"Appeals Court revives Governo firm’s bid for 93A damages," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 21). MBA Ethics Committee member Scott D. Burke commented on an Appeals Court panel decision that a law firm that sued six former employees who took electronic client files and databases to establish their own firm is entitled to damages under Chapter 93A.
"Attorneys cautioned not to read too much into cooling of ‘hot potato doctrine,’" Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 21). MBA Past President Thomas F. Maffei, MBA Ethics Committee member Alan E. Brown, and MBA members Michael J. Rossi and Sara N. Holden discussed a recently issued American Bar Association ethics opinion pertaining to the rule of professional conduct that governs the voluntary termination of a client relationship.
"The weaponization of ‘Big Law,’" Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 21). MBA member Elizabeth N. Mulvey wrote an article about recent executive orders targeting Big Law firms that have supported causes or represented clients disfavored by the Trump Administration.