On the Keller at Large MASSter List podcast, Jon Keller recently shared his personal hot-take on the Desrosiers v. Baker case that I argued before the Supreme Judicial Court on September 11th. Quoting a character from Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist who famously declared “the law is an ass,” Mr. Keller said, “sometimes that applies to…

Marco Island residents will vote Nov. 3 to fill four City Council seats. A candidate for a fifth seat is running unopposed and will be automatically elected. The election could mean that at least three, possibly four, newcomers become part of the seven-member council. Councilors Charlette Roman and Howard Reed decided not to seek re-election and Councilor Larry Honig can’t run again due to…

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Lawsuits are working their way through federal court to cancel, or at least put an injunction against, the national eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early September. One suit involves a group of seven landlords in Memphis who own about 5,000 apartment units altogether. They assert that the CDC…

Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court would position her to weigh in on fintech regulation, agency independence and other legal issues affecting the banking industry. But with the high court already showing a tilt toward business, her addition to the bench may not yield a sea change from a financial services…

At the start of September, the White House issued an executive order allowing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to pause evictions through December 31, 2020. The CDC’s order comes under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act to temporarily halt residential evictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. The CDC directive applies to renters…