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Notable & Quotable: MBA members in the news and more

Thursday, April 3, 2025

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  • "Mass. Bar Association says Trump is attacking the rule of law," WBUR (April 2). MBA President Victoria M. Santoro was interviewed about the Trump Administration's recent executive orders targeting prominent law firms and the MBA statement issued this week in response to those actions.

  • "Attorneys: EEOC’s DEI focus doesn’t change law," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 31). MBA Ethics Committee member Catherine E. Reuben and MBA members Mark M. Whitney and Amelia J. Holstrom discussed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's new guidance regarding diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. 

  • "Remote exec can bring bias claim against California employer in Massachusetts," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 31). MBA Labor & Employment Section Council member Gavriela M. Bogin-Farber commented on a U.S. District Court judge's decision that a Massachusetts-based executive can sue her California-based supervisor in Massachusetts for wrongful discharge under Chapter 151B.

  • "Appeals Court: excess policy covered golf cart injury," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 31). MBA member J. Michael Conley commented on an Appeals Court decision involving an insurance carrier's attempt to enforce a family member exclusion to bar excess liability coverage of injuries sustained by the daughter of insureds while she was riding in a golf cart.

  • "Evidence of rejected settlement offer can reduce fee award for prevailing party," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (March 31). MBA member Anthony L. DeProspo Jr. wrote an article explaining how a prevailing party in a fee-shifting case who rejected a pretrial settlement offer may receive a reduced fee award.
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