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State judge rejects federal test on meal break compensability
The test for determining whether a meal break is compensable under the Massachusetts Wage Act should be whether an employee was relieved of all duties during the break, a judge […]
For law firm leader, critical lesson was learned early on
After a 25-year career in his “hometown” of Boston, trial lawyer Anthony A. Bongiorno was named partner-in-charge of McDermott, Will & Emery’s office here earlier this year. Bongiorno, whose experience […]
Sentencing panel eyes ‘safety valve’ proposal
One year after the long-dormant Massachusetts Sentencing Commission was reconstituted by former Gov. Deval L. Patrick, the group is giving serious consideration to proposing exceptions to mandatory minimum sentencing laws. […]
In a first, de facto parent is granted shared custody
A woman is entitled to shared custody of two children she jointly raised during and after a same-sex relationship with their biological mother, a Probate & Family Court judge has […]
New Hampshire Supreme Court affirms $236M verdict
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has affirmed the largest verdict in state history in a case that includes Massachusetts lawyers on the winning side. A New Hampshire jury leveled a […]
Vicki Kennedy returns to Greenberg on one condition: no lobbying
If you think Victoria R. Kennedy is particularly well suited for lobbying work, think again. Kennedy isn’t a member of Greenberg Traurig’s government relations practice. In fact, she made an […]
Boston lawyer clears name in Mongolian gold mining scandal
If reputation is everything, then Daniel P. Neelon came close to losing it all. In the end, the Braintree lawyer was able to claim vindication — but not before seeing […]
Finally seeing turnover, SLJ looking to draw fresh blood
In the years following the 2008 financial crisis, the ability to represent indigent criminal defendants as appointed counsel provided some measure of refuge for lawyers contending with declining caseloads in […]
Goren’s sanctions fight turns to federal court
Fresh off his successful Supreme Judicial Court battle to overturn sanctions imposed on him by a Superior Court judge who blamed him for blowing up settlement negotiations in a complex […]
Dispute over securities accounts has foreign policy repercussions
As a Burns & Levinson business litigator, Michael C. Gilleran never anticipated he would end up in a dispute implicating the foreign policy powers of the United States president. But […]
Can a worker be fired for pot use?
The question of whether employees lawfully can be fired for using medical marijuana has been met with a resounding “yes” in other states. Plaintiffs’ lawyers and medical marijuana advocates nonetheless […]
Movants and Shakers
Who Formerly at Now with Pete S. Michaels/ Michaels Ward/ Greenberg Traurig (financial/regulatory) David L. Ward/ Michaels Ward/ Greenberg Traurig (securities) Daniel M. Rabinovitz/ Michaels Ward/ Gr[...]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
