favor of a...

Former Boston priest seeks new trial.(Paul Shanley)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A defrocked priest at the center of the clergy sex abuse crisis in the Boston Archdiocese is making a bid for a new trial by challenging his victim's repressed memories. Defrocked priest Paul Shanley is serving a 12-...

U.S. District Court judge rules Massachusetts is violating water laws.(United States)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A U.S. District Court judge has found the state is not doing an adequate job cleaning up polluted storm water along 2,500 miles of state roads and bridges. Judge William G. Young ruled that the state is violating...

American Airline agrees to lift ban on skycap tips.(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff American Airlines has agreed to drop a controversial $2-per-bag fee for curbside check-in and lift a ban on tips for skycaps at Logan International Airport. In exchange, the skycaps at Logan will drop a federal...

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ushers in new chief.(Jim B. Haines, Jr.)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Jim B. Haines Jr. of the District of Maine assumed the duties of chief judge of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel on June 1, Chief Judge Michael Boudin of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Middlesex Superior Court judge denies bid to dismiss slay charges.(Diane M. Kottmyer )(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A Superior Court judge has refused to dismiss murder charges or change the location of a trial for a British man accused of killing his wife and infant daughter and delayed ruling on whether prosecutors can introduce...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Domestic relations Contempt - G.L.c. 209A order Where a defendant has appealed from a judgment...

Retaliation trial against city of Cambridge: The price is right?
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff When all is said and done, the fallout from a highly contentious retaliation trial against the city of Cambridge may end up costing taxpayers more than $1 million in legal fees alone. The big bill comes at the end of...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Unpublished Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Following is the summary of a decision issued by the Appeals Court pursuant to Rule 1:28. In reporting such unpublished decisions, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reminds readers that they may be cited for their persuasive...

SJC No. BD-2007-062.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff IN RE: PETER PAUL MITRANO Last known address: P.O. Box 3973 Merrifield, VA 22116 Order of Temporary Suspension entered by Cordy, J., on April 14, 2008 The issue in this case is somewhat novel. Bar counsel...

Massachusetts Superior Courts Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Attorneys Divorce - Opposing counsel Where a plaintiff seeks to amend his complaint to add three additional counts against his ex-wife's attorney, the motion should be denied, as the new counts sought to be added...

Massachusetts Land Court Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Real property Adverse possession - Prescriptive easement Where the plaintiff is seeking a declaration that he possesses rights in a strip of the defendant's land, I find that his complaint must be dismissed because...

District Court/BMC Trial Division Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Criminal Subpoenas - Television station employees Where (1) the commonwealth has issued subpoenas for the testimony of two television station employees who participated in an undercover investigation of an alleged...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Taxation Penalty taxes Where an appellee board of assessors imposed withdrawal penalty taxes on an appellant, this was improper, as the appellant was not the owner of the subject property at the time that it became...

DIVISION OF LABOR RELATIONS.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Labor Repudiation - Unlawful discrimination Where a teachers union has charged a school district with labor law violations, the complaint must be dismissed, as the union has failed to prove its claims of repudiation and...

Mass. Division Of Labor Relations Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Labor Repudiation - Unlawful discrimination Where a teachers union has charged a school district with labor law violations, the complaint must be dismissed, as the union has failed to prove its claims of repudiation...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Civil rights Religion - Skating rink Where a Hearing Officer found that the respondent committed religious discrimination by refusing to provide an accommodation for the complainant's request to wear a hijab when the...

Other Massachusetts Agencies Case Summaries: June 9, 2008.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Environmental Riverfront performance standards - Pond Where a wetlands permit issued to a landowner has been challenged by a neighbor, the challenge must be rejected, as the permit applicant is under no requirement...

Standing the Testa time.(Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff It has been more than three years since the high-(flying) technology and venture-capital firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault crashed to earth as many in the local legal community looked on with shock and awe that such a...

Judicial accountability in Massachusetts: (Barely) making the grade.(Help Abolish Legal Tyranny rates courts in all 50 states)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff A grade of C-minus does not normally put the recipient in the middle of the class. But a Washington, D.C., group called HALT says that Massachusetts is about as mediocre as most other states when it comes to judicial...

Verdicts & Settlements June 9, 2008: Child's untreated infection leads to blindness.(medical malpractice)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff $1 million settlement In May 1999, the minor plaintiff underwent bilateral eye muscle surgery to correct a congenital esotropia, an eye muscle weakness resulting in the turning in of the eye. Post-operatively, the...

Verdicts & Settlements June 9, 2008: Highway construction worker struck by steel.(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff $950,000 settlement On Oct. 24, 2002, the plaintiff was working as a laborer at a highway construction project adjacent to railroad tracks in Royalston. Laborers at the project were in the process of placing a steel...

Standing order released on consolidation of Mass. Superior Court cases.(Massachusetts)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Applicable to All Counties A motion to consolidate cases under Mass. R. Civ. P. 42(a) shall be served, in accordance with Superior Court Rule 9A, upon all parties in the cases proposed to be consolidated. The...

Judicial Scouting Report: Judge Mary McCauley Manzi.
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff THE LOWDOWN ON JUDGE MANZI Born in Boston in 1950 Graduated from Suffolk University Law School (1974) and Emmanuel College (1971) Appointed to the bench in 1986 by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis Prior to her...

Commentary: Are you in the 'red zone'?(retirement)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Edward Poll Karen Mathis, immediate past chair of the American Bar Association, focused her term on developing a new awareness in the legal profession on the implications of the aging population. She said recently that 400,000...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: June 9, 2008.(Gibson & Behman)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff New associations George L. Chimento has joined Davis, Malm & D'Agostine in Boston as a shareholder in the employment law and trusts and estates practice groups. Richard A. Licht, Joseph DeAngelis, David T....

Senator J. James Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington, accused of lewd behavior.(sexual assault)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Byline: MALW Staff Sen. J. James Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington, was arrested in downtown Lowell on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, police said. Marzilli was also charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, attempting to commit...