Municipality's authority to set health insurance contribution rates for retirees under General Laws chapter 32B is not a mandatory subject of collective bargaining with current employees.
Military court martial conviction under Article 134 incorporating federal child pornography statutes constitutes a "like violation" of Massachusetts sex offender registration law.
Alimony reform statute's retirement provision does not apply retroactively to pre-existing alimony judgments. Payor must show material change in circumstances.
Retirement provision of 2011 alimony reform act does not apply retroactively to alimony orders in judgments entered before act became effective.
Alimony Reform Act provisions permitting termination based on payor's retirement or recipient's cohabitation apply prospectively only to judgments entered after the act's effective date, not retroactively to pre-existing orders.
Federal law preempts state motor carrier regulation barring railroad-operated trucks in areas lacking rail service, even when transporting waste.
Financial institution excise tax apportionment; whether loan portfolios should be assigned to servicers' locations or taxpayer's commercial domicile.
Juror names are presumptively public judicial records. Good cause, such as risk of harm, is required to withhold them. Personal preferences and privacy interests alone do not suffice.
Reasonable doubt instruction using "firmly convinced" standard held constitutional but supervisory power exercised to require modernized Webster charge prospectively in all Massachusetts criminal trials.
Stepfather convicted of assaulting child who sustained severe brain injuries and extensive bruises. Affirmed despite exclusion of medical records showing child's self-inflicted injuries; eyewitness testimony of defendant's participation in abuse provided overwhelming evidence.
