In reinforcement of our image as lawyers to self-adulate and cock-a-doodle-doo our talents and prowesses, lawyers have the benefit of an annual glitzy magazine called Super Lawyers. Yes, once a year, we self-designate ourselves (for our regional Super Lawyers group,...
Category: Southcoast Massachusetts
Holy Smoke: What Massachusetts Employers Should Know About The New Marijuana Law
The voters in Massachusetts have passed a new law which allows the possession and recreational use of marijuana. The statute takes effect on December 15, 2016. With that said, the possession of marijuana will remain illegal under federal law. There are...
The Need for Evolution in Employment Law
One area of law that has a lot of catching up to do is that of the employee’s rights when the employer terminates her for wholly unfair reasons. Such employer actions are often devastating to the well qualified, hardworking and productive employee who otherwise holds...
The Trial Attorney: Why You Shouldn’t Settle for One Who Will Only Settle
When someone asks me what kind of law that I practice, I answer “civil litigation.” The response is usually a puzzled-then-accepting-without-questioning look or the question: “What is that?” The civil legal arena covers a broad area that does not include criminal or...
AVOIDING THE BABBLE AND BAMBOOZLE OF LAWYERS
Forty years of civil litigation – jury trials in major personal injury and death cases, court challenges to government officials who abuse their powers over public employees, taking business and commercial disputes to trial, and dealing with the wide variety of...