In two class action suits consolidated at oral argument before the Supreme Judicial Court, DeCosmo v. Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC and...

State and local governments sometimes find themselves enmeshed in litigation with public utility companies, particularly those in the...

New IGRs – DOR’s Division of Local Services has been busy. There are four new Information Guideline Releases of interest. IGR-2021-18...

IGR 21-15, “Owners Unknown” Assessments The Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services has issued a new Informational Guideline...

The fledgling cannabis industry has matured in the nearly five years since November 2016, when the Commonwealth legalized adult...

The Supervisor of Public Records has amended the Public Access Regulations, 950 CMR 32.00, effective June 11, 2021. In addition to minor...

The pandemic ushered in a sea change in municipal operations. Although the declared state of emergency has ended, some of the changes...

The Governor’s declared state of emergency is now expired. Today, however, he signed into law Ch. 20 of the Acts of 2021, which extends...

The improvements in rates of COVID-19 infections and vaccinations are heartening, but the financial strain imposed on municipal budgets...

The Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services has issued three new Informational Guideline Releases: 1. Updated Guidance for...

Governor Baker recently signed into law “An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy,” Chapter 8 of the...

It soon will be that time again. M.G.L. c.54, §6 states that “[i]n the year 2001 and every tenth year thereafter”, the Select Board of...

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 appropriates federal funds directly to “metropolitan cities” and funds through the state to...

The Governor has announced rapid changes to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in light of improvements in rates of infection and...

Spring has sprung and so has a new Miyares and Harrington LLP newsletter for the month of April. Spring also brings Town Meetings! Who...

Updated Guidance for Enterprise Funds; Juneteenth is a New State Holiday, Offices Must be Closed

Outdoor dining may end unless your municipality takes action.

Foreclosure of the right of redemption can be inequitable, is strictly construed against the foreclosing entity.

The overburden of an easement is a matter of reasonable foreseeability of the intended use.

Perhaps this March edition of the Miyares and Harrington LLP newsletter in will help you forget the misery of your busted March madness...