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Boston school bus strike
"It is troubling. There is a process. They have
their grievance process. … They can go through expedited
arbitration. They can file a complaint with the National Labor
Relations Board. There are things they can do other than what they
did."
MBA Treasurer Robert W. Harnais,
Fox25 Boston, Oct. 9, 2013
Harnais appeared as a legal analyst on
Fox25's morning program to talk about the legal implications of the
strike by Boston school bus drivers, which happened the day
before.
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Traumatic brain injury - Marathon
Bombing
"One Fund is doing the same thing that, frankly,
insurance companies and, frankly, doctors are still doing to this
day" -- not treating brain injuries seriously because they
sometimes have no obvious physical symptoms.
MBA President Douglas K. Sheff,
Washington Post, Oct. 2,
2013
Sheff discussed traumatic brain
injuries in an article about Joanna Leigh, Ph.D., who suffered a
traumatic brain injury during the Marathon Bombing. The article
mentions how Leigh and other bombing victims are planning to
petition the One Fund to create a new plan for distributing
benefits, which takes into consideration injuries that may not
present right away, such as brain injuries.
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Book review
"Not only does
Excellence contain a treasure trove of actual
cross-examinations from some of the nation's most famous trials,
the text also provides a wealth of information necessary for the
success of any trial lawyer."
MBA Past President Edward P.
Ryan Jr.,
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Oct. 7,
2013
In Lawyers Weekly's "Fine Print" feature, Ryan reviews
Excellence in Cross Examination, by F. Lee Bailey and
Kenneth J. Fishman (Thomson West, June 2013). Ryan, a Fitchburg
trial lawyer, says the book is "without question a must-read for
any lawyer seeking to be a master of trial advocacy."
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