Supreme Judicial Court Selects Jonathan S. Williams as Massachusetts Trial Court Administrator

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court today announced that they have selected Jonathan S. Williams as the next Court Administrator of the Trial Court. Mr. Williams succeeds Harry Spence, who will retire on April 17, after serving a five-year term as the first Court Administrator. . . Read Full Article

Supreme Judicial Court Announces New Committee to Study Grand Jury Proceedings

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court today announced the creation of a Committee to Study Grand Jury Proceedings. The committee will report on the practices employed by the district attorneys and the Attorney General with respect to grand jury presentments, the reasons supporting the different practices, the substance of the instructions that grand juries receive, and any recommended best practices... Read Full Article

Ninth Annual Labor Law Seminar with Jeffrey Hirsch a Success

Jeffrey L. Hirsch, Esq., a partner at Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP and author of Labor and Employment Law in Massachusetts hosted the Ninth Annual Advanced Labor Law Seminar last evening at the Social Law Library. Thirty attorneys attended a review of pertinent state and federal labor law cases . . . Read Full Article

The Parade and the Law

The recent dispute over the threatened exclusion of a gay veteran’s group from the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade reminds us of past controversies over the event that have landed in the courts. Read Full Article

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Margot Botsford Retires

BOSTON, MA --After 28 years on the bench, the last ten as an Associate Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Honorable Margot Botsford serves her last day with the Court today, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Read Full Article