Attorney Carolyn Murray recently won a Land Court decision dismissing an abutters’ appeal of the issuance of a building permit due to the abutters’ failure to have filed their appeal within 30-day deadline from their receipt of notice of the issuance of the building permit. Such a result is... read more

Attorney Brian M. Maser recently secured a victory for the Town of Chelmsford in a challenge to a decision by the Police Chief to bypass a candidate for appointment as a police officer based on the candidate’s work history, credit history, driving record, and poor performance during his department... read more

On December 16, 2014, Attorney Thomas W. McEnaney secured a victory for the Town of Salisbury and several former and current Town officials from the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in its decision upholding the dismissal by the U.S. District Court of all claims in Tomaselli, et al.... read more

Attorney Jeffrey T. Blake successfully defended the City of Amesbury in a taxpayer’s suit in land Court seeking to recover more than $230,000 in alleged wrongfully assessed real property taxes.  Amesburyport Corp. sought a refund of approximately $230,000 in taxes already paid on the Hatter Point Condominiums.  With interest,... read more

Attorney Michele E. Randazzo secured a significant victory in favor of the Town of Dennis in a case involving the ever-challenging issue of wind turbine siting.  In the recent decision from the Appellate Division of the District Court Department, Aquacultural Research Corp. & Town of Dennis v. Old King’s... read more

Kopelman and Paige’s Jonathan Silverstein, who leads the firm’s Expanded Gaming and Casino practice, recently secured a victory for the Town of West Springfield in the first ever “surrounding community arbitration” regarding a Casino proposal by MGM Resorts, to be developed in Springfield.  Under the Commonwealth’s Expanded Gaming Act,... read more