Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from November 2007

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from November 2007

Commentary: 'Mockingbird' still soars with stirring message on race.(To Kill a Mockingbird)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer "To Kill a Mockingbird "Wheelock Family Theatre 200 The Riverway, Boston(617) 879-2300Performances through Nov. 25 Lawyers may find that explaining to their children the work they do as advocates can be a...

Lawyers Weekly's Battle of the Lawyers scheduled for Nov. 8.(Reprint)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Lawyers Weekly's Battle of the Lawyers Thursday, Nov. 8 MCLE 10 Winter Place, Boston Time: 5:30 - 8 p.m.; pre-show reception 5:30 - 6:15 Purchase your ticket here. If you have followed the...

Commentary: Why lawyers need to calm down and enjoy the Red Sox.
November 5, 2007... Byline: David Yas When I was about 13, my mom noticed that I had a habit of bouncing my knee up and down while I was seated at the breakfast table. "You're going to be a lawyer," she said. I looked down at my Captain Crunch and...

Whole lotta shaking up in Boston Municipal Court.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff He calls it a "departmental reorganization," but several administrative changes quietly outlined by Boston Municipal Court Chief Justice Charles R. Johnson in a recent memo to BMC judges, clerks...

National Assn. of Women Judges appoints Mass. Appeals Court Judge Duffly as president.(National Association of Women Judges; Massachusetts; Fernande R.V. Duffly)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Court Judge Fernande R.V. Duffly takes on another job title this week -- as president of the 1,200-member National Association of Women Judges. Duffly, 58, a Massachusetts judge since...

Mass. SJC Chief Justice Marshall concerned about webcasts in court.(Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Lawyers who appear before the Supreme Judicial Court are none too aware that the oral arguments they present to the court are aired live on a webcast and then archived by Suffolk University Law...

Neuropsychologist shares views on IME issue.(Independent Medical Examination)(Letter to the editor)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: Thank you for the interesting article on who can or should attend a neuropsychological IME ("Plaintiffs' bar seeks presence during clients' medical exams," Oct. 1).I was a...

The rise and fall of Boston attorney Gary Zerola.
November 5, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank Six years after being named one of People magazine's most eligible bachelors -- alongside the likes of Tiger Woods, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon -- Gary Zerola's world is "closing in on him." Those were the words...

Pair of claimants urge review of Mass. Clients' Security Board decisions.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz The Clients' Security Board will find itself in the harsh glare of a spotlight later this week when the Supreme Judicial Court considers two cases questioning the scope of the board's authority. Established...

Mass. Court of Appeals rules guardianship can't be split without finding of unfitness.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A Probate & Family Court judge did not have the authority to split guardianship of a child between her father and the maternal aunt and uncle who had raised her since infancy, absent a finding that the father was...

Mass. Court of Appeals rules portfolio resale triggers payment to original seller.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer A seller of a retirement facility was entitled to liquidated damages where the buyer later resold the property without paying the seller additional compensation -- even though the resale was done in a manner not...

Massachusetts Judicial Vacancies: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT Deadline: Nov. 19, 2007 * Brighton Division, judge JUVENILE COURT Deadline: Nov. 19, 2007 * Bristol County Division, judge * Hampden County...

Commentary: Using a ban on pre-trial publicity to avoid embarrassing prosecutors, judges.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Harvey A. Silverglate and James Fallows Tierney Prior restraints of speech are among the most disfavored threats to constitutional rights, as they undermine the democratic ideal of a well-informed public. This principle was...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative LNG facility - Ripeness Where plaintiffs have brought suit challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's conditional approval of a proposed liquefied natural gas...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Immigration Naturalization petition - Exhaustion requirement Where an immigrant has brought suit after the governmental defendants failed for three years to act on his petition for...

Mass. Labor Relations Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Jurisdiction Personal Where a Massachusetts plaintiff, who suffered injuries in a multi-truck highway accident, has sued a number of out-of-state defendants for damages, I find that the...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Ronald J. Ciardiello has joined the legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa as managing director in the Boston office. Eric J. Freeman has joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn,...

Boston and Worcester offices of Morrison Mahoney show best offense is a good defense.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots are not the only teams that have put up a strong defense of late. The Boston and Worcester offices of Morrison Mahoney recently scored four...

Commentary: Seller's Market: Holiday greetings offer the perfect opportunity for a win-win situation.(Column)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Audra Callanan Seller's Market offers practitioners information about marketing their skills and services as attorneys. Many law firms miss the mark when it comes to the biggest no-brainer in the business-communications world:...

Commentary: Identity theft at the office.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Henry B. Chace TechnoLAWgically Speaking discusses how advances in office technology can best be used in the management of a law practice. Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the United States, with the Federal Trade...

Commentary: Collections depend on collection policy.(Column)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll Our recent discussion of non-engagement letters raises the point that attorneys and law firms often find it necessary to send such communications because they have failed to establish, explain and enforce effective...

Verdicts & Settlements November 5, 2007: Woman develops zebra-like stripes from disease.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 million settlement In January 2002, the plaintiff, a 22-year-old college student, developed a rash on her back, prompting a consultation with a dermatologist who prescribed the drug...

Verdicts & Settlements November 5, 2007: Nursing home resident hospitalized after falling.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $200,000 settlement On Nov. 4, 2004, the 91-year-old plaintiff was admitted to the defendant's nursing home facility with a host of special needs of which the defendant was allegedly aware....

Verdicts & Settlements November 5, 2007: Pipe fitter slips off ladder to concrete floor below.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $590,000 settlement The 57-year-old plaintiff pipe fitter was performing work in connection with the installation of large HVAC units on a construction site. The pipes had not yet been...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-2007-033 IN RE: DAVID LEE GRAHAM Last known address: 1804 Mineral Spring Avenue N. Providence, RI 02904 S.J.C. Order of Term Suspension entered by Justice Spina on September...

Commentary: Non-lawyer advocates? Only as a last resort.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Last month, a commission appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court released a 47-page report on ways to improve access to justice for the indigent in civil cases. Included on the panel's list of...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Living expenses - 'Tax home' Where a taxpayer, who worked in Massachusetts for part of 2001 and 2002, seeks an income tax abatement for the living expenses incurred during those...

Mass. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed Commonwealth v. Connors (Lawyers Weekly No. 81-872-07) (4 pages) (assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon; allegation that insufficient evidence was...

Mass. Department Of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Notice of injury Where an administrative judge has awarded an employee a closed period of total incapacity benefits, followed by ongoing partial incapacity benefits,...

Mass. Housing Court Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Landlord and tenant Possession - Rent - Retaliation Where a plaintiff landlord has initiated a summary process action against a defendant tenant who has not paid her rent, possession...

Mass. Labor Relations Commission Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Reconsideration request Where an individual has asked us to reconsider our prior dismissal of his "prohibited practice" charge, we find that we must affirm the dismissal, as his...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Alterations to condominium Where the defendant trustees of a condominium made alterations to that property and instituted a dock-licensing program without unit-owner...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections Public employee - Fundraising Where the Warrant Committee Recording Secretary for the town of Belmont wishes to know whether G.L.c. 55, Sect. 13, which prohibits political...

Mass. Probate & Family Court Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Wills and trusts Adoption - Biological relative Where a petitioner who was adopted claims that her biological mother's use of the word "children" in her will was intended to include him,...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Expert evidence - Jury instruction Where a jury convicted a defendant of murder, a new trial must be ordered because of an erroneous jury instruction concerning expert evidence....

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Exhaustion of remedies - Fire safety measures Where a plaintiff has brought suit challenging the applicability of fire safety provisions (specifically, a requirement to...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Dischargeability - Preclusive effect of arbitration award Where a plaintiff, having obtained a $1 million arbitration award against the defendant debtor in California, has filed...

Mass. Appeals Court Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Punitive damages - Surety Where an arbitration award included punitive damages imposed against a construction company, the surety that issued a construction bond may not be...

Mass. Labor Relations Commission Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Duty to bargain and support negotiated agreement Where the town of Eastham has filed a complaint against a union, the complaint should be dismissed because the evidence does not...

Mass. Land Court Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Title Where a dispute has arisen regarding ownership of a parcel of Wareham property, I hold that the evidence demonstrates that the defendant estate holds record title to...

Other Mass. Agencies Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Use of DPW equipment Where the Director of the Wellfleet Department of Public Works allowed an assistant to use a departmental wood chipper for tree clearing work on...

Mass. Probate & Family Court Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Deed - Reformation request Where a plaintiff is seeking reformation of a deed, I find that her request should be rejected and that the defendant should be granted summary...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Murder in first degree Where a defendant has been convicted of first-degree murder, the conviction must stand, as (1) the trial judge committed no abuse of discretion by denying...

Mass. Superior Court Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Guaranty - Proof of execution Where a plaintiff, which leased dental equipment to a corporation, has brought suit seeking to enforce a defendant's guaranty of the corporation's...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Seed potatoes Where an arbitrator awarded plaintiffs $82,000 as compensation for the defendants' failure to pay for seed potatoes, the award should not be vacated, as the U.S....

U.S. District Court Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Parol evidence rule - Misrepresentation Where a plaintiff has brought suit alleging that the defendant's performance of its contractual obligations did not match its oral...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Protective order - Modification request Where (1) the plaintiff commonwealth of Massachusetts sued a number of defendant drug companies, alleging that they caused the...

U.S. Supreme Court Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Habeas corpus Timeliness - Tolling A post-conviction state court petition that was dismissed as untimely cannot toll the 1-year statute of limitation for filing a federal habeas petition...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Nixon Peabody, which has an office in Boston, has opened an office in London, England, through the affiliated entity Nixon Peabody International. Wendy M. Fiscus has...

Commentary: Two new books lift curtain on Supreme Court.(Book review)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Peter W. Agnes Jr. "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" By Jeffrey Toobin Doubleday, 2007336 pages; $27.95 "Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court"...

Verdicts & Settlements November 12, 2007: Millwright loses two toes while dismantling boiler.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $625,000 settlement In February 2001, the plaintiff was employed as a millwright for a company that was subcontracted by the defendant general contractor to remove a large boiler from the...

Verdicts & Settlements November 12, 2007: Welder falls 8 feet during church construction project.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $435,000 settlement The plaintiff, a welder, was employed by an independent contractor as a welder. One of the defendants owned a church in Haverhill where work was contracted with a...

Verdicts & Settlements November 12, 2007: Man alleges brain injury after two-car collision.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $10,000 verdict In September 2004, the defendant made a left turn in front of the plaintiff's vehicle and both vehicles were totaled. The plaintiff's airbags had deployed and his windshield...

Bias suit in Mass. Supreme Judicial Court to test strength of arbitration clause.
November 12, 2007... Byline: David Frank The Supreme Judicial Court recently heard arguments in a case that addresses the tension between the right of an individual to a jury trial on her claims of employment discrimination and the strong public policy...

Mass. Legal Obituaries: November 12, 2007.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Sidney W. Adler, a medical-malpractice attorney and founding partner at a Boston law firm, died Nov. 2 of lung cancer at his home in Brighton. He was 55. Adler grew up in Steubenville, Ohio....

Commentary: A different take on the First Amendment and 'freedom of the scoop'.(WHDH-TV's airing of dead firefighters' autopsies)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Rudolph Kass Such is my enthusiasm for the First Amendment that my former teammate on the Appeals Court, Judge Frederick L. Brown, was wont to chide me, "You know Kass, there's another nine in the Bill of Rights." It is with...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Appeal - Timeliness Where taxpayers did not file an appeal of the Commissioner of Revenue's denial of their request for abatement of 1999 and 2000 personal income taxes until...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Court Case Summaries: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fee demand - Timeliness Where a law firm's complaint to recover fees from a former client was dismissed, the dismissal order must be affirmed on the ground that the complaint...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: November 12, 2007.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-2007-083 IN RE: DANIEL A. MCCARTHY JR. Last known address: 1145 Osgood Street North Andover, MA 01845 S.J.C. Order of Term Suspension entered by Justice Cordy on October 3, 2007...

Commentary: Pakistan: lawyers defending the rule of law.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The images were as unnerving as they were bizarre. In Pakistan last week, lawyers protesting a declaration of martial law were being beaten and arrested on the orders of President Gen. Pervez...

Commentary: 'Mall of Justice'.(relocated Worcester Trial Court)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer This is another in an ongoing series in which Lawyers Weekly -- after spending a day in one of the commonwealth's courthouses -- reports on what was observed. After spending $180 million on a new building, you...

Commentary: The courthouse 'march' heads into the final turn.
November 12, 2007... Byline: David Yas In January, I made a promise to visit 100 Massachusetts courthouses before the year was out. With less than two months remaining, I am still hell-bent on completing this whirlwind tour of justice. Seventy-five down, 25 to...

Boston lawyer keeps lens on the ball.(Forrest D. Milder)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff When Nixon Peabody's Forrest D. Milder snapped a picture of Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz's game-winning home run in the 2004 American League Championship Series, he had no idea the photo...

How sweet it isn't this year for legal award in Boston.(Ledoux Award)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Ten years ago, the Clients' Security Board established an award in honor of one of its longtime members and chairmen, William J. LeDoux. A Worcester practitioner, LeDoux (whose name, translated...

Middlesex Superior Court is moving slowly.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Plans for Middlesex Superior Court to move from its environmentally incorrect building in East Cambridge to temporary digs in Woburn appear to be delayed. The relocation originally was slated...

Ex-clerk disagrees with 'Scouting Report' comments.(Letter to the editor)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: As a former law clerk to Superior Court Judge Merita A. Hopkins, I wish to respond tothe anonymous comments in your Judicial Scouting Report on Oct. 29. Hopkins is...

Practice of apologizing often appropriate - 'and even useful'.(Letter to the editor)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I must respectfully disagree with my friend Paul Kelley's article suggesting that lawyers stop explaining their role and apologizing to witnesses before cross-examining them...

Time for prosecutors to organize as collective bargaining units.(Letter to the editor)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I, along with three other young assistant district attorneys, was in busy Framingham District Court in 1990 where I was making $21,000 a year. I recall noting that the economics...

Shafner, Gilleran did not call it 'quits'; it merged.(Letter to the editor)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: In your Sept. 24 feature, "In mergers, law firms try to make a good fit," which was otherwise highly enjoyable, you incorrectly reported that, in 1998, "Shafner, Gilleran &...

Mass. Court of Appeals rules surety's bond doesn't cover bad faith of co.
November 12, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank A surety company could not be held liable for an arbitrator's assessment of punitive damages based on the bad faith of its principal, the Appeals Court has ruled. The defendant surety argued that payment for...

Mass. Court of Appeals rules worker can get sick pay for days accrued before employer changed policy.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman A retiring employee could cash in the unused sick time he had accumulated before his employer amended its personnel policy to reduce the compensation rate for accrued sick leave, the Appeals Court has found. ...

Mass. Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions Case Summaries: November 19, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-2007-079 In re: Dennis P. Cronin LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 318 Twin Peak Loop Canton, GA 30114-5708 S.J.C. Order of Term Suspension entered by Justice Greaney on October 17, 2007 ...

Commentary: The Adams courthouse: opening doors to history.(John Adams Courthouse, Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff When the refurbished John Adams Courthouse opened to much fanfare a few years back, not all observers were delighted by the outcome. In fact, many ardent supporters of the judicial branch...

Mass. Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: November 19, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Cleaning service Where evidence indicates that a company is a "cleaning service business," not a "broker of cleaning services," I must conclude that cleaners who...

Mass. Housing Court Case Summaries: November 19, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Deposition costs - Expert Where the defendant in a lead paint case has moved to compel the plaintiff to pay for time spent by a defense expert in attending and preparing...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: November 19, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Cold storage trailers Where a defendant gourmet market keeps meat in two cold storage trailers which are 18,000 pounds in weight, remain parked in a space only 20 feet from the...

Other Mass. Agencies Case Summaries: November 19, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Hiring of relative Where the Supervisor of the Rutland Public Works Department participated in the hiring of his son without following standard hiring procedures,...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: November 19, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3 petition - Bail - Mootness Where a petitioner sought bail review pursuant to G.L.c. 211, Sect. 3, his appeal from a single justice's order denying the petition...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: November 19, 2007.(Massachusetts)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Motion to strike jury demands Where defendants, who have been sued by plaintiffs following a Cambridge explosion, have moved to strike the plaintiffs' jury demand with...

In-House Call: Kelly M. Douglas VP/General Counsel, Vinfen Corp.(vice president)(Interview)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Kelly M. Douglas Vice President/General Counsel Vinfen Corp., 950 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Mass. In-House Call features interviews with attorneys at Massachusetts-based businesses and...

Commentary: Lunch Box: Ruth's Chris Steak House, Boston.(Boston, Massachusetts)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz Ruth's Chris Steak House 45 School St., Boston, (617)742-8401 Lunch served Monday through Friday, noon to 3 p.m. A onetime patron of Maison Robert in Boston's handsomely historic Old City Hall becomes a bit...

Verdicts & Settlements November 19, 2007: Pedestrian struck by bus while crossing city street.
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $4.3 million settlement In November 2001, the 48-year-old plaintiff was crossing a Boston street in the crosswalk with a green traffic light when he was struck by a bus owned and operated by...

Verdicts & Settlements November 19, 2007: School counselor claims age bias in job search.(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $151,833 verdict The 59-year-old complainant was a well-qualified, certified guidance counselor with two master's degrees in relevant areas, 34 years of relevant experience and very good...

Verdicts & Settlements November 19, 2007: Bungee cord hits man's eye during sales meeting.
November 19, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.7 million settlement The plaintiff, who oversaw a golf club pro shop, met with a sales representative of a major line of golf clothing in the representative 's trailer, where the clothing...