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Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Community Caretaker Doctrine Extends to Warrantless Entry of a Residence
Police serve many critical community functions other than law enforcement: crowd control, responding to accidents and other emergencies,...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
What to Do When Your Website and Notice of Meetings are Offline
A number of municipal websites throughout the Commonwealth recently were impacted by an outage. Municipalities that have designated their...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
Municipal Ownership by Prescriptive Easement is Not a Taking
Another recent Supreme Judicial Court decision, Gentili v. Town of Sturbridge, sheds light on the distinction between a municipality’s...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
The Tort Claims Act Requires “Presentment” of a Claim within Two Years.The SJC Defines It.
It is well known that, before a municipality may be sued for a tort such as negligence, claimants must “present” their claims to the...
Miyares and Harrington, LLP
- Feb 21, 2020
- 1 min
Rapid Fire Updates - February 2020
Check out the new DLS Municipal Finance Training and Resource Center! It is full of helpful videos and documents. DLS even has its own...