Freedom of information – Automatic license plate readers
BOSTON, MA - Where the defendant State Police has refused to provide certain records requested by the plaintiff pertaining to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), the plaintiff ...More

Search and seizure – Two-family dwelling – Common-entry door
BOSTON, MA - Where police officers executing a search warrant failed to knock and announce their presence at the locked common-entry door to a two-family dwelling, the evidence ...More

Licenses and permits – ABCC – Discretion
BOSTON, MA - Where the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, having found a violation of G.L.c. 138, §18B, determined that it was without discretion to impose a sanction other ...More

Mortgages – Judicial estoppel – Foreclosure by entry
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff’s request for a new certificate of title to reflect its ownership of a residential property in Randolph was denied by a Land Court judge who found ...More

Judges – Misconduct – Public reprimand
BOSTON, MA - Where the Commission on Judicial Conduct concluded that the respondent, in violation of Rules 1.1 and 1.2 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, created the appearance ...More

Retirement – Investments – Prudence
BOSTON, MA - Where three plaintiffs have brought a class action under the Employee Retirement Security Act, a motion to dismiss their complaint should be denied because their ...More

Law firm dodges liability for gaffe in multi-million-dollar deal
BOSTON, MA - In brief Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee dismissed Unitas Funding’s legal malpractice claim against Barsh & Cohen. A defective mortgage description prevented ...More