In the culmination of a years-long multidistrict litigation targeting opioid-maker J&J and distributors McKesson, Cardinal, and...

Municipal Finance Legislation in 2021 DOR’s Division of Local Services has done it again. It has published BUL-2022-02, a summary of...

Meteorological spring is in less than a month! These last gasps of winter, though, will provide you with plenty of time to peruse the...

The privacy exemption contained in the Public Records Law was amended in 2020, in a manner that many may have thought was minor at the...

In Boston Clear Water Co., LLC v. Lynnfield, the Massachusetts Appeals Court examined the effect of a local conservation commission’s...

- The Interplay of M.G.L. c.32 and M.G.L. c.152 Under M.G.L. c.152, the Worker Compensation statute, worker compensation benefits are...

The Division of Local Services is continuing its recent efforts to update its Informational Guideline Releases. IGR-2022-1 explains...

Hello 2022! While circumstances prevent us from greeting you at this year’s cancelled MMA Annual Conference, Donna Brewer will be...

Our last newsletter summarized a ruling by an investigator of the Department of Labor Relations regarding the need to bargain over the...

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive fines but it is only recently that the U.S. Supreme Court considered...

Most public employers are aware that they have the managerial right to order an employee to undergo a fitness-for-duty examination. In...

LFO 2022-1: Exemption Eligibility for Electric Generating Systems When Situated on Property Owned by a Governmental Entity The DOR...

The new year is bringing no relief from a surge in COVID-19 cases. The focus is turning to constant testing, but municipalities are...

We say farewell to 2021, a year that had more than its fair share of challenges but also showed how local efforts can work wonders. We...

A justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court recently denied a request for a preliminary injunction filed by parents and citizen rights...

Employers in the age of COVID are moving beyond mask mandates and requiring vaccines, including boosters, as a condition of continued...

In its recent decision in Mississippi v. Tennessee, ___ U.S. ___, 142 S. Ct. 31 (Nov. 22, 2021), the U.S. Supreme Court, adjudicating a...

New Quotas for Liquor Licenses The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has updated each municipality’s quota for liquor licenses based...

Our attorneys continue to be recognized by their peers for excellence in their fields. Ray Miyares and Donna Brewer are SuperLawyers® in...

Students and parents get assistance with unpaid school lunch debt.