Harrington Heep is pleased to welcome the Town of Mansfield to the municipalities for which we serve as Town Counsel.

Our readers will no doubt be familiar with G.L. c. 40A, § 3, also known as the Dover Amendment, because of its protections for...

Towns are exempt from liability under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act (MTCA) for claims based upon performance of “discretionary...

On April 30, the State Ethics Commission ordered a Medfield High School’s Head Football Coach to pay a $16,000 civil penalty for...

Welcome to the March issue of the Harrington Heep newsletter. Recently, Andrew Bettinelli and Donna Brewer presented before the Citizen...

Some of the more popular measures first enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, have been extended once again. On March 28, 2025,...

Changes to federal immigration enforcement policies highlight the necessity for towns to prepare to respond to federal immigration...

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has struck down two conditions in San Francisco’s Clean Water Act (CWA)...

The Massachusetts Tort Claims Act does not exempt public employers from liability for negligently hiring, promoting, supervising, and...

Some of the more popular measures first enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended once again. Today, Governor...

This month, the Unlocking Housing Production Commission issued a lengthy report, entitled Building for Tomorrow ,  with recommendations...

As our readers are likely aware, Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024, also known as the Affordable Homes Act , includes provisions to expand...

Some statutes require publication of legal notices in a newspaper of general circulation. G.L. c. 40A, § 5 is just one example of many....

The Supreme Judicial Court has confirmed that local boards of health can administratively enforce violations of 105 CMR 665, the...

On January 14, 2025, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) issued emergency regulations  to implement the...

Municipal employees may, over the course of their working life, transition between jobs in which they contribute into Social Security and...

Happy New Year to you all. 2025 is already chockful of important municipal law developments, among them success for our labor...

Today, January 8, 2025, the Supreme Judicial Court released its long-awaited decision regarding the Attorney General’s enforcement...

The November newsletter  reported on a couple of important changes in An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts Leadership , Ch. 238...

You guessed it, another newsletter article on An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts Leadership , Ch. 238 of the Acts of 2024 ....