- "Carlos Asencio, charged in fatal stabbing at O'Connor's, pursues insanity defense," Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Jan. 5). MBA Executive Management Board member Peter Elikann discussed the likelihood that a man charged with murder in the stabbing of his former girlfriend will succeed in pursuing an insanity defense.
- "Divided SJC upholds controversial patfrisk of car passenger," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 3). MBA Criminal Justice Section Council member Murat Erkan commented on a Supreme Judicial Court decision upholding the patfrisk of a passenger who was ordered to exit a vehicle during a routine stop.
- "SJC holds firing over personnel file rebuttal unlawful," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 3). MBA members Gavriela M. Bogin-Farber, James P. McKenna and Lisa Stephanian Burton discussed a Supreme Judicial Court decision that an at-will employee who was fired for writing a rebuttal letter to be included in his personnel file after being placed on a performance improvement plan could bring a wrongful discharge claim.
- "Women of color tapped to lead two CPCS divisions," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Jan. 3). MBA member Arnie L. Stewart was quoted in an article about her new role as deputy chief counsel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services' Public Defender Division, where she will succeed MBA member Randy Gioia.
- "New Year’s Resolutions for the new mayor and the outgoing governor," The Boston Globe (Jan. 1). The Boston Globe Editorial Board, in recommending that Gov. Charlie Baker commute the life sentences of two men, cited the MBA Clemency Task Force's position that clemency is "an "underutilized tool" to address “systemic failures.”
- "BBO, bar counsel seek clarity on ‘generally known’ information," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Dec. 27). MBA Past President Thomas F. Maffei and MBA members Michael J. Rossi and James S. Bolan discussed an upcoming Supreme Judicial Court case involving whether bar counsel has the burden of proving that confidential client information is not "generally known" when it is alleged to have been improperly disclosed by a lawyer.
- "SJC applies ‘component parts doctrine’ to boot $10.6M award," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Dec. 27). MBA Past President Douglas K. Sheff and MBA member James M. Campbell commented on a Supreme Judicial Court decision that the "component parts doctrine" should have applied in a jury trial of breach of warranty claims against the manufacturer of coils in an air conditioning unit.
- "Recognizing those who look out for seniors," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Dec. 27). MBA members Patrick Curley (John J. Ford Litigation Advocacy Award) and and Abigail Poole (Outstanding Chapter Member of the Year) were among the honorees pictured at the Dec. 9 Virtual Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. The Litigation Advocacy Award is named for MBA member John J. Ford.
- "Snap Judgments: Former U.S. attorneys offer Rollins words of advice," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Dec. 27). MBA member Carmen M. Ortiz, former U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, offered advice for U.S. Attorney Designate Rachael S. Rollins.