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"Massachusetts’ top appeals court judge to retire early, offering Healey another high-profile opening," The Boston Globe (March 7). MBA Chief Legal Counsel and Chief Operating Officer Martin W. Healy discussed the opportunity for Gov. Maura Healey to appoint a new head of the Appeals Court after Chief Justice Mark V. Green announced his intention to retire later this year.

"Lawyer ordered to pay $2,000 for submitting AI-generated filing that invented cases in suit against Stoughton officers," The Boston Globe (March 7). MBA President Damian J. Turco and MBA member Andrew M. Perlman were quoted in an article about an attorney sanctioned for filing a legal brief that cited three nonexistent cases provided by an artificial intelligence tool.

"Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira expected to plead guilty in federal case," Boston 25 News (March 4). MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann was interviewed about the case of Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who was expected to plead guilty to leaking classified military documents.

"Legal-mal plaintiffs can’t thwart defense’s contribution action," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 4). MBA member Robert D. Cohan commented on a Superior Court judge's decision that clients who sued their former attorneys over alleged bad advice on a real estate transaction could not use liability releases to protect their daughter-real estate agent and successor counsel against contribution claims filed by the firm.

"Med-mal plaintiffs fend off Medicare lien," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 4). MBA Civil Litigation Section Council member Nicholas D. Cappiello discussed a U.S. District Court judge's decision that a Medicare Advantage Organization could not place a lien on the potential proceeds of medical malpractice claims for wrongful death and loss of consortium brought by the family of a woman whose medical bills were paid by the MAO.

"Chapter 13 debtor avoids pre-petition foreclosure sale," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 4). MBA member Steven Weiss commented on a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge's decision that a Chapter 13 debtor whose home was sold at a foreclosure auction before he filed his bankruptcy petition could avoid the transfer of his equity of redemption under Section 544(a)(3) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

"Firm’s ex-partner claims colleagues ‘conspired’ to oust him," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 4). MBA Ethics Committee member Alan E. Brown discussed an attorney's claim that he left his former firm because of a colleague's ongoing efforts to expel him from the partnership and steal his clients.  

"The time has come for the Uniform Collaborative Law Act," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 4). MBA member David A. Hoffman wrote an article arguing that Massachusetts should adopt the Uniform Collaborative Law Act to support the use of collaborative negotiations in divorce and other legal matters.

"Did the Massachusetts Governor's Council mishandle Gabrielle Wolohojian's confirmation? GBH News (March 1). MBA President Damian J. Turco was interviewed about the Governor's Council's confirmation of Appeals Court Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court.