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Client Alert: Municipal Board Hearing Gone Wrong (or Right)

Part of our practice involves permitting, zoning, and other appearances before municipal boards.  As part of that process, we often advise our clients as to the proper decorum surrounding such appearances and the role the client should play.  Just yesterday, the Massachusetts… READ MORE

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Client Alert: Municipal Board Hearing Gone Wrong (or Right)

Part of our practice involves permitting, zoning, and other appearances before municipal boards.  As part of that process, we often advise our clients as to the proper decorum surrounding such appearances and the role the client should play.  Just yesterday, the Massachusetts… READ MORE

Client Alerts

Client Alert: Municipal Board Hearing Gone Wrong (or Right)

Part of our practice involves permitting, zoning, and other appearances before municipal boards.  As part of that process, we often advise our clients as to the proper decorum surrounding such appearances and the role the client should play.  Just yesterday, the Massachusetts… READ MORE

Covid-19

Federal Appeals Court Halts Vaccine Mandate

On Saturday, November 6, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). See Bernkopf Goodman’s Client Alert for more information on the ETS. The federal appeals court held the ETS,… READ MORE

Events/Webinars

Understanding and Negotiating Builders’ Limited Warranties

Please join REBA’s Residential Conveyancing Section for a webinar at 12 noon on Tuesday, March 21st. Robert W. Stetson III of Bernkopf will present. As buyer’s counsel, we are frequently asked to review and negotiate builders’ warranties as part of a P&S, or we are told that the… READ MORE

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Client Alert: Municipal Board Hearing Gone Wrong (or Right)

Part of our practice involves permitting, zoning, and other appearances before municipal boards.  As part of that process, we often advise our clients as to the proper decorum surrounding such appearances and the role the client should play.  Just yesterday, the Massachusetts… READ MORE

Podcasts

Small Claim or Bet the Company?

Legal Judg(e)ments Podcast, Season 2, Episode 7 Bob and class action defense lawyer Mark Aronsson discuss Cabrera v. Auto Max Preowned, Inc. and how a judge’s interpretation of a procedural rule can lead to bet-the-company litigation.  … READ MORE

Publications

Buyer Beware: The Return of Caveat Emptor

Sullivan v. Five Acres Realty Trust, 487 Mass. 64 (2020) The ancient maxim of caveat emptor means “let the buyer beware.” 1 Under this well-known legal doctrine, a seller is not liable to a buyer for defects in a property in the absence of an express warranty or fraud.2 Courts… READ MORE