Aug 1, 2009 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 42
Federal common law governs claims arising out of employee benefit plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit created an approach for interpreting the ambiguous word “accident” in...
Aug 1, 2009 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 42
The Central Artery/Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts, or “Big Dig” as it came to be known, was intended to reconnect Boston by breaking down barriers caused by a divisive, raised highway between the waterfront and downtown sections of the city. Instead, the...
Aug 1, 2009 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 42
Symposium—Legal Outsiders in American Film This article examines the conflicting film narratives about the internment produced between 1942 and 2007. It argues that while later films, especially documentaries, counter early government film narratives justifying the...
Aug 1, 2009 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 42
This Note will examine the costs and benefits that a distributed generation back-up customer imposes on the distribution system. Also, it will outline the arguments for and against including such costs and benefits in the standby rate structure. Thereafter, this...
Apr 1, 2009 | Lead Articles, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 42
Symposium—Limited Liability Companies at 20 One would expect the answer to the question posed in the title to depend to a significant degree on the extent to which legislatures have developed a unique theory of limited liability companies (LLCs) or have simply...
Apr 1, 2009 | Notes, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 42
This Note examines the creation of the MBTA and its special liability statute. It also inspects the amendment of the general limitations statute for the types of claims the special MBTA statute covers. The Note then explores the change from highway development to...