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It Gets Harder (possibly much harder) to File a Lawsuit in Massachusetts

July 29, 2008

One of the things that drives people crazy is how easy it is to file a lawsuit, and conversely how difficult it is to persuade a judge to dismiss a lawsuit before the defendant incurs the costs of discovery and summary judgment. It has long been the law in Massachusetts that a complaint should not

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Traps for the Unwary – Waiver

July 23, 2008

What do lawyers fear the most? Spiders, snakes, public speaking, death by auto de fe? Well, I’ll be darned if I know, but one thing that scares the bejesus out of all thinking lawyers is waiver. Lawyers start to become vaguely aware of this horror in law school. Once they go out into practice it

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