Gas prices shot up 73 percent in 1973, the year OPEC lowered the boom on the U.S. economy. Pumps went dry and irate drivers queued up in long lines at service stations; some resorted to stealing precious fuel from their neighbors’ cars at night.
In the last decade, we have witnessed a transformation of the traditional office environment, the stereotypical employee and the nine-to-five work day.
Since at least 1940, parties to construction contracts have been held to high standard of showing “complete and strict performance of all [of the construction contract’s] terms.” This has historically turned otherwise straightforward disputes over payment into battles where the parties could point to any performance failure as a basis to avoid liability.
Developers in Boston are facing an 8 percent increase in per-square-foot fees under a proposal that Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration says will leverage the “strong development market” to raise funds for affordable housing and job training.
It’s no mystery what we need to do to bring down the crushingly high home prices and rents that make life in Massachusetts increasingly difficult for all but the wealthiest few. The problem has been mustering the political leadership and willpower to do it.
Lawyers are nothing if not enamored by ostensibly humorous acronyms (and long sentences). The Massachusetts “anti-SLAPP” statute, M.G.L. c. 231, § 59H, proscribes “strategic litigation against public participation,” or in other words
