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This article looks at the recall of government papers from libraries and how the protest of librarians reversed the government's position. The controversy began after the DOJ requested through the GPO's Superintendent of Documents that five documents distributed on civil and criminal asset forfeiture procedures were to be withdrawn and destroyed immediately, as they are intended for internal use only. The documents were Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure, Select Criminal Forfeiture Forms, Select Federal Asset Forfeiture Statutes, Asset forfeiture and Money Laundering Resource Directory, and Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA). Librarians, however, launched a campaign to reverse the order and the American Library Association (ALA) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, asking why DOJ requested that documents that have been available for as long as four years be removed. Boston Public Library president Bernie Margolis, in a statement on the ALA Council electronic list, said he had asked that the decision be reconsidered and noted that he had copied the documents for cataloging as part of BPL's collection. Though DOJ officials said that the materials were inappropriately distributed to depository libraries through an error, Superintendent of Documents Judith Russell noted that the agency determined that these materials are "not sufficiently sensitive to require removal from the depository library system."

Reports on a lawsuit filed by Coretta Scott King against Boston University for the return of the papers of the late Martin Luther King Jr. King's deposit of his papers at the university in 1968; Claim that the papers belong to King's estate, not the university; Proposal that the papers be kept at the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia.

The article reports that the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, Massachusetts handed down a ruling that allows the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) to access work papers of Textron Inc. It cites that the papers are created by the company while studying the tax implications of sale-in, lease-out (SILO) transactions. However, Textron refused to show the papers due to risks associated in it. Payson Peabody says that the opinion of the company reinforces the government to access the documents.

The article reports on a lawsuit filed against Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School by cardiac stem cell scientist Piero Anversa. Topics covered include the focus of the complaint on the institutions' deal with stem cell firm Autologous/Progenital. Also mentioned is the alleged misconduct of scientist Jan Kajstura.

Focuses on the copyright lawsuit filed by Lotus Development Corporation against Paperback Software in Boston, Massachusetts. Interpretation on the decision of Judge Keeton on the case; Effects of the decision on the development of competitive software products; Historical background of the companies.

Reports that `Union-News' newspaper's lawsuit seeking information about a settlement between officials in Springfield, Massachusetts and a traffic accident victim has ended. Disclosure by the city of the amount of settlement that the family of Benjamin Schoolfield got from the city; Judge Peter A. Velis' ruling that the newspaper was entitled to the information.

The article presents a perspective on the impact of the Sacco-Vanzetti case in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. According to the author, the city has absorbed in, and obsessed by the case of two Italian radicals. The author added that the issue has occasioned a controversy of extraordinary bitterness all over the city.

Discusses the stand of Harvard University president Abbott Lawrence Lowell on the truth behind the alibi of Nicola Sacco in the controversial Sacco-Vanzetti case in the U.S. Contention of Sacco that he was in Boston seeking passport to Italy at the time of the murder in South Braintree, Massachusetts; Testimonies of fellow Italians Felice Guadagni and Albert Bosco on their claim that they were with Sacco in Boston at the time of the murder: Assertion of Guadagni and Bosco that they went into a banquet hosted by members of the Italian community in honor of editor James T. Williams of the "Boston Evening Transcript"; Results of the investigations suggests that Sacco was lying because Guadagni-Bosco testimonies did not coincide with the actual date of the banquet; Citation of the account of Sacco counsel William G. Thompson that the alleged banquet took place, it was just a matter of typographical error in the paper which said it otherwise; Questions regarding the basis of the court for convicting Sacco despite favorable evidences proving Sacco's innocence.

The article presents a roundup of several notable and unusual events that happened in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1997. These events include Nantucket Whalers football coach Vito Capizzo's sexual harassment incident with a coed, the move of U.S. stockbroker John Husted to sell his Federal-period house in the historic district, and the purchase of a house by Roger Schmidt in Codfish Park in January 1997.

Reports on the campaign of U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan against corruption in the drug industry. Collection of more than $2.2 billion dollars in fines to settle suits for kickbacks to doctors, overcharging, and marketing drugs for unapproved uses; Statistics on the cost of medical care fraud; Charges against TAP Pharmaceuticals, Bayer, GlaxoSmith Kline, AstraZeneca, Pfizer; Background of Sullivan and his team; Role of the public in the investigations; Whistleblower settlements; Available options for punishment. INSET: Strong Medicine.

Comments on recent political and social developments around the world. Lifting of all restrictions on emigration by Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union; Lawsuit against Tufts University by a dyslexic student on the grounds that its use of multiple choice exams constitutes discrimination against him on the basis of handicap; Trial of Winnie Mandela in South Africa; Others.

The article reports on securities fraud charges filed against UBS Financial Services by Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin in 2008. It says the move is in the first state-level lawsuit against an investment company over auction-rate securities. The firm was sued for selling retail investors auction-rate paper as liquid, safe, money-market instruments even though the defendants knew it was not. The complaint requests that UBS be ordered to return to investors the money it invested in auction-rate securities at par.

Discusses the condition prevailing in hospital industry of Boston, Massachusetts, in the light of problems facing the decision of Lahey Clinic to establish a hospital in a suburban location. Opposition to Lahey's move by government hospital planners; Suit filed by Clinic's competitors who spotted a technical flaw in the procedure by which Lahey Clinic won its fight with the planners; Discussion on Clinic's opponents and their contention; View that Lahey Clinic has the plan to provide special care in the suburbs for a wide variety of problems; Contention of the opponents that politicians support Lahey Clinic in their plan; View that the legal permission given to Lahey Clinic violates principles of economics; Discussion on the financial viability of the plan of the Clinic in the face of failure of the Faulkar Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Boston; Discussion on pathetic conditions prevailing in the public hospitals in Boston; Importance of public funds for survival of Lahey Clinic.

Reports on freelancers' lawsuit against the `The Boston Globe.' Proposed agreement seeking broad rights to publish their past and future material without additional payment; Dismissal of freelancers who refuse to sign the agreement; Practices of other metropolitan dailies regarding the copyright of their freelancers.

Discusses the decision of the Massachusetts Superior Court in favor of attorney general Clarence Barnes who used a state monopoly law to sue the Atlantic Fishermen's Union (AFU). Allegation of AFU that dealers had combined to rig the auction price very low; Move of AFU to restrict the catch at sea to keep their market price high; Court's ruling that AFU was a monopoly of fishermen manpower and its limitation on the size of each vessel's fishing catch a conspiracy; Court's order to AFU to stop such practices; Idea of the fillet; Mechanization of fish processing; Lay systems; Low wages versus regulation; International regulation of the fished-out areas.

Presents information on latest developments in the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, on charges of murder and payroll theft, in Dedham, Massachusetts. Decision of the U.S. Department of Justice to assign a number of men to watch activities of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, in order to collect evidence against them to deport them as anarchists; Duties assigned to Fred J. Weynard, former local agent of the Department, in the case; Correspondence on file between District Attorney Frederick Katzmann and William J. West regarding the trial.

The article reports on the securities fraud charges filed by Secretary of State William Galvin against UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services for selling retail investors auction-rate paper in Massachusetts. According to Galvin, both companies sold auction rate paper to retail investors as liquid, safe, money-market instruments even though the defendants knew it was not. A hearings officers within the department's securities division will hear the five-count administrative complaint.

The article discusses the lives and careers of the late National Football League player Aaron Hernandez and his older brother Jonathan "D.J." Hernandez, and it mentions how Aaron Hernandez, who was convicted of murder in Massachusetts in 2015, committed suicide in a prison cell in April 2017. According to the article, Jonathan Hernandez quit his role as a graduate assistant football coach at the University of Iowa following his brother's murder conviction.

Describes the incident of the Trespassing trial that involves Amy Carter, Abbie Hoffman, and 13 other protesters who were arrested for occupying a building on the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Reason for the protesters' presence at the campus; Contention of the defendants; Argument of the prosecutor; Verdict of the jury on the case; Views that celebrityhood of Carter weighed heavily on everyone present during the trial; Reaction of people in courtroom on declaration that Carter was not guilty.

Reports on the efforts of the residents of Woburn, Massachusetts in filing a case against industrial tanneries for dumping hazardous chemicals on underground water. Information on the tanning industry in the area; Description of the pollution-related deaths in the town; Comment on various difficulties in gathering evidence against the tanneries; Implications of this case for toxic tort litigation.

The article presents a commentary of the political developments in the U.S. and around the world. That the Hague tribunal, the Netherlands has found for America in the case of the Pious Fund is gratifying, but the favorable decision is far less welcome than the fact that this long-standing issue has been dully presented to an international court, and that the United States and Mexico have the honor of first committing a case to this permanent tribunal; It is in keeping with the solid traditions of Massachusetts law-making that a bill for the incorporation of labor unions is to be discussed at the approaching session.

The article presents response of some eminent lawyers on the article "Deception According to Law," published in the recent issue of The Nation. The article focused on the Dedham, Massachusetts-based Supreme Court's decision in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. The court held that a prosecuting officer is violating no canon of legal ethics in presenting evidence, which tends to show guilt while failing to call witnesses in whom he has no confidence, or whose testimony contradicts what he is trying to prove. The lawyers discusses the ethics behind the case that justifies a prosecutor in failing to call a witness whose testimony might defeat the plea for conviction.

Focuses on the life of Italian anarchist who came to the U.S., Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Educational background of Vanzetti; Experiences of Vanzetti as dishwasher and helper in a club; Arrest of Vanzetti and his friend Niccolo Sacco on a street car in Brockton, Massachusetts; Observation that the defense of Vanzetti was badly handled.

The article focuses on progress in a discrimination lawsuit filed against the Loeb Library of Harvard University's Design School by Desiree Goodwin. A jury ruled in early April that Harvard University did not discriminate against Desiree Goodwin, billing supervisor and reference assistant at the Loeb Library of Harvard's Design School, who charged that she was repeatedly passed over for promotion because of race and gender issues. Harvard attorneys countered that Goodwin's supervisors encouraged her but that the highly competitive jobs she sought simply went to more qualified candidates. In closing arguments, Harvard attorneys noted that five of the seven jobs for which Goodwin applied since 1999 have gone to women. That left only the racial component, which Harvard lawyers also dismissed, according to press reports, claiming that Goodwin's race was unknown to those doing the hiring.

The article presents a compilation of lawsuits involving businesses and organizations in Massachusetts which include cases between Hampden/Zimmerman Electric Supply Co. and Keven B. Michelson of Michelson Properties Inc., Northeast Utilities Systems and Western Mass Electric Co. and The Hoyoke Card & Paper Co, and R.P.S. Inc. against James Leary.

Focuses on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case `Robinson vs. State Ballot Law Commission.' Upside-down copy of nomination papers submitted to the secretary of the Commonwealth by Jack E. Robinson; Compliance with exact copy requirements; Printing of Robinson's name as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the office of United States Senator.

The article looks at the salaries given to lawyer-plaintiffs during the 2003 Massachusetts tobacco-fee trial. On the stand the state's star witness Thomas Sobol described how his former law firm, Brown Rudnick Berlack & Israels, prepared in 1995 to sue Big Tobacco on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The article discusses Brown Rudnick's chief of litigation, Frederick Pritzker, and master settlement agreements.

Reports on the decision of Judge Hiller Zobel to reduce the charges against Louise Woodward to manslaughter. Reactions of those involved; Woodward's release from prison; Zobel's explanation of his decision; How Woodward is viewed in England; Comments from Matthew Eappen's parents. INSET: Full of surprises..

Presents an interview with Deborah Eappen following the release of her former au pair Louise Woodward from jail, after being found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of infant Matthew Eappen in November 1997. Her feelings about the ruling; Woodward; Her future plans; Whether she wants to have more children; Her response to the negative press coverage; More.

Argues against the judgment issued by Massachusetts Judge Hiller Zobel on the murder case filed against child care worker Louise Woodward in 1998. Basis for the decision to downgrade the conviction of Woodward to involuntary manslaughter; Facts of the murder case; Factors which contributed to the widespread sympathy with the plight of Woodward.

Discusses the conviction of the Amirault family for the sexual abuse and torture of children who attended their Fells Acres Day School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. Prejudice experienced by the Amirault family; Participation of pediatric nurse Susan Kelly in the family's conviction; Plea made by Gerald Amirault for leniency.

Presents letters to the editor on various political developments around the U.S. Suggestion of a mock trial of the Sacco-Varizetti case in Boston, Massachusetts; Views on the government policy with respect to sugar tariff; Information on a two day's conference on imperialism organized by Labor party members of the British House of Commons in London, England to be held on July 17 and 18, 1929.

The article deals with a lawsuit filed by Boston, Massachusetts-based department stores Filene and R. H. White against the Fashion Originators Guild of America concerning the red cards the association issued to the stores in 1936. The card indicates that the stores are not allowed to sell merchandises from the 200 dress manufacturers in the Guild. It states that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) refused to be involved in the issue but it has requested the U.S. labor association Millinery Creators Guild to cease from such activities.