"New MassBar president plans to draw on her Concord roots," The Concord Bridge (Oct. 7). MBA President Victoria M. Santoro was interviewed about her upbringing in Concord and her leadership goals for the 2024-25 year.
"1st Circuit: crypto investor lacks privacy right in account info," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Oct. 7). MBA member Eric P. Rothenberg commented on a First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving a cryptocurrency holder's right to privacy in challenging an IRS "John Doe" summons seeking investor records.
"Untimely notice thwarts coverage of legal-mal claim," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Oct. 7). MBA members Michael D. Riseberg and Michael J. Rossi discussed a First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that an insurer did not need to show prejudice to deny coverage of a legal malpractice action after the policyholder failed to comply with a “prompt written notice” requirement in his claims-made policy.
"Notice failures scuttle sale of manufactured housing community," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. (Oct. 7). MBA member Thomas W. Aylesworth commented on a Housing Court judge's decision that mobile home residents who had been denied their right of first refusal in the sale of their housing community could still exercise that right years later, even if the buyer and a bank would suffer a considerable financial loss.
- "CPCS attorney, 39, remembered for skill, spirit," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Oct. 7). MBA member Connor M. Barusch was among those who paid tribute to MBA member Adrian Angus, the 2022 winner of the MBA's Access to Justice Defender Award, who recently passed away at age 39,