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Fitch Law Partners LLP Announces 2025–2026 Scholarship Winner
Fitch Law Partners LLP is pleased to announce the winner of the 2025–2026 Fitch Law Partners Scholarship. The Fitch Law Partners Scholarship is awarded annually and is based upon an applicant's essay and academic achievements. Margaret Halloran: Margaret Halloran is a...
FITCH Sponsors MetroWest Legal Services Golf Tournament
FITCH was a proud corporate sponsor at the MetroWest Legal Services Nancy King Memorial Golf Tournament. Partners Steven E. Gurdin and Kurt S. Kusiak proudly represented the firm at this annual fundraising event. MetroWest Legal Services provides vital free legal aid...
SJC Appoints Lisa C. Goodheart of Fitch Law Partners LLP as Co-Chair of Access to Justice Commission
Fitch Law Partners LLP is proud to report that the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) has appointed Lisa C. Goodheart as Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission for a three-year term beginning on August 1, 2025. In a June 11, 2025 press release...
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Corporate Freeze-Outs in Closely Held Companies: Employment Termination
An earlier blog post described some of the ways a company’s majority shareholders or members attempt to “freeze out” a minority or non-controlling shareholder from the reasonable expectations and benefits of ownership in the company. These freeze-out efforts are...
Adverse Possession & Prescriptive Easement: Same but Different
The doctrines of adverse possession and prescriptive easements often arise when there is a boundary dispute. At first blush, the two claims appear quite similar because a claimant of adverse possession and a prescriptive easement must prove many of the same elements....
Massachusetts Division of Banks Enters $1,900,000 Settlement With New York Financial Services Company That Allegedly Facilitated Consumer Loans Without Proper Registration
On May 5, 2026, the Massachusetts Division of Banks (the “Division”) entered a settlement agreement with Bridge IT, Inc. (the “Settlement Agreement”), which does business as Brigit, to resolve allegations that Brigit acted as a third-party loan servicer in...
Failure to Make Detailed Findings About Allegations of Abuse When Awarding Joint Custody of Children is Reversible Error
Massachusetts Appeals Court Reaffirms that a Trial Court May Not Award Joint Custody in Divorce Without Making Detailed Findings About Allegations of Domestic Violence in Determining Children’s Best Interest On January 30, 2026, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held in...
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