Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

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The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities could not require families seeking emergency assistance shelter placement to provide third-party verification of eligibility at the time of initial application, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. https://lnkd.in/ghY3UDi9

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The Governor's Council on Nov. 20 unanimously approved two of Gov. Maura T. Healey's judicial nominees and agreed to all six of her most recent pardon recommendations. https://lnkd.in/gqpxg-DB

A defendant could not be convicted of first-degree murder based on evidence that he participated in a fatal shooting by following the victims prior to the shooting and driving the shooter to and from the crime scene, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. https://lnkd.in/gYjj_GNf

Gov. Maura T. Healey on Nov. 20 tapped a longtime clinical law professor, a sole practitioner, and a Trial Court employee to become judges of the Probate & Family Court. https://lnkd.in/gWXPJ_rQ

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The Supreme Judicial Court has denied a request for bar admission by an 80-year-old petitioner with experience as a paralegal and in pro se litigation who does not hold a bachelor's degree and did not graduate from law school. https://lnkd.in/gAnhypKh

The 1st Circuit has ruled that a commercial general liability insurer had no duty to defend a general contractor against an apartment developer’s lawsuit over subcontractors’ allegedly faulty work that damaged other parts of the project. https://lnkd.in/gSyQuth3

A public school district violated the Massachusetts Parental Leave Act by requiring a teacher to teach a full fourth year to earn tenure after she took several weeks of maternity leave during her second year on the job, the Appeals Court has held. https://lnkd.in/g9JyJjvT