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Campbell authorizing DiZoglio to secure counsel in audit law case
Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell will allow Auditor Diana DiZoglio to go ahead and secure outside counsel to represent her in a lawsuit against the Legislature.
SJC sets deadline for attorney general in audit law case
The Supreme Judicial Court gave Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell 30 days to decide whether to represent Auditor Diana DiZoglio in a legislative audit lawsuit.
SJC interested in breaking audit law standstill
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court expressed a clear interest at oral arguments in seeing Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell and Auditor Diana DiZoglio stop "battling each other to exhaustion" and make at least some progress in their long-running dispute over an attempted audit of the Legislature.
Auditor turns separation of powers argument around on AG
Constitutional separation of power issues have been central to the dispute over Auditor Diana DiZoglio's attempt to audit the Legislature, but now the auditor is the one raising concerns about one branch of government intruding upon another.
House GOP lends support to auditor’s SJC argument
House Republicans have rallied behind Auditor Diana DiZoglio's lawsuit to seek independent counsel and advance a stalled audit of the Legislature, asking the Supreme Judicial Court to deny Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell's motion to toss the case.
Campbell: Audit suit outcome could undermine AG’s power
Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell argues in a court filing that allowing auditor Diana DiZoglio's lawsuit against the Legislature could weaken the AG's legal authority.
Letter: ‘False, unfair’ to characterize auditor’s opinions as attacks
When our attorney general chooses to represent the Legislature against the people and opposes the auditor’s appeal for counsel, shouldn’t we wonder why, especially aloud?
Auditor DiZoglio alleges AG Campbell violated professional conduct rules with phone call
Massachusetts Auditor Diana DiZoglio and AG Andrea Campbell clash over a legislative audit lawsuit, raising ethics concerns and constitutional issues.
Campbell’s motion to strike audit case kicked up to full SJC
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will review whether Auditor Diana DiZoglio can be represented by outside counsel in her audit dispute against the Attorney General.
Senate Republicans push to ask SJC for opinion on audit law
Massachusetts Senate Republicans request the Supreme Judicial Court review the 2024 voter-approved audit law amid legislative resistance to compliance.
SJC justice rejects DiZoglio’s bid for representation in legislative audit case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice denies Auditor Diana DiZoglio's motion to appoint special counsel in her bid to audit the state Legislature.
Auditor pushes back on AG’s audit dispute intervention
State Auditor Diana DiZoglio requests Supreme Judicial Court approval to hire legal counsel to dispute Attorney General Andrea Campbell's intervention in her audit lawsuit.
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
