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2011

• Mass., New England bar groups urge fair treatment of out-of-state counsel
  Many have observed that out-of-state or pro hac vice-admitted attorneys have been treated differently among the New England states.


• MBA welcomes new president at Ritz reception
  The Massachusetts Bar Association held its President’s Reception at the Ritz-Carlton on Boston Common in honor of Richard P. Campbell of Campbell Trial Lawyers in Boston.


• Defense attorneys vow to challenge technology
  Brain injury lawyers in Massachusetts say new MRI technology that has been gaining acceptance in the courtroom is changing how they litigate cases.


• Worker loses three fingers to textile machine
  Products liability case yields $688,000.00 for Sheff Law clients.


• Lawmakers weigh staffing agency bill
  Doug Sheff testifies in front of Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in support of "Right to Know" bill. The bill if passed would give basic rights to lower income laborers throughout Massachusetts. This bill has the full support of the Massachusetts Bar Association.


• 2011 Excellence in the Law
  Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House honored the very best of the legal profession including Diversity Heroes and Up & Coming Lawyers, and announced the winners of the Lawscars.


• Multiple Motor Vehicle Accidents: $150,000.00 and $14,600.00
  Man involved in two motor vehicle accidents, the second of which occurred only three months following the first.


• Ironworker falls through shielding on bridge project
  The plaintiff, a 61-year-old ironworker, fell 22 feet to the roadway from a shielded section of a bridge construction site.


• SJC to consider mandatory fee arbitration
  The Supreme Judicial Court is moving ahead with plans to consider a rule change that would require attorneys and clients in Massachusetts to resolve fee disputes in arbitration rather than in court.


• Opinion: OK for judges to party at bar events
  The Supreme Judicial Court has issued a Code of Judicial Ethics opinion declaring that judges can attend bar association functions, including educational conferences, receptions and even gala balls free from worry that doing so will violate their ethical obligations.

2010

• Doctors Fighting Tax Deduction for Lawyers


• Bar Weighs in on Future Makeup of SJC


• People in the Law


• Morris Dees: More Than a Great Lawyer

2009

• People in the Law


• People in the Law

2008

• Record-Keeping Award

2007

• People in the Law


• Survey Shows Lawyers Skeptical About Firm, Fair Trial Date Initiative

2006

• Input is Key in Success of Fair Trial Date Initiative

2005

• What Not to Wear


• Mock Juries Can Provide Attorneys With Invaluable Info


• Pennies on the Dollar

2004

• Time is of the Essence in Opposing Tort Reform


• Vioxx Litigation


• Defense Lawyers and Others are Trying Plaintiffs' Work for the First Time


• Traumatic Brain Injury: Proof of the Invisible


• Party Animal


• Newsmakers


• More the Merrier?


• Past MBA Presidents Endorse Candidates


• Troubled by the Rising Cost of Malpractice Insurance?

2003

• Overcoming Juror Bias With Focus Groups


• Getting a Fair Jury in Low-End Tort Cases

2002

• Motion in Limine is Used to Resolve Liability Issue


• Judge Allows 'Controlled' Voir Dire; Verdict $125K


• Attorneys Holding on in an Uncertain Economy


• Handling Abusive Insurance Disclosure Practices


• The Rezulin Case


• There Seems Little Massachusetts Officials Can Do to Stop Secret Cash - For - Cases Deals


• Suits for Failure to Report Abuse May Balloon


• Use of Public Records Act Can Bolster Abuse Cases


• Sunshine State?

2001

• Long Time Coming


• Judge Refuses To Impound PI Settlement Documents


• Negligence – 'Bulk Supplier Doctrine' – Duty To Warn


• Some Judges Accept Voir Dire, But No Rule Set


• Confidential Settlements Could Yield To Public Safety


• The Fall of Torts in Massachusetts


• The Elite Few'


• What is a Reasonable Fee These Days?


• Making Good Business Use of Referrals


• Of Kennedys, Kings and Clowns


• Bar Upbeat on Bills for New Sentencing, Voir Dire


• Are Insurance Defense Lawyers Being Boxed In?


• Jury Verdicts Reflect Slight Increase In 2000

2000

• Lawyers Seek Ban on Secret Agreements


• Creative Demonstrative Evidence for Under $100 in Personal Injury Cases


• MATA President Defends Plaintiff's Rights


• Lawyers Fight Limit on Accountants' Liability


• Jurors Give High Marks to Mass. Court System


• The Future of Boston Courts (2417)


• The Massachusetts Charitable Immunity Cap

1999

• Superior Ct. to Mandate Itemized Tort Damages


• MATA 'Toys for Tots' Dec. 13


• Do We Need Punitive Damages?


• Getting the Word Out Under the New Advertising Rules


• Substantial Settlement in 'Minor' Head Injury Case


• The 'Rules' of Evidence


• Is Slip and Fall Liability Expanding?


• Iceberg, Dead Ahead!

1998

• The Changing of Juries


• Care Needed When Naming Med-Mal Defendants


• No Rule 11 Violation for 'Good Faith' Suit

1997

• Sizing Up the Jury Without Voir Dire


• Judge Gerald L. Alch


• $7M Settlement Aided By 'Day in the Life' Video


• Lawyers Pan Judges' Use of 'Paper Testimony'


• Woman May Sue Hospital for Death of Fiance

1996

• Vibrant Boston Attorney Has Been On His Own Since The Mid-1950s


• Wise Use of Demonstrative Evidence Can Be Decisive


• Painting the Town


• Alch Nominated to Dedham Court

1995

• MATA Aims to Boost Influence, Membership

1994

• Newsmakers