"Serving as fact witness in brother’s will contest didn’t invoke ‘in terrorem’ clause," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Oct. 14). MBA members Gabriel W. Bell and Joseph L. Bierwirth Jr. commented on an Appeals Court decision that an estate beneficiary did not trigger the "in terrorem" clause in his father's will when he provided an affidavit supporting his disinherited brother's allegations in a will contest.
"Attorneys doubt SJC will open door widely to probes of high-low agreements," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Oct. 14). MBA Judicial Administration Section Council member Thomas R. Murphy and MBA member Elizabeth N. Mulvey discussed a Supreme Judicial Court case involving a trial judge's decision to preclude a defendant from cross-examining a co-defendant about potential bias arising from a "high-low" agreement.
"It’s that time of the year …," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Oct. 14). MBA Past President Marsha V. Kazarosian was pictured at her recent induction as a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
"Judges’ perspective on courtroom civility, Part 2" Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (Oct. 14). MBA Tiered Community Mentoring Program Co-Chair and founder Hon. Angela M. Ordoñez and MBA members Hon. Jennifer Ginsburg and Hon. Christopher K. Barry-Smith wrote the second installment in an ongoing civility series from the MBA's Lawyer Well-Being Committee.