Oversight of kids’ dental care ends
A U.S. District Court judge has ended the court’s five-year oversight of dental care for thousands of low-income children in Massachusetts after the latest data showed significant improvement in...
View ArticleGertner gets post at Harvard Law
U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Gertner, who recently announced that she will retire from the bench in September, has been appointed as a professor of practice at Harvard Law School. Gertner was a...
View ArticleBradley judgeship proves close call
In a nail-biting vote, the Governor’s Council confirmed the controversial nomination of Heather M.S. Bradley to a District Court judgeship last week. The eight councilors deadlocked on the vote,...
View ArticleProbation officer gets $500K verdict
A Suffolk County jury has awarded more than a half-million dollars to an assistant chief probation officer in her civil rights suit against the Office of the Commissioner of Probation. Helen Brown, the...
View ArticleSJC appoints Moran, Burak
The Supreme Judicial Court has appointed Francis S. Moran Jr. as executive director and Christine P. Burak as legal counsel to the chief justice. Moran replaces Ronald P. Corbett Jr., who had served as...
View ArticleLand Court revises forms
The Land Court has revised the following Servicemembers Civil Relief Act forms: complaint, order of notice, motion to take the complaint for confessed and mortgagee’s affidavit. Use of the revised...
View ArticleEx-city councilor can’t stop elections
A U.S. District Court judge has denied a request by ex-Boston City Councilor Charles H. “Chuck” Turner and several of his constituents to block upcoming special elections on Feb. 15 and March 15 to...
View ArticleSJC application deadline Feb. 17
The Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications for the Supreme Judicial Court vacancy created by the recently announced retirement of Justice Judith A. Cowin, effective April 5. The...
View ArticleHundreds turn out for WBA’s annual gala
The Women’s Bar Association celebrated its annual gala at the Westin Copley Hotel. Attorney General Martha Coakley joined hundreds of other Massachusetts lawyers, judges, business professionals and...
View ArticleBingham managing partner takes job at Northeastern
In a move that has surprised many, himself included, Bingham McCutchen managing partner Ralph C. Martin II is leaving Big Law for a job in academia. Martin is slated to cut ties with the firm’s Boston...
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