Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from November 2005

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from November 2005

Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.(Thomas Jefferson Coolidge Trust v. Commissioner of Revenue)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Fiduciary income taxes - Charitable deduction Where an appellant trust sought abatements of fiduciary income taxes for calendar years 1996 and 1997, we conclude that the appellee...

Supreme Judicial Court soliciting amicus briefs.(Public Notice)
November 7, 2005... 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...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.(Moon-Floyd v. Residential Management Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Negligence Management company - Summary judgment Where summary judgment has been entered in favor of a defendant management company in a slip and fall case, we hold that the summary...

Labor Relations Commission Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Accretion - College administrator Where a union seeks to accrete the position of staff assistant/admissions operations manager into its existing clerical bargaining unit at the...

Supreme Judicial Court solicits briefs on drunk-driving records.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts RE: Docket No. SJC-09611 REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: AN ACT RELATIVE TO CERTAIN RECORDS OF PRIOR DRUNK DRIVING CONVICTIONS...

1st Circuit: no 'right' to convert bankruptcy cases.(re: Marrama, Robert Louis)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson A debtor who transferred property to a trust in order to hide it from creditors could not convert his bankruptcy case from Chapter 7 to Chapter 13, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The debtor...

Gov. Romney signs bill to track criminals.(Mitt Romney )(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Massachusetts finally joined the other states in becoming part of a national tracking system that plots the movements of convicted criminals. The bill signed into law by Gov. Mitt Romney...

Tougher rules sought for signature abuse.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Responding to the complaints of dozens of voters who say they have been tricked or coerced into signing an initiative petition, senators were poised to debate legislation that would toughen...

Client who lied under oath can't sue lawyer, Appeals Court rules.(Choquette v. Isacoff)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson A client whose bankruptcy discharge was denied because he lied under oath could not sue his lawyer for malpractice, the Appeals Court has ruled. The plaintiff client argued that his lawyer instructed him to...

Law firm managing partners learn how to be 'One of Boston's Best Places to Work'.(Panel Discussion)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The next time you're in Citizens Bank, pay attention to the tellers. They're really nice. So nice, in fact, that with a little bit of luck you might receive a hug by the time you wrap up your...

Plymouth attorney represents woman who was attacked by llama.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Here's a new one. Plymouth attorney Allan J. Costa recently represented a 77-year-old woman who was attacked by a fugitive llama last year. "My first question was, 'a llama?'" recalls...

Nomination of Renee Dupuis to seat on Suffolk County Juvenile Court remains on hold.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Southeastern Massachusetts prosecutor Renee P. Dupuis' name was sent to the Governor's Council more than two months ago but her nomination for a seat on the Suffolk County Juvenile Court remains...

Massachusetts payroll tax subject of House legislation.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Massachusetts companies employing more than 10 people would face a new payroll tax that they could avoid only by providing health insurance, according to a House bill. The measure, which aims...

Atty. General, Gov. Romney spar over immigrant tuition.(Thomas F. Reilly and Mitt Romney)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A bill that lets children of illegal immigrants pay the same lower tuition rate at state colleges as other Massachusetts residents sparked a political sparring match between Attorney General Thomas...

Bankruptcy Court issues standing orders.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS STANDING ORDER Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sect. 2017, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9029, and Massachusetts Local Bankruptcy Rule 9029-1(c),...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: November 7, 2005.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Judicial Court No. BD-2005-062 - IN RE: SCOTT L. GELLER The following summary was compiled by the Board of Bar Overseers based on the record filed with the Supreme Judicial Court. ...

Battle of the Lawyers: Attorneys to 're-perform' closing arguments of famous cases.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff If you have followed the local legal scene in recent years, you recall where you were when British nanny LOUISE WOODWARD was found guilty of murdering infant Matthew Eappen. You remember the cruel...

Study shows number of immigration lawyers increasing.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Amy Johnson Conner Every time Boston attorney Halim Moris walks into the U.S. Immigration Court, he sees new faces among the lawyers practicing there. A few years ago "that was not the case at all," he recalls. Statistics...

Verdicts & Settlements November 7, 2005: Pedestrian hit in parking lot later claims knee injury.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense verdict The plaintiff was a 60-year-old guidance counselor at a middle school where the defendant was the principal. Both the plaintiff and defendant attended an after-school...

Massachusetts Legal Briefs: November 7, 2005.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Lawyers in the Boston office of Duane Morris are hoping that aftershocks of a California merger will mean good things for their East Coast practice. The 600-lawyer firm of Duane Morris,...

Verdicts & Settlements November 7, 2005: G-tube inserted incorrectly; sepsis and death result.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 settlement The 76-year-old plaintiff's decedent had a G-tube insertion for dysphagia following encephalitis. Two days after transfer to a rehabilitation facility, the G-tube, which...

Governor Romney signs bills: November 7, 2005.(Mitt Romney)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff 109. An act relative to the towns of Westborough and Shrewsbury treatment of wastewater. App. Oct. 13, eff. Nov. 12, 1 page. 110. An act authorizing the city of Lowell to grant a permanent...

Attorney John P. Lee dies at 85.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff John P. Lee, who had been practicing law for the past 53 years, died Oct. 22 in Attleboro. He was 85. Born in Attleboro, Lee attended Providence College where he played baseball and...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Legal malpractice - New Hampshire law - Discovery rule Where the defendants, an attorney and law firm, have been awarded summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit, the...

Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.(Commonwealth v. Parra )
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice SDP - Deadline Where the commonwealth's petition for the civil commitment of the defendant as a sexually dangerous person was dismissed, the dismissal order should be...

Appeals Court Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.
November 7, 2005... 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...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.(Bullock v. Wintergreen Kennels)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Dog groomer - Disability discrimination claim Where a dog groomer, who was terminated after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, has filed a disability discrimination complaint...

Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.(Re: Fallon, Judith)(Re: Valler, Kenneth B.)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Partial incapacity - Benefits not claimed Where an administrative judge awarded an injured employee G.L.c. 152, Sect. 35 partial incapacity benefits not claimed by...

Battle of the Lawyers: Families successfully sue W.R. Grace for poisoning water supply.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It was a prolonged saga that began in the 1970s when an unusually high number of residents from the same area in Woburn were diagnosed with cancer. In time, some turned their suspicions toward...

Land Court Case Summaries: November 7, 2005.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property 'Spot' zoning - Town of Amherst Where, at an annual town meeting, the defendant town of Amherst enacted an article rezoning a parcel of the plaintiffs' property from a Light...

Battle of the Lawyers: Chrysler sued for minivan's malfunctioning brakes.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff "It was a catastrophe that unfolded on Feb. 24, 1990, for the family of Paul J. Santos Jr., homeward bound from a skiing vacation in Canada. With his three children strapped in their seatbelts...

Battle of the Lawyers: Massachusetts woman claims battered woman's syndrome as defense.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It seemed, quite simply, a cold-blooded killing. Two men had laid in wait at a Chicopee boat ramp and attacked a man named Thomas Grimshaw with baseball bats, beating him to death. But it...

Battle of the Lawyers: British nanny accused of murder in infant's death.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff It was a classic courtroom drama for the 1990s, a gripping tale of a family's tragedy covered in near-suffocating fashion by the media and delivered to the public with the mercury-quick methods...

Battle of the Lawyers: Man tried for abortion clinic murders.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Few can forget the day that John C. Salvi III burst into the Planned Parenthood clinic with a semiautomatic rifle, shot to death receptionist Shannon Lowney and seriously wounded three others. He...

Commentary: Mental toughness is not just for athletes.(practice of law)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Pamela Enders It started way before he made his way into the courtroom: the queasy stomach, the sweaty palms, the sense of dread, the dry mouth, the tight chest. It was always like this for Carl, a bright, competent attorney...

Commentary: Letter to the Editor: Loan-forgiveness program long overdue in Mass.(Letter to the Editor)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: Loan forgiveness for public service attorneys is an idea whose time has come. Even the public law school in Michigan from which I graduated in 1983 now charges in-state tuition...

Commentary: Letter to the Editor: Two recent articles cause reader to reflect.(Letter to the Editor)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: Two recent articles in Lawyers Weekly triggered reflections on how fragile our intellectual tools are. Both illustrate how distinctions that we use to make sense of things can...

Commentary: A case against the death penalty.(sentencing )
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The death penalty is, quite simply, a delicate issue. One's opinion on the death penalty is often wrapped up in one's deepest ideologies and, perhaps, one's religious beliefs. It is not...

Commentary: How the Red Sox impact justice.(Column)
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff This column offers readers an opportunity to ask a former judge with 25 years of experience on the bench questions that are of interest to lawyers. To ask Judge Ginsburg a question, e-mail...

MA Appeals Court rules liability policy will not cover temp worker killed on job.(Monticello Insurance Company v. Dion)
November 14, 2005... Byline: Tony Wright The estate of a woman killed while working temporarily for her cousin's tree-service company could not collect from the company's commercial general liability policy because she was not "furnished to" her cousin by a...

MA Appeals Court rules restaurant gets multiple damages despite no loss.(Ameripride Linen and Apparel Services Inc. v. Eat Well Inc.)
November 14, 2005... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson A restaurant could recover multiple damages under Chapter 93A against a linen supplier for over-billing, even though the restaurant conceded it suffered no loss of money after taking into account a jury-awarded...

Commentary: The sordid tale of 'attorney Thai'.(Thai Ngoc Nguyen)(Obituary)
November 14, 2005... Byline: Jeanne Greeley The Boston Globe obituary of attorney Thai Ngoc Nguyen in 2002 read like an homage to a stellar member of the Vietnamese community a tireless worker who would cater to his clients' needs around the clock, a generous...

Commentary: Joe Bergantino, would you please go now?
November 14, 2005... Byline: David Yas "Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now?" That was the most popular book in the school library when I was in third grade. A Dr. Seuss classic. It was a whimsical tale (I know... Dr. Seuss whimsical? Can you...

Commentary: Enough already.(Chukwuma E. Azubuko sues MBNA America Bank and Experian Information Solutions, Inc)
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff "Assertive" might be one word to describe Chukwuma E. Azubuko. But it's likely that the dozens of parties who've been forced to defend themselves against the not only frivolous but...

Dane M. Shulman sells law practice to partners of his Mattapan and Quincy offices.(Brief Article)
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Personal-injury stalwart Dane M. Shulman is calling it quits. Shulman recently confirmed that he has sold his practice to the managing partners of his Mattapan and Quincy offices, but despite...

MA governor signs bills: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff 114. An act granting certain retirement and health insurance benefits to Dale S. Prentiss. App. and eff. Oct. 27, 1 page. 115. An act authorizing the Department of Highways to acquire and...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Lien - Avoidance Where a debtor moved to avoid a judicial lien, the motion was correctly denied on the ground that the debtor had satisfied the lien at the time he filed the...

Verdicts & Settlements November 14, 2005: No follow-up testing despite biopsy results.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $700,000 settlement The 58-year-old plaintiff had an endoscopy performed by the defendant doctor on Dec. 1, 1999. The study showed an ulcerated lesion in the upper stomach. Biopsies were...

MA Lawyers in the News: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Adam M. Stewart and Robert E. Ditzion have joined the Boston firm of Shapiro, Haber & Urmy as associates. Prior to joining the firm, Stewart clerked in the Superior Court....

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Sinking of vessel - City's liability Where a jury awarded a vessel owner more than $200,000, the award should be affirmed based on evidence supporting the jury's finding that...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice 'Vexatious' filings - Dismissal Where a plaintiff has brought suit against a bank and other defendants, I find that the complaint should be dismissed with prejudice because...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Confirmation Where a plaintiff union seeks confirmation of a labor arbitration award, a judgment on the pleadings should be entered in favor of the defendant employer pursuant...

MA Appeals Court Case Summaries: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... 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...

MA Superior Court Case Summaries: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Exhaustion - Housing development Where the plaintiff town of Marion filed suit after the defendant Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency issued an eligibility determination...

District Court/Boston Municipal Court Appellate Division Case Summaries: November 14, 2005.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Building permits - Declaratory relief Where a plaintiff, having paid $21,174 for two building permits issued by the defendant town of Northbridge, filed suit to recover the...

Trade secret discovery fraught with challenges.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Tony Wright Attorneys say that a recent ruling out of the Business Litigation Session demonstrates the "Catch-22" that intellectual property lawyers face when seeking or defending discovery requests in trade secret cases...

Massachusetts Legal Briefs: November 21, 2005.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A gathering of governors past convened recently on the 20th floor of Boston's International Place, in the halls of Greenberg Traurig. Shareholder Terence P. McCourt hosted the event, which featured...

Real Estate Bar Assn. trying to gain support to oppose House Bill 904.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Those attending the Real Estate Bar Association's Annual Meeting luncheon found more than food and libations awaiting them in the Wyndham Westborough's function room. Some of them, at least....

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education launches new scholarship campaign.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff You've been eying a class coming up at MCLE, but your better judgment tells you it's just not in the budget right now. Tough luck, right? Maybe not. Massachusetts Continuing Legal...

Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys president aims to increase membership.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Robert W. Harnais has big plans in store for the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys. Over the past several years, according to the group's president, MAHA's focus and membership...

Verdicts & Settlements November 21, 2005: Girl undergoes emergency surgery to remove ovary.(Paz de Jimenez v. Warton)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 settlement The 10-year-old plaintiff suffered a sudden onset of acute abdominal pain and vomiting on a Saturday morning at home. A few hours later, she was taken by her mother to a...

Verdicts & Settlements November 21, 2005: Mom: late testing led to Down syndrome baby.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $800,000 settlement The plaintiff was a prenatal patient of the defendant obstetrician between January and September 2002. The plaintiff was diagnosed as pregnant in late January 2002 when she...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: November 21, 2005.(Adam G. Cohen joins Davids & Associates)(Darrell Kelley joins Holland & Knight )(Holland & Knight been ranled 11 )
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Adam G. Cohen has joined the Wellesley firm of Davids & Associates as a partner. Prior to joining the firm, Cohen was a partner at Cetrulo & Capone. Charles E. Gould has...

Alexander G. 'Alec' Gray Jr., attorney, dies at 52.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Alexander G. "Alec" Gray Jr., an attorney who devoted his life to public service and to protecting troubled, abused and abandoned children, died Aug. 15 following a brief struggle with melanoma. He...

Law firms under more pressure to diversify staff.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Natalie White A year after renewed diversity demands by general counsel from around the country, more law firms appear to be taking notice, taking stock and taking action. While it's too early to tell if recent movements such...

Lawyers Weekly asks for complaints about outside counsel.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Lawyers Weekly asked survey respondents to share any complaints (anonymously) they have about their outside counsel. Below is a sampling of what annoys them. The responses appear essentially...

Commentary: Routine status conferences should be conducted over the phone.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Has this ever happened to you? In obedience to a notice of pre-trial conference or case management conference, counsel dutifully travel to court, often some distance from the office, suffering...

Commentary: Wage Act claims: The SJC giveth, and the SJC taketh away.(Supreme Judicial Court)(Wiedmann v. The Bradford Group Inc.)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Shaun Spencer In Wiedmann v. The Bradford Group, Inc., 444 Mass. 698, 831 N.E.2d 304 (2005), the Supreme Judicial Court issued a "good news/bad news" decision for employees. The bad news is that the SJC held that treble damages...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Maryland v. Blake)(Schaffer v. Weast)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Interrogation - Miranda An officer's comment to a defendant about talking to the police after he invoked his right to counsel constituted interrogation in violation of Miranda,...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(United States v. Mercedes)(Arturet-Velez v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Automatic stay - Foreclosure Where an appellee realty corporation foreclosed on the appellants' house while their Chapter 13 petition dismissal was on appeal, this did not...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Azubuko v. MBNA America Bank)(Corliss v. City of Fall River)(National Nonwovens, Inc. v. Consumer Products Enterprises, Inc)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice 'Vexatious' filings - Dismissal Where a plaintiff has brought suit against a bank and other defendants, I find that the complaint should be dismissed with prejudice because...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Re: DeLuna, Laura)(Re: Crane Rental Co., Inc.)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Excise tax Where this court has ruled against a Chapter 7 debtor with respect to the dischargeability of an excise tax assessed against her automobile by the city of Waltham, a...

Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Ingalls v. Board of Registration in Medicine)(Robinson v. Commonwealth)(Sylvester v. Commissioner of Revenue)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Licenses and permits Medical license revocation - Misconduct with adolescent patients Where the defendant Board of Registration in Medicine has revoked a plaintiff physician's license to...

Appeals Court Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Commonwealth v. Senior)(Singer v. Adamson)(Smyrna Rebar Company Inc. v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Inc.)
November 21, 2005... 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...

Superior Court Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Commonwealth v. Jackson)(Commonwealth v. Cronin)(Commonwealth v. Littig)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Robbery - Severance Where a robbery defendant has moved to sever his trial from that of a codefendant, I find that the motion should be denied provided that, if the commonwealth...

Divorced father must up college payments for child.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Jason M. Scally A divorced, non-custodial father should be entitled to a reduction in child support payments to his children while his older daughter is in college as long as he increases the payment amount for her educational...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Cambridge-Lee Industries, Inc. v. Acme Refining Company)(Gossels v Fleet National Bank)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction Personal - Bailment agreement Where judgment was entered for a Massachusetts plaintiff against an out-of-state defendant in a dispute arising out of a bailment contract, I...

Probate & Family Court Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Parent and child Support - Private university expenses Where a divorced couple's daughter has started attending college, the father's support obligations should be ordered reduced, with a...

District Court/BMC Trial Division Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Commonwealth v. Hernandez)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Search and seizure Stop - Exit order Where a defendant has moved to suppress evidence found as the result of a police stop of his vehicle, I find that the motion must be denied because...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Handicap discrimination - Retaliation Where an employee has filed a complaint against his former employer, the complaint should be dismissed because (1) the employee's...

Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: November 21, 2005.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Second insurer - Hand injury Where the second insurer in a successive insurer case has challenged an administrative judge's decision requiring the second insurer to...

R.I. Supreme Judicial Court rules judge can't vacate other jurist's bail revocation.(Commonwealth v. Pagan)
November 28, 2005... Byline: Tony Wright A criminal defendant could not have his Superior Court bail revocation vacated by a District Court judge in a subsequent and unrelated action, even though the original revocation order had expired, the Supreme Judicial...

Al Franken speaks at Health Law Advocates' annual breakfast in Boston.
November 28, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Al Franken is no stranger to Health Law Advocates. A decade ago, the liberal political satirist spoke at the then-fledgling group's first annual breakfast. So it was only fitting that...

MA Chapter of Federal Bar Assn. honors legacy of U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young.(Brief Article)
November 28, 2005... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A throng of well-wishers packed the Moakley Courthouse recently to honor the legacy of Judge William G. Young's reign as chief of the U.S. District Court. Young, who will remain a sitting...