Complex Issues in Murder Cases Now Available for Digital Audio Download

Couldn’t make it to Social Law’s Complex Issues in Murder Cases program on March 9th? Fear that you missed out on information that could strengthen your practice in this area? Read Full Article

Mystery of the Unknown Justice Solved

Seven weeks after Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants sought the help of the public to identify the unnamed justice in a portrait hanging outside of his chambers, the court is pleased to announce that it has received credible information that the unidentified justice is the Honorable Lemuel Shaw (b. 1781 - d. 1861), who was appointed to the Supreme Judicial Court as Chief Justice on August 31, 1830, retiring on August 21, 1860. Read Full Article

Justices Reverse Tax Conviction for “Sloppy Bookkeeping”

On March 22 the United State Supreme Court decided that a Buffalo New York business owner, Carlo Marinello, should not have been convicted of obstruction of an Internal Revenue investigation, for failure to document some transactions and destruction of financial records. Read Full Article

Harper Lee Estate Objects to Theater Adaptation

Representatives of the estate of Harper Lee are suing the producers of a play based on her classic novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” They claim the script makes fundamental changes in the characters from the book that violate the spirit of the novel. Read Full Article

Students Push For More Gun Legislation

Local Students marched on Beacon Hill this week to show their concern for school safety in the wake of the Parkland High mass shooting. Some urged the Legislature to enact House Bill 3610 which would simplify the process of removing guns and ammunition from potentially violent people. Read Full Article