News and Noteworthy

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  Law Practice Startup Workshop presented by LOMAP at Social Law

  If you’re starting your own law practice — or just thinking about it — you have a lot of questions to answer. Do you know what technology to purchase? How to get clients? What entity to select? How to do an IOLTA three-way reconciliation? Read Full Article
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  SJC Upholds Ban on Corporate Campaign Money

  On September 6th the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state law restricting political campaign contributions from corporations is constitutional. Two businesses, 1A Auto and 126 Self Storage, claimed the law violates their constitutionally protected free speech rights. Read Full Article
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  WSJ Pro: Exclusive in-depth coverage of business and legal developments

  WSJ Pro is a suite of industry and subject-specific content services, combining news, data, and coverage of events in the areas of bankruptcy, venture capital, central banking, private equity, and cybersecurity. Read Full Article
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  Free Expression in the Collection

  This year, Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular, falls on September 23-29. Launched in 1982, Banned Book Week was in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries and highlights the value of free and open access to information. Read Full Article
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  Massachusetts Appeals Court to Hold Special Sittings in September at UMass Law-Dartmouth and UMass-Boston

  The Massachusetts Appeals Court will hold special sittings at the University of Massachusetts School of Law in Dartmouth on Friday, September 7, and at the University of Massachusetts in Boston on Friday, September 14. Read Full Article