Filed under Probate
This week, we saw the end of the month-long trial of Dwayne Moore, who was accused of killing four people and shooting a fifth person in Mattapan during 2010. The Judge declared a mistrial, because jurors spent a steadfast week in disagreement with no hope of breaking the deadlock. Afterward, prosecutors promised to retry the alleged shooter – which prompted my friend to ask why “double jeopardy” doesn’t apply. Continue reading
Filed under Litigation
I received two phone calls yesterday, from a political polling survey. I quickly hung up each time. Then a telemarketer called my cell phone. I also hung up. Walking through Boston, at the end of the day, two people tried to stop me for a “60 second survey about my health care preferences”. I kept walking. I had nether the time or desire to speak with these privacy invading, time wasting fact finders. Continue reading
Filed under General
I represent a real estate developer who’s company is organized in Massachusetts as a Limited Liability Company (LLC). In order to record the deed from a recent sale, I took a slightly absurd journey. Continue reading
Filed under Real Estate
The Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance flexed its muscles last month and showed its broad power to recover assets paid on behalf of nursing home residents. The Essex Superior Court decided the rightful owner of a large sum of cash found in an abandoned safe which formerly belonged to Daher’s Shoes Inc. in Methuen. Continue reading
Filed under Estate Planning
While outlawing the celebration of Christmas sounds extreme, it happened in the 1600’s. Check out this amazing holiday/legal history published by the Massachusetts Travel Journal: Continue reading
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Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to perform as an extra on a major movie set. My one day role was to protect Kevin Bacon’s by shooting at the heroes, Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. While on set, a Screen Actors Guild union representative handed me a rate sheet showing some interesting facts about actor compensation. Continue reading
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