"Supreme Court hearing Trump immunity case," Boston 25 News (April 25). MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann was interviewed about the Supreme Court's consideration of former President Donald Trump's claim of total immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken while in office.
"Auto policy minimums leave PI attorneys feeling helpless," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 22). MBA member Peter J. Ainsworth was quoted in an article about the challenges facing motorists injured by drivers whose insurance polices have only the state-required minimum of $20,000 in bodily injury coverage.
"Widower of employee slain at home denied accidental death benefits," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 22). MBA Workers' Compensation Section Council member Alan S. Pierce commented on a Division of Administrative Laws Appeals ruling that a widower of a public school employee was not eligible for accidental death benefits after his wife was shot and killed when she answered the door while working from home.
"SJC narrows interpretation of anti-lapse statute," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 22). MBA member Brian Salisbury discussed a Supreme Judicial Court decision that a will provision leaving cash assets to the testator’s mother “if she survives me” lapsed when the mother predeceased her.
"Suiting up in Springfield," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 22). MBA members Patrick J. McHugh, Katherine M. Bousquet and Charles R. Casartello, all of Pellegrini, Seeley, Ryan & Blakesley, were pictured with items of clothing donated by their firm to Suit Up Springfield.
"New undersecretary hopes to break home improvement contractor arbitration logjam," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 22). MBA member Sakib A. Khan was quoted in an article about the efforts of the state's new undersecretary of the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation to reduce the backlog of applications to the Home Improvement Contractor Arbitration Program.
"12 jurors seated after day 3 of the Karen Read murder trial," Boston 25 News (April 18). MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann was interviewed about the commonwealth's submission of DNA hair evidence in its case against Karen Read, who is accused of running over and killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe.