"Massachusetts Bar Association's philanthropic arm elects new president," Boston Business Journal (March 27). MBA member G. Perry Wu was announced as the new president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. A similar announcement appeared in The Swellesley Report (March 22).
"Officer disciplined over George Floyd post can’t bring free speech claim," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 25). MBA member Leonard H. Kesten commented on a U.S. District Court judge's decision that a Cambridge police officer who was disciplined for a Facebook post about George Floyd could not bring a §1983 suit asserting that the city violated his free speech rights.
"Can equity partner sue law firm for age discrimination?" Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 25). MBA Ethics Committee member Alan E. Brown discussed a lawsuit in which an equity law partner alleges that his firm engaged in age discrimination by effectively demoting him and pushing him to retire.
"MBTA Act: A promising response to state’s housing crisis that needs teeth," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 25). MBA members Christopher J. Cunio and Frank A. Marinelli co-wrote an article outlining the history and future enforcement of the MBTA Act, which requires all MBTA communities to have at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multi-family housing is permitted “as of right.”
“Appeals court orders a review of alleged juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s death penalty trial,” Boston 25 (March 22). MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann was interviewed as a legal expert after a 1st Circuit Court of Appeals panel ordered the judge who oversaw the initial trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to look into the defense allegations of juror bias.