On June 7, 2012, Attorney Lauren Goldberg will be speaking at the Massachusetts Town Clerks’ Association and City Clerk’s Association 2012 Summer Conference on the topic: “Town Meeting From Soup to Nuts – All you ever wanted to know, and more, about Town Meeting!” For more information, see the... read more
On June 9, 2012, Attorney Lauren Goldberg will be leading a session entitled “Major Changes to Governance Laws” at Massachusetts Municipal Association/ Massachusetts Selectmen Association’s Leadership Conference for Selectmen. Attorney Goldberg’s presentation will address the following topics, with an emphasis on the law as it affects towns: Ethics and... read more 
On May 7, 2012, Attorney John Goldrosen will speak at the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association spring conference in Marlborough as part of a panel discussion entitled “Dealing With Conservation Commissions: From Pitfalls to Permits.” Attorney Goldrosen will present “practice pointers,” from the municipal perspective, for attorneys who are... read more 
Attorney Kay Doyle secured a significant victory for the Town of Plainville in the matter of Asphalt Corp. v. Town of Plainville, Land Court, Misc. No. 428686(GHP). In a complicated and vigorously litigated zoning appeal regarding the status of bituminous concrete production operation, the Land Court determined on cross-motions... read more 
On April 18, 2012, Attorney Brian Riley will speak on updates and new regulations regarding the Open Meeting Law at the Norfolk and Suffolk Counties Assessors Association Spring Meeting at Lombardo’s in Randolph, with an emphasis on the Law’s implementation for Assessors.
On April 10, 2012, Attorney Lauren Goldberg will speak on the subject of the Town Clerk’s role in Town Meeting and Open Meeting Law at the Middlesex County Clerk’s Association meeting in Westford. 
On March 1, 2012, Attorney Jeanne McKnight presented the municipal perspective on establishing “rail trails” upon unused MBTA railroad rights of way as part of a panel engaging Needham High School students in planning for the Bay Colony Rail Trail that is proposed to go from Needham Junction through... read more
On March 17, 2012, Attorney Kay Doyle will speak at the National Public Library Association’s Annual Convention in Philadelphia as part of a panel discussion entitled “Library Access as an Emerging Constitutional Right.” Increasingly, libraries are called upon to deal with disorderly patrons and other problematic library users, and... read more
On February 6, 2012, Attorney Jeanne S. McKnight, head of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, will present an informational session to the Needham Heights Neighborhood Association on the topics of Affordable Housing and Comprehensive Permits under General Laws Chapter 40B. 
On February 16, 2012, Attorney Michele E. Randazzo will lead a discussion of the use of social media and electronic communications in the workplace at the meeting of the Small Town Administrators in Massachusetts (STAM) at the Sunderland Public Library.