"Public court hearings halted for alleged clients of Mass. sex ring catering to prominent clientele," Boston 25 News (Jan. 17). MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann was interviewed about the postponement of probable cause hearings for several individuals accused of paying for sex through a service that allegedly catered to wealthy clientele.
"Shayla Mombeleur, JD ’17 elected Secretary of Massachusetts Bar Association,” UMass Dartmouth/UMass Law News (Jan. 16). MBA Secretary Shayla Mombeleur was featured in a profile by her law school alma mater, UMass Law.
"N.H. man can’t sue in home state over contaminated salad bought in N.J.," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 15). MBA Ethics Committee member Alan E. Brown and MBA member Ian J. Pinta commented on a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that a New Hampshire man who contracted an E. coli infection while in New Jersey could not bring a products liability suit in his home state against the out-of-state entity that supplied the contaminated lettuce.
- "Lawyers weigh strength of copyright suit filed against BigLaw firm," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 15). Massachusetts Law Review Editorial Board member Jerry Cohen discussed a federal lawsuit in which a Boston intellectual property boutique accuses attorneys at a New York law firm of copying a motion to dismiss.
- "CEO, father-in-law must face stolen business opportunity claims," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 15). MBA Business Law Section Council Chair Steven M. Ayr and MBA member Stephen D. Riden commented on a Business Litigation Session decision that a company, its principal and one of its officers must face stolen opportunity claims because evidence suggests that signed releases were the product of fraud.