"Legendary trial attorney transformed Massachusetts tort law, mentored generations," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 17). An article chronicling the legendary career of recently departed MBA Past President Paul R. Sugarman also quoted MBA Chief Legal Counsel and Chief Operating Officer Martin W. Healy, MBA Lawyer Well-Being Committee member Marianne C. LeBlanc, and MBA members Neil Sugarman and Benjamin R. Zimmermann
"SJC: hearing required before OUI defendant can withdraw plea," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 17). MBA member James P. McKenna commented on an Appeals Court decision that the state was entitled to an evidentiary hearing before a District Court judge granted an OUI defendant's motion to withdraw a guilty plea based on government misconduct involving the calibration of breath-test devices.
"ABA: Lawyers can report client crimes against them," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 17). MBA Ethics Committee member Alan E. Brown and MBA members Michael J. Rossi and Sara N. Holden discussed a new American Bar Association opinion regarding whether lawyers can report crimes committed against them by their clients.