In 2021, the state passed G.L.c.40A, §3A, the MBTA Act, to address Massachusetts’ ongoing housing crisis. The MBTA Act is a promising solution, and with the addition of enforcement mechanisms,...
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held three hours of oral argument about what to do with the statutory interpretation rule arising out of the now 40-year-old Chevron v. NRDC decision, 467 ...
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/03/14/its-simple-chevron-must-go/
While Calliope C. v. Yanni Y. is a win for survivors of domestic violence, our financially and emotionally costly system to obtain protection in the form of judicial remedies is a barrier to many...
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/03/09/surviving-the-system-after-surviving-abuse/
Focusing on clients’ legal issues or threats is often not sufficient preparation for leaders of organizations facing a crisis — especially in this politically divisive TikTok world.
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/03/02/why-your-clients-need-crisis-managers/
The Uniform Collaborative Law Act, or UCLA — recently endorsed unanimously by the American Bar Association House of Delegates — would support the use of collaborative negotiations in divorce ...
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/03/02/the-time-has-come-for-the-uniform-collaborative-law-act/
Why is it that the tag of having engaged in “insurrection” or “rebellion” is not as easy a call as the other disqualifications for office of president?
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/02/16/the-problem-with-section-3-of-the-14th-amendment/
Federal and state courts in Massachusetts issued several important product liability decisions in 2023. Highlighted here are some of the key cases.
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/02/11/2023s-significant-federal-state-product-liability-holdings/
The primary question in many toxic tort cases is what caused the disease? When defending these cases, one necessarily asks: (1) is the product/substance I am defending capable of causing the dise...
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/02/01/significance-of-genetic-mutations-in-toxic-tort-cases/
The Massachusetts Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section celebrated Conflict Resolution Day on Oct. 19, with the Professor Frank E.A. Sander Award in Dispute Resolution presented to deser...
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2024/02/01/mba-celebrates-conflict-resolution-day/
Massachusetts has not enacted a comprehensive privacy law, even though the proposed Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act was reported favorably out of committee in March 2022, durin...