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Notable & Quotable: MBA members in the news and more
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
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"New Subchapter V draws raves from bankruptcy bar,"
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
(Feb. 8). MBA member
Macken Toussaint
was quoted in an article focused on how small businesses may benefit from the new Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
"Judge OKs 93A claim in med-mal context,"
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
(Feb. 8). MBA Past President
Jeffrey N. Catalano
and MBA members
Anthony E. Abeln
and
Elizabeth N. Mulvey
commented on a Superior Court judge's decision finding that a woman could bring medical malpractice and Chapter 93A claims against a hospice company that allegedly over-medicated her with narcotics and kept her in a stupefied state for five years while falsely certifying her eligibility for hospice care.
"SJC won’t allow medical device claims to proceed,"
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
(Feb. 8). MBA member
Alan L. Cantor
discussed a Supreme Judicial Court decision finding that a products liability plaintiff failed to sufficiently plead causation to proceed with “parallel” state claims permitted under federal law regulating medical devices.
"New vaccination plan good news for bar, courts,"
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
(Feb. 8). An editorial praising the inclusion of court system workers in Phase 2 of the state's COVID-19 vaccination plan noted that the MBA and Committee for Public Counsel Services advocated for the change.
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