"Judge ‘annuls’ ZBA’s bid to block housing development," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Feb. 10). MBA member Stephen M. Nolan commented on a Land Court judge's decision that a zoning board could not use its earth removal permitting authority to block a housing development that complied with local bylaws and received planning commission approval with conditions that were later ruled invalid.
"Plaintiff’s verdict vacated in spat over stock redemption agreement," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Feb. 10). MBA member Andrew R. Dennington discussed an Appeals Court decision that the defendant in a lawsuit alleging breach of a stock redemption agreement was wrongly denied the chance to introduce "course of performance" evidence.
"SJC to probe scope of immunity for body donation programs at Harvard, elsewhere," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Feb. 10). MBA member Erin K. Higgins discussed an upcoming Supreme Judicial Court case involving the scope of qualified immunity for body donation programs like those at Harvard Medical School.