News & Newsletter

October

- Recent MDLA Opinion on Proposed Superior Court Standing Order

March 2008

- Download March 2008 version of the MDLA Newsletter

November 2007

- Download November 2007 version of the MDLA Newsletter

September 2007

- Download September 2007 version of the MDLA Newsletter

April 2007

-Download April 2007 version of the MDLA Newsletter

March 2007

- Download March 2007 version of the MDLA Newsletter

January 2007

• President's Message
• Recovery of Attorney's Fees Limited to Duty to Defend Disputes
• MDLA Officers and Directors
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• Winter Social Invitation

December 2006

• President's Message
• Applying the Actual Exposure Test in Massachusetts to Limit The Plaintiff ’s Claims for Emotional Distress for Fear of Contracting a Disease
• MDLA Officers and Directors
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
  
• Winter Social Invitation

October 2006

• President's Message
• Recent Developments in Arbitration
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• MDLA Past Presidents
  
• MDLA Officers and Directors
• Associates Division Seminar Registration

September 2006

• President's Message
• MDLA Helps Shape the Law
• Associates Division Seminar Registration
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Officers and Directors

May 2006

• President's Message
• The Admissibility of Out-of-Court Statements of Child Abuse Victims: Striking a Balance
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• MDLA Officers and Directors
• Annual Meeting and Seminar Registration

April 2006

• President's Message
• Massachusetts Recreational Use Statute Extended to Mall Walking
• Associates Division Meeting Notice
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• MDLA Officers and Directors
• Annual Meeting and Seminar Registration

February 2006

• President's Message
• MDLA Officers and Directors
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients

December 2005

• Peters v. Haymarket Leasing, Inc.
• Are Those Photographs Admissible?
• MDLA Officers and Directors
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients

November 2005

• President's Notes
• Andover Housing Authority v. Shkolnik: The Duty to Make Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Laws.
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• MDLA Officers and Directors

October 2005

• President's Notes
• Massachusetts' Indemnity Limiting Statute
  
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• MDLA Officers and Directors

May 2005

• President's Notes
• Associates Division Update
• Discovery of Plaintiff's Psychotherapy Records
• MDLA Past Presidents
• MDLA Lawyer of the Year Recipients
• MDLA Officers and Directors

April 2005

• President's Notes
• The Duty to Preserve Electronic Information
• MDLA Officers and Directors

March 2005

• President's Notes
• Update on MDLA Associates Division
• 2005 ABA Theme for Law Day
• Recental Notable Decisions Involving Attorney, Insurance Broker, and Account Professional Malpractice Claims
• Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc.
  
• MDLA Officers and Directors

February 2005

• President's Notes
• Is Your Subcontractor an Employee? There are Civil and Criminal Penalties for Failing to Properly Classify Workers
• "Employer" Immunity from Civil Lawsuits
• A General Contractor's Responsibility for Workers' Compensation to a Subcontractor's Employee
• MDLA Officers and Directors

December 2004

• President's Notes
• The Nuts & Bolts of Civil Motion Practice Under The Recent Amendments to the Superior Court Rules
• MDLA Officers and Directors

November 2004

• President's Notes
• Developments in Construction Law Litigation
• MDLA Officers and Directors

Articles

02/04 "Using the Massachusetts Mechanic's Lien Statute"

by Michael P. Sams, Sherin & Lodgen

12/03 "Developments in Closing Arguments"

by J. Kenneth Griffin, Griffin & Goulka

09/02 "Constitutional Immunity of Clerics"

by Thomas R. Murphy, Smith & Duggan

04/02 "Spoliation"

by Barbara Buell and Kara Bettigole, Bloom & Buell