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Read More » SJC: warrant needed to deploy pole cameras August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Variance not needed to exceed height requirement August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Post-settlement, Holyoke parents poised to be better partners in kids’ education August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Lawyer authors witty take on labor strife in small-town Massachusetts August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Six make cut in SJC search August 13, 2020 Leave a comment READ MORE>> Opinion Digests Taxation – Charitable exemption – College August 14, 2020 Leave a comment Where the Appellate Tax Board granted charitable tax exemptions on 12 different parcels owned by Atlantic Union College for fiscal years 2014-2016, a remand is ... Read More » Prisons – Pandemic – Release August 14, 2020 Leave a comment Insurance – ‘Physical abuse’ exclusion – Homeowners’ policy August 14, 2020 Leave a comment Criminal – Murder – Criminal responsibility – Mental impairment August 14, 2020 Leave a comment Criminal – Fees – Rule 15(d) August 14, 2020 Leave a comment Zoning – Foundation permit – Frontage – Standing August 14, 2020 Leave a comment Criminal – Firearm – ‘Crime of violence’ August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Search and seizure – Nexus – ‘Stash house’ August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Contract – Stock purchase agreement August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Civil practice – Sex offender – Criminal history August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Search and seizure – Nexus – Narcotics August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Contract – Success fee – Potential buyers list August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Criminal – Mann Act – Puerto Rico August 12, 2020 Leave a comment Criminal – Bail – Detention August 12, 2020 Leave a comment Civil practice – SDP – Due process August 12, 2020 Leave a comment Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Independent contractors August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Insurance – Pollution – Suspension of operations August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Retirement – Annuity – ‘Actuarial equivalent’ August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Search and seizure – Staleness – Good faith August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Negligence – Railcar – Loading practices August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Consumer protection – Debt collection – Chapter 93A August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Criminal – Murder August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Workers’ compensation – Reimbursement – Two-year limit August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Real property – Conservation restriction – Damages August 11, 2020 Leave a comment Insurance – Broker – Entrustment exclusion August 11, 2020 Leave a comment READ MORE>> Quote of the Week “Even the prototypical nosey neighbor, Gladys Kravits from the 1960s television show, ‘Bewitched,’ however, occasionally put down her binoculars and abandoned her post at the window to eat and sleep.” — Justice Barbara A. Lenk , writing for the Supreme Judicial Court in Commonwealth v. Mora The Docket Housing Court expands e-filing to all civil cases August 14, 2020 Leave a comment The Housing Court has announced the extension of e-filing capability to all civil cases beginning Aug. 17. “The expansion of electronic filing to include all ... Read More » Bill would allow eviction records to be sealed August 14, 2020 Leave a comment Housing Court set to destroy records August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Lenk pushes retirement to December as search for successor continues August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Trial court administrator to step down at year’s end August 13, 2020 Leave a comment CA judge: Uber, Lyft misclassified drivers August 13, 2020 Leave a comment READ MORE>> From the Bench Mass. suit seeking ERA ratification dismissed August 6, 2020 Leave a comment Plaintiffs in a Massachusetts lawsuit seeking to compel the archivist of the United States to complete the process of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment 48 ... Read More » SJC elaborates on ballot decision August 4, 2020 Leave a comment 1st Circuit vacates Tsarnaev death sentence July 31, 2020 Leave a comment SJC: Debt collector can’t use arbitration provision to thwart class action July 28, 2020 Leave a comment Judge Joseph, former court officer denied motions to dismiss July 27, 2020 Leave a comment SJC: Statements of man with human skulls should not have been suppressed July 24, 2020 Leave a comment Candidate loses bid for ballot placement July 14, 2020 Leave a comment READ MORE>> Verdicts & Settlements Largest Verdicts & Settlements: August 2019 – August 2020 September 20, 2019 Leave a comment Read More » Artery torn during elective surgery; patient dies in OR August 13, 2020 Leave a comment Teen loses hearing in one ear after acute infection goes untreated August 6, 2020 Leave a comment Taxi driver pulls over with flat; hit and killed by tractor-trailer July 30, 2020 Leave a comment Resident of dementia unit sexually assaulted by visitor July 30, 2020 Leave a comment Pedestrian hit while crossing five-lane roadway at night July 30, 2020 Leave a comment Boiler engineer dies of pulmonary embolism; estate sues employer July 23, 2020 Leave a comment Worker catastrophically injured when he’s hit by excavator July 23, 2020 Leave a comment Mentally impaired resident chokes at group home July 23, 2020 Leave a comment Suspect drives away, killed when officer shoots at him July 16, 2020 Leave a comment Woman, 30, gi...