Long denied, judicial salary increase is well-deserved
The pay increase for judges recently approved by the Legislature is a long overdue correction to an increasingly untenable situation. The House and Senate each passed slightly different versions of a...
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Peter F. Carr II, member-in-charge at Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott in Boston, will speak at the National Business Institute’s “Lawfully Managing Student Records without Violating Privacy...
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David L. Evans, a shareholder at Murphy & King in Boston, has been elected to the American Arbitration Association’s board of directors. Paul R. Morton and David P. Rosenblatt, chief operating...
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Mary L. Bonauto, civil rights project director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston, will receive the Anti-Defamation League’s Centennial Torch of Liberty Award on June 6. Wesley S....
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Sarah E. Ashby has been promoted to vice president and general counsel at Psychemedics Corp. in Acton. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo has elevated the following attorneys in the Boston...
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Wei Ren Campbell has joined Boston’s Sunstein, Kann, Murphy & Timbers as a life sciences patent attorney. Matt Cohn has joined the Boston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges as an associate in the...
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The Hampden County Bar Association held its Annual Judicial Dinner at the Log Cabin Meeting & Banquet Place in Holyoke. U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young was the keynote speaker.
View ArticleCLSACC honors outgoing chief, victims’ champion
Community Legal Services and Counseling Center honored its more than 100 volunteer attorneys and service providers at its annual Volunteer Appreciation Party at Lesley University. Outgoing President...
View ArticleNLG pays tribute to legal pros, advocates, students
The Massachusetts chapter of the National Lawyers Guild honored a group of legal professionals and advocates at its 32nd Annual Gala. MIT professor, author and activist Noam Chomsky received the 2013...
View ArticlePerception v. Perspective
“Perception is reality.” It’s an old phrase known to all marketing and salespeople. Marketing folks seek to frame their presentation in ways that we will perceive their offering in the best possible...
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