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Criminal Law—Innocent Third Parties Deserve Greater Fourth Amendment Protections Than Criminal Suspects and Defendants—Commonwealth v. Draheim, 849 N.E.2d 823 (Mass. 2006)

Advances in science have revolutionized crime detection, indelibly affecting Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Forensic identification techniques are continually refined, and accordingly, the concomitant constitutional considerations continue to grow.  As technological...

Corporate Law—Massachusetts Limits Tolling of Statute of Limitations for Breach of Fiduciary Duties in Closely Held Corporations—Aiello v. Aiello, 852 N.E.2d 68 (Mass. 2006)

The statute of limitations for claims arising out of an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by members of a corporate board of directors is generally three years from the date the plaintiff knew or should have known of the alleged wrong.  For certain equitable reasons,...