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28 Nov 2008, 3:11 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a three year license suspension of an accountant convicted of a felony theft offense and false concealment of the conviction in an application for license renewal: Based on the petitioner's larceny conviction and his... [read post]
18 Dec 2008, 3:15 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has reprimanded a judge for sending letters to the publisher of the Boston Herald concerning ongoing litigation between the judge and the paper: In sending the letters, Judge Murphy failed to uphold high standards of... [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 2:07 pm by Legal Profession
A single justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court agreed with the Board of Bar Overseers that a former associate attorney of a major (and unnamed) Boston law firm violated no ethics rule in searching the public section of the... [read post]
14 Jun 2009, 3:57 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found that the judge had not... [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 4:38 am by Legal Profession Prof
A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court indefinitely suspended an attorney for misuse of entrusted funds. [read post]
24 Nov 2013, 4:23 am by Legal Profession Prof
The decision of a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court notes that the attorney had engaged... [read post]
31 May 2022, 10:00 pm
Partners Siobhan Mee and Keri Engelman and associate Mary Grace Parsons authored a Law360 “Expert Analysis” column discussing the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Devaney v. [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 1:02 pm by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued an opinion (Commonwealth v. [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 4:00 am by Trusts EstatesProf
In re Estate of Beauregard, 921 N.E.2d 954 (Mass. 2010): The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the presumption of revocation that arises when a will last known to be in the possession of the testator and cannot be found... [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 12:48 pm by Legal Profession Prof
An attorney who filed a false affidavit in connection with a suit against a law school and its Dean was suspended for a year and a day by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 7:28 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reinstated a dismissed indictment alleging criminal conduct in the COVID response of a home for veterans The grand jury indicted the defendants, Bennett Walsh and David Clinton, the superintendent and medical director of the Soldiers'... [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 11:07 am by Legal Profession
In a decision involving the request of the Globe newspapers for a transcript of the inquest into murder charges against Amy Bishop, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today has held: Applying our new standard to the inquest report and transcript... [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 6:37 am by Legal Profession Prof
A prosecutor's improper closing argument requires the Commonwealth to accept either a reduced verdict or a new trial, according to a recent opinion of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court It is improper for a prosecutor to characterize a criminal trial... [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 7:29 am by Legal Profession Prof
A suspension of a year and a day has been imposed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The petition for discipline to which the respondent never replied, and bar counsel’s brief on disposition, reflect that the respondent undertook to represent... [read post]
18 Oct 2017, 11:48 am by Kent Scheidegger
Orin Kerr has this post at the Volokh Conspiracy discussing "a new case, from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, on the intersection between the pearly gates and the cloud. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 3:36 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Here is the abstract: In 1916, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts addressed a... [read post]
14 Mar 2024, 7:25 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed in part the grant of summary judgment to Tufts University in a tenure dispute At issue in the instant case is whether the salary and full-time status of tenured medical school professors at Tufts... [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 7:34 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld an order of disbarment and contempt of a single justice. [read post]
7 May 2010, 9:15 am by Legal Profession
An attorney who was disbarred in 1989 and reinstated in 2003 offered his resignation in lieu of disbarment and was disbarred by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 3:24 pm by Legal Profession Prof
An attorney who traded a letter that falsely claimed a person was his paralegal for client referrals was suspended for six months by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The first count concerned the respondent's arrangements with Marilia Luz, a woman... [read post]