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 Lauren Goldberg will present two seminars at the Massachusetts City and Town Clerks’ Associations “Getting Back to Basics” Winter Conference on February 5, 2015. Lauren, a frequent presenter at Clerks’ conferences, will review highlights from previous sessions, including Town Meeting, Municipal Finance, Opening Meeting Law, Conflict of Interest... read more 
Attorney John J. Goldrosen will be a faculty member for the annual MCLE seminar on “Zoning practice,” which will be held in Boston on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Attorney Goldrosen will present a summary of the past year’s Massachusetts appellate decisions on zoning and land-use issues, and will represent... read more 
On January 14, 2015, Attorney Janet Pumphrey will present a seminar to attorneys on effective oral advocacy and writing effective legal briefs at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminar “effective Appellate Advocacy.” Attorney Pumphrey, a frequent appellate advocate, will be part of a distinguished faculty panel including several Justices... read more 
On December 4, 2014, Attorney Michele Randazzo will participate in a panel discussion entitled “The Massachusetts Records Law: It’s Weaknesses and How to Fix Them,” at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts newspaper Publishers Association. 
Attorney Brian M. Maser recently secured a victory for the Town of Chelmsford in an arbitration challenging a decision by the Fire Chief to place several firefighters on unpaid administrative leave for having expired EMT licenses. The Union’s grievance alleged lack of just cause for the action as neither... read more 
Attorney Darren Klein will receive the Rudolph North Shore Volunteer Award from the Anti-Defamation League New England Region. Attorney Klein has been a longtime supporter of the ADL, a member of the North Shore Advisory Committee, and a Co-Chair of Law and Education Day. We are pleased to have... read more
Attorney Lauren F. Goldberg will present the municipal perspective at a seminar sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education on the topic of “Transparency and Transition: the Public Records Law & Records Retention.” Attorney Goldberg will provide guidance based on her years of experience in meeting the special challenges to... 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