Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from October 2007

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from October 2007

Commentary: Franklin County Courthouse an 'accident waiting to happen'?(Interview)
October 1, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank 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. "Unsafe." "Unsecure." "Unhealthy." Those are the...

Property manager is ruled condo 'owner' Housing Court judge.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Acting on an emergency motion for stay pending appeal, a Housing Court judge has ruled that a property manager was responsible for ensuring that a condominium development was maintained in...

Test-taking mom wins injunction in Mass. appeals court.(Massachusetts)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A woman who is scheduled to take the medical board exam has won an injunction granting her 60 minutes of break time per test day to pump breast milk for her 5-month-old child. In a single...

Mass. plaintiffs' bar seeks presence during clients' medical exams.(Massachusetts)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer From brain-injury cases to emotional-distress claims, some plaintiffs' lawyers are complaining that they are not given an opportunity to attend medical exams requested by defense counsel. Massachusetts Rule of...

Lawyer picked for Mass. labor relations post.(Michael A. Byrnes named as new Labor Relations Commission chairman)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff While the Patrick administration is pressing for approval of legislation that would consolidate the state's labor relations agencies, it is also strengthening its control of the Labor Relations...

Judicial Vacancies.(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT Deadline: Oct. 15, 2007 * Charlestown Division, judge DISTRICT COURT Deadline: Oct. 15, 2007 * Cambridge District Court, judge * Leominster...

Mass. Dept. of Revenue to hold public hearing on storage tank funds.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the provisions of General Laws Chapter 21J, Section 8, and Chapter 30A, Section 2, the...

John F. Mulhern, former Suffolk County prosecutor, dies at 80 years of age.(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff John F. Mulhern, a former Suffolk County prosecutor and legal adviser to former Boston Mayor Kevin White during his 16 years in office, died Sept. 19 of congestive heart failure at Youville...

Commentary: SJC stuns real estate bar with 'Cummings' decision.(Supreme Judicial Court verdict on the Cummings Properties, LLC case)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Edward M. Bloom In its eagerness to embrace the concept that a liquidated damages clause in a commercial agreement should be upheld, the Supreme Judicial Court recently surprised the real estate bar by ruling that a full...

Alternate Route: Norwood law firm Fedele & Murray.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The Alternate Route takes readers into law firms that have chosen to put down stakes outside of downtown Boston. This week, reporter Noah Schaffer asks John E. Fedele of the Norwood firm of Fedele...

Commentary: Lunch Box: Vinalia in Boston.(Vinalia)(Restaurant review)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Vinalia 101 Arch St. Boston (617) 737-1777 Lunch served Monday through Friday On a downtown Boston street lined with storefronts, Vinalia stands above its neighbors -- in the literal sense, at...

Verdicts & Settlements October 1, 2007: Woman succumbs to cancer after diagnosis delay.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.25 million settlement The plaintiff's decedent, a 60-year-old woman, was admitted to the hospital on July 6, 1998, for evaluation of left lower quadrant abdominal pain. An abdominal and...

Verdicts & Settlements October 1, 2007: Patient dies after cardiac condition untreated.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $350,000 award The 58-year-old decedent had a family history of cardiac disease and a medical history that included high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking until the age of 50. He...

Verdicts & Settlements October 1, 2007: Bus passenger claims injuries when seat reclines.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $15,000 verdict The plaintiff claimed she sustained injuries during a trip to Atlantic City on Nov. 18, 2002, when she was a passenger on a bus owned by the defendant. When the seat in...

Verdicts & Settlements October 1, 2007: Woman, 73, dies of hemorrhage in doctor's care.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $325,000 settlement On May 6, 2001, the 73-year-old decedent -- who had a history of coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass grafting, asthma, atrial fibrillation and high blood...

Massachusetts Superior Court judges honor five members of the bench.(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The event may not have been conducted with the fanfare of the Academy of the Motion Picture Awards, but the judges on the Superior Court took time from the bench recently to recognize the...

Player's parents and coaches calls for ouster of Greater New Bedford Youth Baseball League.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff If a group of angry youth league players' parents and coaches has its way, an ugly dispute with league officials will be settled far from the diamond by the chief law enforcement officer in...

Worcester med-mal attorney sponsors Worcester Sharks' Be a Leader program.(medical-malpractice attorney Abigail R. Williams)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Worcester medical-malpractice attorney Abigail R. Williams has a new marketing program, and it has nothing to do with the Yellow Pages or TV ads. In fact, its target audience is unlikely to be the...

Commentary: Lessons from the Botsford confirmation hearing.(Margot G. Botsford)(Testimonial)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Julia Huston and Kathy Jo Cook On behalf of the Women's Bar Association, we congratulate Justice Margot G. Botsford on her confirmation to the Supreme Judicial Court. Botsford has served the commonwealth with great distinction...

Q&A with Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff When Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley made the decision to have State Police detectives from his office investigate homicides occurring on MBTA property, he knew he would face...

Massachusetts criminal defense bar disappointed CORI issue not addressed by SJC.(Criminal Offender Record Information not attend by the Supreme Judicial Court)
October 1, 2007... Byline: David Frank Criminal defense lawyers say they are concerned over the Supreme Judicial Court's failure to set clear guidelines on the standards that trial judges should apply when prosecutors run criminal-record checks on jurors....

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Dismissal - Settlement - Modification Where a plaintiff brought suit alleging that the defendant, from whom the plaintiff ordered a home theater system, violated a modified...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed Commonwealth v. McGrath (Lawyers Weekly No. 81-780-07) (2 pages) (appeal of a denial of the defendant's 2005 motion to withdraw his 1997 guilty pleas) (No....

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Case closing Where an appellant has challenged a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge's ruling that the present Chapter 7 case closed on Oct. 29, 1993, we hold that the appellant's...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.(Massachusetts)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Habeas corpus Jurisdiction Where a single justice denied a habeas corpus petition, that decision should be affirmed based on the fact that such petitions must be filed in Superior Court....

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.(Massachusetts)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Prisons Medical needs - Deliberate indifference Where a prison inmate has filed a suit pursuant to the 8th Amendment and state law claiming that his medical needs have not been met, a...

1st U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Post-arrest statements Where a defendant contends that his motion to suppress inculpatory statements he made following arrest was wrongfully denied, we find his contention...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration 'Agreement in writing' requirement Where plaintiff foreign corporations claim that they are not bound to arbitrate disputes with the defendant company, that argument is...

Massachusetts Lawyers in the News: October 1, 2007.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Susan M. Prosnitz has been named the first executive director of the Jerome Lyle Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School. Mark S....

Coach's Corner.(engagement letter)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll This is the first of two parts. Part II will be published next week. We have regularly emphasized in this column the importance of having a signed engagement letter for a new client, stating each party's...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.(Massachusetts)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Zoning Variance - Annulment Where a zoning board granted a defendant landowner a variance permitting him to raze an existing one-story dwelling and to build a larger, two-story house in a...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Discrimination Where the respondents (1) filed a notice of appeal following a hearing officer's decision for the complainant in an employment discrimination matter, but (2) did...

Other Massachusetts Agencies Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Charitable nonprofit organization Where the Vineyard Conservation Society, Inc. is a nonprofit, tax exempt, charitable environmental advocacy organization, it does not...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries and Orders: October 8, 2007.(Massachusetts)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Rape - New trial Where the Appeals Court ordered a new trial for a rape defendant because multiple errors in the prosecutor's cross-examination of the defendant and in her...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.(Massachusetts)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Lien Where an attorney claims that he is entitled to a lien in his favor under G.L.c. 221, Sect. 50, against the counsel fees collected after a settlement, I find that he should...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Violation of discharge Where a debtor seeks damages against a number of creditors, the request must be denied because the debtor has failed to sustain his burden of proof as to...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Suspension Where an attorney has received a three-month suspension from the practice of law before the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, the suspension should...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil rights Police officers - Racial discrimination Where a plaintiff police officer and a coplaintiff former police officer have sued the defendant city of Boston and two codefendant...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks and banking Report of refinancing to IRS - Audit Where a defendant bank, in reporting the plaintiffs' $26,634.09 refinancing transaction to the IRS, incorrectly reported the amount...

Boston Municipal Court Judge Milton L. Wright Jr. entertains at Red Sox rally.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Thousands of Boston Red Sox fans gathered on City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston last Monday for a rally celebrating the team's claim to the American League East Division pennant. Entertainment...

Lawyers from around the world converge in Boston for the World Link for Law Conference.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A group of lawyers from around the world converged on Boston late last month for the World Link for Law Conference, an annual networking event that likely generated a goodly amount of...

It's never too early: Mass. AG Martha Coakley raises money for 2010 re-election bid.(Massachusetts Attorney General)(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Just in case anyone is thinking of challenging Attorney General Martha Coakley, consider this: The AG already has more than $80,000 in her Martha Coakley Committee campaign account to use in a...

Neglect of state courts riles attorney.(Letter to the editor)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I've been following your visits to the commonwealth's various courthouses. These reports, along with occasional other reports in Lawyers Weekly ("Franklin County Courthouse an...

Mortgage woes in Massachusetts lead to spike in pro se debtors under Ch. 13.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz Twenty percent of Chapter 13 debtors in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts are handling their cases pro se -- reflecting an increase that has prompted the court to seek additional staff to assist pro se...

Mass. Appeals Court rules prejudgment interest allowed on counsel fee damage award.(Massachusetts)
October 8, 2007... Byline: David E. Frank A plaintiff who prevailed in a lawsuit against an insurance company was entitled to prejudgment interest after a Superior Court judge awarded her counsel fees as part of her actual damages, the Appeals Court has...

Mass. Appeals Court rules grandmother can sue for visitation rights with missing daughter's son.(Massachusetts)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Eric T. Berkman The maternal grandmother of a boy who was living with his father after the mysterious disappearance of his mother could sue the father for visitation rights even though she had no pre-existing relationship with her...

Mass. Bar Assn. survey shows lawyers skeptical about firm, fair trial date initiative.(Massachusetts Bar Association)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer An initiative by the Superior Court to establish firm and fair trial dates for civil cases received lukewarm reviews in a survey conducted by the Massachusetts Bar Association, with some members complaining that they...

Commentary: How should the state's child support guidelines be changed?(Column)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff This column offers readers an opportunity to ask questions of a former judge with 25 years of experience on the bench. In this installment, Judge Ginsburg was asked for his thoughts on the state's...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SJC No. BD-1993-0047 IN RE: RICHARD F. DALEY Reinstatement Hearing The Board of Bar Overseers will hold a public hearing on the petition for reinstatement of Richard F. Daley, of Warwick, RI,...

Commentary: Court bids farewell to probate patriarch, Chief Justice Sean M. Dunphy.(Probate & Family Court)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In 1997, Lawyers Weekly editorialized on the challenges facing the new chief justice of the Probate & Family Court. The backlog at the time was described as "ominous," and certain judges had been...

Power mentors in Massachusetts' major law firms.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz As law-firm practice in the major cities of Massachusetts continues to assume the look and feel of big business -- with the attendant competitive pressures, client demands, long hours and short tempers -- the...

Commentary: Clooney in 'Clayton' captures big-firm culture.(George Clooney as Michael Clayton)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Noah Schaffer "Michael Clayton" 120 minutes Rated R Now playing at local movie theaters In the innocuously titled "Michael Clayton," George Clooney portrays one of Hollywood's not-so-innocuous stereotypes: a sleazy corporate...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly salutes "unsung heroes" of the bar.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Where would lawyers in Massachusetts be without the key members of their support staff who, behind the scenes, quietly make it all happen? Let's face it: Those lawyers would have it rough. For...

Commentary: In the vast wasteland of talk radio, a Rea of hope.(Dan Rea)
October 8, 2007... Byline: David Yas You hear his calm, earnest voice; or you catch a glimpse of the Ken-doll hair, and you know who that is on your television. "Dan Rea reporting, WBZ-TV News." Last week we learned that Rea would slide into one of...

Mu$ic to her ears: New England Lawyers for Hillary hosts fundraiser in Boston.(Hillary Clinton)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary R. Clinton, whose fundraising prowess has become the stuff of political legend, is expected in Boston this week for -- you guessed it -- a fundraiser. A...

Mass. Judicial Vacancies as of October 8, 2007.(Massachusetts)(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT Deadline: Oct. 15, 2007 * Charlestown Division, judge Deadline: Nov. 19, 2007 * Brighton Division, judge DISTRICT COURT Deadline: Oct. 15, 2007...

Mass. Probate & Family Court seeks comments on Standing Order 1-07.(Massachusetts Probate & Family Court)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff A draft standing order regarding the Probate & Family Court's use of information obtained by the Department of Social Services is now available on the Trial Court website at:...

Commentary: Have clear rules on non-engagement.(Column)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll This is the second of two parts. Part I appeared last week. In last week's column, we discussed how a non-engagement letter can protect a lawyer against clients whose matter you have considered, but decline to...

Expert Opinion: Law firms not immune from wage/hour laws.(Interview)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff In Expert Opinion, Lawyers Weekly interviews specialists in the management of law firms. This week, reporter David Frank speaks with attorney James W. Bucking, an employment law specialist at...

Commentary: Write On - October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Lisa Healy and Julie Baker Write On is an occasional feature providing guidance for attorneys on writing legal memoranda and briefs. Just because you are writing about a legal issue does not mean that your writing has to be...

Verdicts & Settlements October 8, 2007: Property owners, town spar over value of lots.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $353,650 settlement In January 2005, the town of North Reading took by eminent domain various parcels of land around Eisenhaures Pond for a park and conservation. Two plaintiff landowners...

Verdicts & Settlements October 8, 2007: CEO sues lawyer for conversing with witnesses.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense verdict The plaintiff, a former CEO of a high-tech company and a lawyer, sued an out-of-state attorney in U.S. District Court for defamation arising from letters and conversations the...

Verdicts & Settlements October 8, 2007: Bus passenger blames injuries on sudden stop.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $9,461 arbitration award On June 6, 2002, the 48-year-old plaintiff was a passenger in a bus owned and operated by the defendant. She was seated in the last row on the bus, facing the aisle in...

Verdicts & Settlements October 8, 2007: Whistleblowers allege government reduced award.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $6.1 million settlement The whistleblower, or relator, was a sales executive employed by a large international pharmaceutical company who became aware of fraudulent conduct by his employer...

Verdicts & Settlements October 8, 2007: Driver claims multiple injuries following crash.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Finding for defendants Following a two-vehicle accident that occurred at a five-way intersection in Quincy, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant operator disregarded a stop sign and caused...

Verdicts & Settlements October 8, 2007: Patent infringement alleged against tech co. competitor.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $10.78 million verdict Medical technology company CytoLogix Corp. had a former product line called the Artisan slide stainer, which had a unique slide-staining method used by pathologists in...

Verdicts & Settlements October 8, 2007: Passengers in ambulance hurt when vehicle hits car.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $6.4 million verdict An ambulance carrying two people from the scene of a motor vehicle accident crashed into the back of a disabled motor vehicle on Route 93 South in Somerville, flipping...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Real estate - Hudson industrial building Where the appellant owner of a Hudson industrial building is seeking real estate tax abatements for fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006, we...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Appeals Judgments affirmed Commonwealth v. Ivas (Lawyers Weekly No. 81-783-07) (4 pages) (larceny; reporting a false crime; claim that insufficient evidence was introduced by the...

District Court/BMC Trial Division Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer protection Antiscalping law - Ticket broker Where a plaintiff purchaser claims that the defendant's resale price for professional baseball tickets was in violation of G.L.c. 140,...

Mass. Department of Industrial Accidents Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Average weekly wage Where an administrative judge has awarded an employee ongoing partial incapacity benefits for a work-related lower back injury, we conclude that...

Mass. Housing Court Case Summaries: October 8, 2007.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Emergency motion for stay Where a property manager has filed an emergency motion to stay a court order requiring him to deposit $1.3 million to permit a condominium complex...

Commentary: Coach's Corner: compensation for non-billable hours is essential.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll There's a relatively new book with the overwrought title "Lawyers Gone Bad," which contends that lawyers have abandoned helping the poor and middle class in their pursuit of profits. However, the simple fact is that...

Verdicts & Settlements October 15, 2007: Four firefighters injured in helicopter exercise.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $3.82 million settlement On Jan. 5, 2002, four firefighters were injured at Northeastern University's Parsons Field in Brookline during a Marine Corps helicopter drill being executed in...

Verdicts & Settlements October 15, 2007: Couple sues attorney over real estate closing.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $130,000 settlement The plaintiffs, a husband and wife unrepresented by counsel, purchased their first home in September 2001 for $175,000. Prior to their purchase, the couple received a...

Verdicts & Settlements October 15, 2007: Wheelchair user hurt during airport transport.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Defense verdict The plaintiff sued defendants Globe Aviation Services Corporation, American Airlines, Inc., and Robert Federico for their alleged negligence in connection with an incident at...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: October 15, 2007.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BBO Public Reprimand No. 2007-23 IN RE: DESMOND PATRICK THOMAS MORE FITZGERALD Last known office address: 18 Tremont Street Suite 210 Boston, MA 02108-2301 Order (public reprimand)...

Commentary: Let's learn about jurors -and end the embarrassment.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Embarrassing. That's the only word to describe Commonwealth v. Cousin. It's embarrassing because somehow our system allowed five jurors with criminal histories to sit on a murder case. ...

Commentary: Braving packed courtrooms, rough streets and zealous tow trucks.
October 15, 2007... Byline: David Yas Another installment in my quest to visit 100 Massachusetts courthouses before the year is out The sun is cooking the pavement in Quincy Center, but there isn't much light streaming into dreary Quincy District Court....

A 'quiet' Texan is remembered.(Robert E. Keeton)(Brief article)(Testimonial)
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff The late U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Keeton, honored by colleagues, family and friends at a recent ceremony at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, was remembered as a law...

Where the lawyers aren't in Massachusetts.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff With the names of approximately 50,000 lawyers logged into the files of the Board of Bar Oversees as licensed to practice in Massachusetts, it is difficult to imagine major communities in the...

'Influential' lawyer clarifies role in various cases.(Chester DarlingAndover)(Letter to the editor)
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff To the editor: I was very disappointed to read that your publication designated me as one of the 35 influential judges and lawyers of the past 35 years based on the language stating that I...

Massachusetts Judicial Vacancies: October 15, 2007.(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT Deadline: Oct. 15, 2007 * Charlestown Division, judge Deadline: Nov. 19, 2007 * Brighton Division, judge DISTRICT COURT Deadline: Oct. 15, 2007...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Decisions: October 15, 2007.(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Petition for review Where, following a hearing officer's decision in favor of the complainants, the respondents filed a notice of appeal but no timely petition for review,...