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Notable & Quotable: MBA members in the media

Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017

Notable & Quotable

  • "State's highest court orders prosecutors to drop weak Dookhan cases," Boston Globe (Jan. 18) -- MBA member and former chair of the Criminal Justice Section Council Peter Elikann provided insight on this week's SJC's decision regarding drug convictions affected by the misconduct of former state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan. Elikann was also quoted in the Boston Herald and was interviewed by WBUR.
  • "Trial Court insists closures not a retreat from libraries," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 16) -- MBA members Austin W. McHoul and Timothy J. Flynn offered commentary on the closing of court libraries in New Bedford and Fitchburg.
  • "Estate planners welcome fix to special needs trusts ,'" Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 16) -- MBA members  Kristin N. Matsko, Carol C. Klyman, Don J.J. Cordell and Margot G. Birke provided their thoughts on the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, signed into law by President Obama last month.
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 16) -- MBA member John S. Gannon commented on a new BBO/OBC policy regarding the assisting of businesses spawned by the state's legalization of recreational marijuana use in the Hearsay column.
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 16) -- MBA member James S. Bolan was quoted in the Hearsay column on an advisory opinion issued by the Committee on Judicial Ethics regarding attendance of the presidential inauguration by a member of the judiciary.
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 16) -- MBA member Euripides D. Dalmanieras was featured as one of MLW's "Lawyers of the Year."
  • "Privacy issue key concern in SJC email case," Boston Herald (Jan. 14) -- Chair of the MBA's Probate Law Section Timothy Sullivan was quoted in a story about email privacy rights.
  • "New workplace challenge: marijuana laws," Telegram & Gazette (Jan. 14) -- Vice Chair of the MBA's Labor & Employment Section Meghan H. Slack provided commentary on how the state's new marijuana law might impact workplace policies.