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Recent Articles from Mass. Lawyers Weekly staff and State House News Service
Ex-Gov’s Councilor Jubinville among Norfolk DA candidates
Former Governor's Council member Robert L. Jubinville has entered a crowded field of candidates for Norfolk County district attorney, and his campaign raised more than $168,000 in April, much of it from his own bank accounts.
Healey sends Governor’s Council 3 nominees
Gov. Maura T. Healey has sent the Governor's Council three new nominations, tabbing a pair of sole practitioners for judgeships in the District and Probate & Family Court.
Wakefield solo approved for judgeship
The Governor's Council unanimously confirmed a longtime solo practitioner with experience as a Middlesex County prosecutor for a seat on the Boston Municipal Court bench.
Council confirms new judges for Superior, Probate courts
The Governor's Council has confirmed new judges nominated by Gov. Maura T. Healey in October to the Superior and Probate & Family courts.
Springfield lawyer chosen as federal magistrate judge
The U.S. District Court has announced the selection of an assistant U.S. attorney to succeed Magistrate Judge Katherine A. Robertson upon her retirement.
Bar advocates: deal announced by legislators won’t end crisis
The plan the Legislature announced on July 30 to address the needs to the public defense system will not end the crisis, leaders of the grassroots effort among bar advocates tell Lawyers Weekly.
Lawyers, former JNC head nominated for judgeships
A former head of the Judicial Nominating Commission and two trial attorneys are in line for seats on the bench after Gov. Maura T. Healey on July 23 nominated them for District Court judgeships.
Judge, prosecutor nominated for Superior Court
Gov. Maura T. Healey sent the Governor's Council two new candidates for the Superior Court on July 16, nominating a District Court judge and a longtime prosecutor for seats on the bench.
Council confirms Juvenile Court judge
A public defender from Worcester has been confirmed as a Juvenile Court judge.
Judge, defense lawyer nominated for District Court
Gov. Maura T. Healey on July 2 tapped a Juvenile Court judge and a criminal defense lawyer for seats on the District Court bench.
Healey nominates pair to join Juvenile Court
A public defender from Worcester and a child welfare attorney at the Committee for Public Counsel Services are Gov. Maura T. Healey's newest nominees for seats on the Juvenile Court bench.
Judge denies Goldberg’s bid to keep O’Brien case records impounded
A Superior Court judge has denied Treasurer Deborah Goldberg's bid to keep most of the roughly 3,000-page administrative record related to her contested firing of former Cannabis Control Commission chair Shannon O'Brien impounded by the court.
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
