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 
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 
Attorney Janet Pumphrey‘s review of two books on writing has recently been published by the Massachusetts Law Review in Volume 95, number 2. The first book reviewed is entitled Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation’s Top Advocates, by Ross Guberman, and is written for lawyers, using extensive... read more