Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from November 2003

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from November 2003

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-027BD IN RE: EDWARD J. COLLINS Supreme Judicial Court No. 2003-027BD IN RE: EDWARD J. COLLINS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: P.O. Box 381330 Cambridge, MA...

Commentary: Bidding Wars For Government Legal Work?(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff According to the governor's office, attorneys who wish to be hired as outside counsel for the government will now have to pass a "rigorous" qualification process and then compete against one...

Piecing Together An Appellate Brief.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Jeanne Greeley Your client has been hit with a multi-million-dollar judgment or perhaps is facing a long prison sentence, and you've got just 50 pages in your appellate brief to convince a panel of judges to grant a new trial. ...

Commentary: Survey Sheds Light On Appellate Brief-Writing.
November 3, 2003... Byline: David A. F. Lewis Attorneys write appellate briefs to persuade appellate judges to rule in their client's favor. How best to accomplish that feat -- just how to fit all of those facts and all of that caselaw together in a way that...

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: November 3, 2003.(Public notice)
November 3, 2003... 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...

Commentary: Most Massachusetts Business Trusts Should Be Terminated By Statutory Merger.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Morris N. Robinson Revised on November 26, 2003 Massachusetts Closes the Sting Tax Loophole Massachusetts is now facing its worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. After three years of record-breaking deficits, the...

She's Baaaaack: Arianna Huffington making a pit stop in Boston.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Before she takes that role in "Terminator 4" that California Gov.-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger promised her during their debates, tough-talking pundit Arianna Huffington will be making a pit stop...

Smashing Pumpkins In Williamstown.(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Things got a little crazy out in Williamstown this Halloween when a woman reportedly decided to take justice -- and one pumpkin -- into her own hands to get even with the man who allegedly broke...

Belmont Attorney Tamsin R. Kaplan Office Is Picture Perfect.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff While some lawyers may strive to bring the practice of law down to a fine art, others try to bring fine art to the practice of law. At the offices of Belmont attorney Tamsin R. Kaplan,...

Hero's Welcome: Al-Rehaief attends 103rd annual Middlesex County Bar Association Banquet.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attendees at this year's 103rd annual Middlesex County Bar Association banquet will have a real-life hero in their midst. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It's it's Mohammed Odeh Al-Rehaief....

Mass. Superior Court Rules Father Must Pay After Freezing Son Out Of Co.
November 3, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham A father who gave 49 percent of his corporation to his son violated a fiduciary duty when he subsequently froze the son out of any meaningful role in the business, a Superior Court judge has ruled. In a case...

U.S. District Court Rules Internet-Based Jurisdiction Approved In Trademark Case.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A local corporation could bring suit in Massachusetts against a California company for using its website to infringe on the plaintiff's trademarks -- even though the only connection between the defendants and the...

Mass. Superior Court Rules State May Argue That Tobacco Fee Unreasonable.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Jason Scally Lawyers seeking full payment of the agreed-upon contingency fee resulting from the state's multi-billion-dollar settlement against "big tobacco" cannot preclude the commonwealth from offering evidence regarding the...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Rules Contact With Former Staff Of Defendant OK.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally The attorney representing a man who died at a rehabilitation center may make ex parte contact with a former nurse of the center during a subsequent lawsuit, the Supreme Judicial Court has decided. The center,...

Mass. Lawyers In The News: November 3, 2003.(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Community Groups Martin Newhouse, a litigation partner at Ropes & Gray in Boston, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Foundation for the...

Attorney And Teacher Barbara F. Hughes of Milton And West Harwich Dies At 70.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Barbara F. (Connolly) Hughes of Milton and West Harwich, an attorney and teacher, died at her home after a brief illness. She was 70. Hughes was in private practice for the past 13 years. She...

Retired Mass. Politician Louise Day Hicks Dies At 87.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Louise Day Hicks, who gained national notoriety as a leader of the anti-busing faction during Boston's turbulent 1960s and '70s, died after suffering from a variety of ailments, according to a...

Boston Attorney Kenneth P. Brier Opens Brier & Associates in Needham.(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Kenneth P. Brier -- most recently a member of the estate planning department at Bingham McCutchen in Boston -- has opened Brier & Associates in Needham, a boutique firm focusing on tax and estate...

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Landlord And Tenant Failure To Have Premises Ready For Occupancy Where a plaintiff filed suit alleging that the defendant property owner refused to return $7,900 (first and last months'...

Mass. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.
November 3, 2003... 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. District Court Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Search And Seizure Motor Vehicle Stop - Hunch Where the police stopped a vehicle based not upon specific articulable facts and reasonable inferences that the car's occupants had...

Mass. Housing Court Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Mortgages Foreclosure Sale - Chapter 13 Petition - Automatic Stay Where (1) a plaintiff seeks possession of the defendant's premises following a foreclosure sale and (2) the defendant...

Mass. Labor Relations Commission Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Employer's Delay In Handing Over Information To Union Where the city of Boston unreasonably delayed providing a police union with internal affairs records concerning an officer...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Discovery - Opponent's Former Employees - Rule 4.2 Where a Superior Court judge issued protective orders barring plaintiff's counsel from privately communicating with a...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Contingent Fee - 'Reasonableness' Where two plaintiff law firms have filed a motion in limine seeking to preclude the defendant commonwealth from introducing any evidence,...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Federal Escape Act Where a defendant helped a codefendant attempt to escape from federal prison in Puerto Rico and subsequently pled guilty to conspiring to violate the Federal...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 3, 2003.(Brief article)
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction Personal - Website Where a plaintiff Massachusetts corporation alleges that the California-based defendants used a website to infringe on the plaintiff's trademarks, a motion...

Commentary: Gratuitous Thoughts On Gratuities (And More).
November 3, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas Thoughts while wondering how Louise Woodward is doing in law school Published reports indicate that the potentially groundbreaking lawsuit against Boston restaurants for allegedly violating the state tipping...

Verdicts & Settlements November 3, 2003: Warehouse Worker Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $900,000 Settlement On Dec. 27, 1995, the plaintiff, then a 23-year-old warehouse worker, was operating a forklift powered by liquefied propane gas for approximately three hours in a confined...

Verdicts & Settlements November 3, 2003: Truck Driver Breaks His Ankle On Poorly Lit Steps.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $417,158 Arbitration Award This case involved a failure to properly maintain a warehouse and truck-docking bay in an appropriate manner, resulting in the plaintiff fracturing his right ankle....

Verdicts & Settlements November 3, 2003: Decedent's Kin Contest Will.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Case Dismissed By Agreement This was a will contest brought by two of six children of the decedent and the petitioner. The decedent and petitioner had been married for 47 years and had never...

Verdicts & Settlements November 3, 2003: Barge Repairman's Leg Crushed By Broken Auger.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.02 Million Settlement The plaintiff was employed as a terminal attendant for a waterfront cement terminal. His job duties included ordinary shore side activity plus preventive maintenance...

Verdicts & Settlements November 3, 2003: C-Section Not Performed, Cerebral Palsy Results.
November 3, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $3.75 Million Settlement This case arose out of the alleged failure to timely perform an emergency C-section, resulting in prolonged oxygen deprivation leading to cerebral palsy with spastic...

Commentary: Teaching Agency And Trusts.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Secretary of State William Galvin has opened an investigation into whether mutual funds have been giving preferential treatment to large investors. Attorneys general in other states are doing...

Taking The Plunge Into A Records Management Plan.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Jeanne Greeley When it comes to corporate record management, life used to be relatively simple for in-house counsel. Now, a racy e-mail, a mistakenly forwarded electronic file or a mishandled back-up tape can mean disaster for...

Mass. Superior Court Rules Man Not Liable For Fiance's Fatal Crash.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno A man could not be held liable for the death of his fiance where she lost control of her car after drinking at a party they both attended, a Superior Court judge has held. The parents of the deceased woman argued...

Mass. District Court Rules Colloquy 'Technicality' Can't Reverse Conviction.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally A 30-year-old OUI conviction should not have been overturned based only on the lack of a plea colloquy notation on the docket sheet, a District Court judge has ruled. The defendant argued -- and the judge...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Hears Arguments On Mom's Duty To Unborn Baby.
November 17, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments this month in a case that could recognize a new parental immunity for pregnant mothers accused of motor-vehicle negligence -- or create a new legal duty by a mother to...

Mass. Superior Court Rules Bank Violated 93A When It Refused To Delay Home Sale.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Jason Scally A bank was liable for Chapter 93A damages after it refused to postpone a foreclosure auction -- even though the defaulted homeowners had produced a last-minute buyer who was willing to pay market price, a Superior...

Mass. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... 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. District Court Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.(Case overview)
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Guilty Plea - Withdrawal Where a defendant has moved to vacate and withdraw his 1973 guilty plea, the motion should be denied. "In light of the long passage of time, the...

Mass. Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.(Case overview)
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Unilateral Termination - Partial Incapacity Benefits Where an administrative judge ruled that a self-insurer's unilateral termination of an employee's G.L.c. 152,...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.(Brief article)
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real Property Action To Quiet Title - Standing Where a plaintiff has initiated an action seeking to quiet title to a parcel of his mother's Dorchester property, his complaint must be...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Failure To Promote - Race And Gender Discrimination Where a complainant correctional officer alleges that the respondent employer's failure to promote was discriminatory on the...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Infernal Machine - Search - Destruction Of Evidence Where a defendant has appealed his conviction for possession of an infernal machine (a grenade simulator), the appeal must fail...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fee Sharing - Existence Of Contract Where a defendant law firm has filed a counterclaim alleging a breach of a fee-sharing agreement, judgment should enter for the plaintiff...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Preferential Transfers - Rebates Where a Chapter 7 trustee seeks to recover $186,000 in allegedly preferential transfers made to the defendants, the complaint must be dismissed...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Right To Privacy - Psychiatrist - Patient's Employer Where a lawsuit was brought charging a defendant psychiatrist with violating the plaintiff's right to privacy by providing...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice EPCA - Intent Where plaintiffs have filed a claim alleging that the defendant pharmaceutical company should be held liable for violation of Title I of the Electronic...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: November 17, 2003.(Brief article)
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Imperfect Closing The fact that a defense attorney's closing argument was imperfect did not give rise to a valid claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Yarborough v....

Commentary: The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind.
November 17, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas You may have missed this, but in a recent case a brave prosecutor looked the Appeals Court right in the eye and quoted Bob Dylan. Yes, that Bob Dylan. In Commonwealth v. Dube, the issue was whether the state...

Mass. Governor Signs Bills: November 17, 2003.
November 17, 2003... 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...

Retired 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Hugh H. Bownes, 83, Dies.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Retired 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Hugh H. Bownes, who issued a landmark ruling that prompted New Hampshire to upgrade its dilapidated prison system, has died. He was 83. Bownes...

Mass. Appeals Court: A 'Shelter Defense' For Drivers?
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Should a Massachusetts driver who has been drinking be granted leniency because he pulls off the road to "sleep it off"? The Appeals Court recently confronted this very issue. In...

Mass. Lawyers In The News: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New Associations Edward M. Wheeler has been appointed first assistant register of deeds at the Middlesex County South Registry of Deeds. Susan M. Callahan has been named second assistant...

Commentary: Relocation of easement by servient estate.
November 24, 2003... Byline: William V. Hovey The appeal from the recent Land Court decision in M.P.M. Builders, LLC v. Dwyer, Misc. Case No. 285749, gives me hope that the Supreme Judicial Court might end up with the case and then adopt a less strict approach...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff ADMONITION NO. 03-61 The client hired the respondent in about March of 1998 to probate the estate of her deceased father. The respondent timely filed the state and federal estate tax returns...

Lawyers contacting employees: Is the rule now set in stone?
November 24, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Lawyers Contacting Employees: The debate has simmered for years: Is a Massachusetts lawyer permitted to make ex parte contact with employees of a company the lawyer opposes in litigation? After a recent...

Mass. Governor Mitt Romney signs bills: November 24, 2003.(Public notice)
November 24, 2003... 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...

Massachusetts judges travel to Russia as "Rule of Law" consortium.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Russia is beginning to look like a different place every time Superior Court Judge Mary-Lou Rup visits. She's seen a factory completely refurbished into a church, watched rundown cities come...

New England chapter of Legal Marketing Assn. gathers to recognize achievements.(Brief article)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It looks like all that talk of branding and corporate messaging is finally paying off for some of Boston's law firms. The annual conference of the New England chapter of the Legal Marketing...

Boston College heading back to court after Big East Conference files suit.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Boston College fans are always up for a tailgate party and a bowl game, but this holiday season they will have to settle for a court fight. The legal Eagles are now involved in their third...

In House with . . .Janet Elie Faulkner, Emerson College's very first in-house counsel.(Interview)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Three years ago, Janet Elie Faulkner signed on as Emerson College's very first in-house counsel. Though the position may have been new at the school, Faulkner quickly discovered there were plenty...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Seeking Amicus Briefs.(Brief article)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING APPEAL PENDING BEFORE THE...

Mass. Superior Court Rules 'De Minimis' Late Payments Did Violate Wage Act.
November 24, 2003... Byline: John Cunningham A municipal defendant that periodically made late payments to its firefighters for their overtime work violated the state Wage Act and was subject to the penalty provisions of the statute, a Superior Court judge has...

Mass. Bar Says Sweeping Plan For Med-Mal Reform A Mixed Bag.
November 24, 2003... Byline: John O. Cunningham Gov. Mitt Romney's new proposal for medical-malpractice reform -- one so sweeping that it would eliminate jury trials -- is being lauded by lawyers for its goal of tackling inefficiency, but criticized for its...

'Anniversary Fees' To Be Fought By Plaintiffs In Mass.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Jason M. Scally Plaintiffs' lawyers who have received bills for the new state fee for cases that have been pending for a year told Lawyers Weekly that they may challenge the "unfairness" of the fees in court. The "anniversary...

Gay Marriage Case In Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Will Touch Many Areas Of Law.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno With the Supreme Judicial Court's landmark decree last week that same-sex couples cannot be excluded from the benefits and obligations of marriage, lawyers are scrambling to sort out all of the profound practical...

Retired Boston Attorney David R. Pokross Dies At 96.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff David R. Pokross died at Massachusetts General Hospital of complications from heart disease. He was 96. In addition to seven decades with the firm of Nixon Peabody, Pokross was a...

Elwood S. McKenney, 1st African-American Presiding Justice Of District Court in Mass. dies at 85.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elwood S. McKenney, the first African-American presiding justice of a District Court in Massachusetts, died in Sippican Healthcare Center in Marion. He was 85. "He was the last of a kind, the...

Charles W. Mulcahy, Former General Counsel For Boston Bruins Dies At 83.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Charles W. Mulcahy Charles W. Mulcahy of Hamilton, former general counsel for the Boston Bruins who negotiated contracts for players including Bobby Orr, died at Salem Hospital. He was 83. ...

On The Move . . .Boston Law Firm Of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Boston law firm of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton has expanded its employment law section with the addition of Robert M. Shea, Mark H. Burak and Sandra E. Kahn. Shea and Burak have joined...

Mass. Appellate Division Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fee - Workers' Compensation Matter Where a District Court judge ordered a plaintiff attorney awarded a fee of $890.50 for representing a defendant in a workers' compensation...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... 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. Department of Enviromental Protection Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Environmental Wetlands Variance - Commuter Rail Line Where petitioners challenging a wetland variance for a commuter rail line restoration have withdrawn their expert evidence with respect...

Mass. Labor Relations Commission Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.(Brief article)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Add- On Election - Associate Medical Examiners Where a union has filed a petition seeking an add-on election to include the position of associate chief medical examiner within the...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Preliminary Injunction Where (1) a plaintiff has filed a G.L.c. 40A, appeal of the defendant Hadley zoning board's decision concerning the operation of his seasonal landscaping and...

Mass. Commisssion Against Discrimination Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals No Petition For Review Where an unsuccessful complainant filed a timely notice of appeal but no petition for review, he failed to perfect his appeal and must see it dismissed. ...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Discipline - Disbarment Where an attorney repeatedly commingled his own funds with client funds, disbarment is the appropriate sanction for this misconduct. "The respondent...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Contingent Fee Where an arbitrator has awarded a plaintiff $6,711.46 on count I of a complaint arising out of a contingent fee arrangement, a separate and final judgment...

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Cocaine Distribution - Scheme To Obtain Oxycodone Where a defendant has appealed his convictions for (1) cocaine distribution resulting in a death and (2) engaging in a scheme to...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Antitrust Class Action - Patent Where plaintiffs, having filed suit charging the defendant pharmaceutical companies with antitrust violations, now move for class certification, the motion...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Withdrawal - Pro Hac Vice Counsel Where a Massachusetts attorney has requested leave to withdraw from representing the plaintiffs, that request must be denied pursuant to Local...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: November 24, 2003.(Brief article)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Social Services Social Security - Non- Existence Of Prior Job A Social Security claimant who is capable of doing her former job isn't entitled to benefits, even though her former job no...