I have been tendered a request to consult, and potentially testify, as an expert in family law for a legal malpractice case.  Very, very complimentary.

I just returned from Court.  After eighteen months of prosecution, two discovery-related court dates, and three prior trial dates (at which nothing happened, and a new trial date was selected), the ADA nolle prossed the case.

A nolle pros (a little bit shorter for 'nolle prosequi', and pronounced 'null prahs') is the lite beer of dismissals.  It ( Read more... )

A Massachusetts trial court ruled that strippers at the King Arthur's Lounge, a Chelsea strip club, were employees, and therefore entitled to thousands of dollars in lost wages and tips. The lounge claimed that the strippers were indepedent contractors, and therefore could (1) require them to pay the lounge $35 each performance night (2) and keep $ ( Read more... )

Apparently the child-emperor Zoltan of the Trakkid Nebula has been the subject of some court proceedings recently...

In today's decision, Adoption of Zoltan1, the Appeals Court held that DSS, in an action to terminate Mom's parental rights, had failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence2 that Mom was currently unfit.  The Court noted, ( Read more... )

In true spirit, a big chunk of my day was spent researching the law concerning the presumption of death in Massachusetts.  We have a wrongful death case with a missing beneficiary -- so I'm trying to figure out if we can have the missing beneficiary declared dead so that the remaining beneficiary can receive all of the proceeds from the lawsuit.  ( Read more... )