Attorneys: New review at St. George’s helpful but not necessary
On Jan. 7, St. George’s School and an alumni and victims group calling itself “SGS for Healing” announced they had agreed to hire a “third-party independent investigator” to oversee a comprehensive...
View ArticleAttorneys – Fee – Separation agreement
Where a plaintiff law firm and a defendant who formerly worked there as an equity partner have disputed a $211,000 fee, the firm is entitled to the fee pursuant to the terms of a separation agreement...
View ArticleAttorney-authors’ dramas unfold in real world, cyberspace and outer space
If this winter turns out to be anything like the last, we can all look forward to some quality indoor time in January and February. To help you and your loved ones pass the time between the walls,...
View ArticleAttorney voir dire will improve, not spoil, experience for jurors
Ethical Questions & Dilemmas columnist Thomas E. Peisch wrote in these pages on Dec. 21 that the introduction of attorney-panel voir dire in the Superior Court, pursuant to Standing Order 1-15,...
View ArticleAssociates need to know when — and how — to say no
If you are a new associate at a medium or large law firm, it is not uncommon to sacrifice time with your friends and family in favor of working with multiple superiors for extended hours into the...
View ArticleArbitration panel’s fee award reversed
An arbitration panel applying the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), having found that an arbitration agreement did not authorize an award of counsel fees,...
View ArticleArbitration – Retroactivity –‘Other services’
Where a plaintiff college alleged that the defendant accounting firm committed malpractice when it failed to detect serious financial irregularities that occurred in the college’s financial aid office...
View ArticleArbitration – Counsel fees
Where an arbitration panel ordered a condominium trust to pay counsel fees to the owner of two units, the fee award was correctly vacated in Superior Court because the parties did not authorize any...
View Article86-year-old, blind in one eye, loses sight in other
The plaintiff, 86, had suffered blindness in her right eye as an infant. In September 2012, the defendant, an internist who had been the plaintiff’s primary care physician for a number of years,...
View Article2015 Lawyers of the Year
Please join me in congratulating Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2015 Lawyers of the Year. In this issue’s special section, we celebrate the varied accomplishments that led to the group’s selection....
View ArticleAttorneys: New review at St. George’s helpful but not necessary
On Jan. 7, St. George’s School and an alumni and victims group calling itself “SGS for Healing” announced they had agreed to hire a “third-party independent investigator” to oversee a comprehensive...
View ArticleAttorneys – Fee – Separation agreement
Where a plaintiff law firm and a defendant who formerly worked there as an equity partner have disputed a $211,000 fee, the firm is entitled to the fee pursuant to the terms of a separation agreement...
View ArticleAttorney-authors’ dramas unfold in real world, cyberspace and outer space
If this winter turns out to be anything like the last, we can all look forward to some quality indoor time in January and February. To help you and your loved ones pass the time between the walls,...
View ArticleAttorney voir dire will improve, not spoil, experience for jurors
Ethical Questions & Dilemmas columnist Thomas E. Peisch wrote in these pages on Dec. 21 that the introduction of attorney-panel voir dire in the Superior Court, pursuant to Standing Order 1-15,...
View ArticleAssociates need to know when — and how — to say no
If you are a new associate at a medium or large law firm, it is not uncommon to sacrifice time with your friends and family in favor of working with multiple superiors for extended hours into the...
View ArticleArbitration panel’s fee award reversed
An arbitration panel applying the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), having found that an arbitration agreement did not authorize an award of counsel fees,...
View ArticleArbitration – Retroactivity –‘Other services’
Where a plaintiff college alleged that the defendant accounting firm committed malpractice when it failed to detect serious financial irregularities that occurred in the college’s financial aid office...
View ArticleArbitration – Counsel fees
Where an arbitration panel ordered a condominium trust to pay counsel fees to the owner of two units, the fee award was correctly vacated in Superior Court because the parties did not authorize any...
View Article86-year-old, blind in one eye, loses sight in other
The plaintiff, 86, had suffered blindness in her right eye as an infant. In September 2012, the defendant, an internist who had been the plaintiff’s primary care physician for a number of years,...
View Article2015 Lawyers of the Year
Please join me in congratulating Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2015 Lawyers of the Year. In this issue’s special section, we celebrate the varied accomplishments that led to the group’s selection....
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