More Administrative Decisions Available to Social Law Members

​The Social Law Library has long been a source of hard to find Massachusetts administrative agency decisions. Now our list of Administrative Databases has expanded with the addition of rulings from the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) and the Bureau of Health Professional Licensure (BHPL). Read Full Article

Judge Lets Vaping Products Ban Stand

​Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled that the Governor Charlie Baker’s order banning the sale of vaping products can stay in place. However the Administration must complete the usual process for implementing emergency regulations to continue the ban beyond next week. Read Full Article

City Prevails in Latest SJC Affordable Housing Case

Supreme Judicial Court handed down a decision in favor of the City of Newton in a dispute with a real estate developer who wanted to place three hundred plus apartments on a commercially zoned property... Read Full Article

Sold Out Superior Court Judicial Review of Administrative Agency Decisions Program Gets Great Reviews

The auditorium at Social Law was filled again on Tuesday, March 22, 2015 for the sold-out continuing legal education seminar, “Superior Court Judicial Review of Administrative Agency Decisions”. Hon. Kenneth W. Salinger, Massachusetts Superior Court, lead a conversation that focused on the appellate nature of the Superior Court review of administrative agency appeals. Read Full Article