Donald Pinto

Jan 8, 2025 | natlawreview.com | Donald Pinto

In an eagerly anticipated decision issued this morning, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled that the MBTA Communities Act (the Act), which former Governor Charlie Baker signed into law in early 2021, is constitutional, and that the Attorney General has the authority to enforce it, but the detailed guidelines that the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC) adopted to implement the Act are invalid.

Aug 14, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Donald Pinto

In its $5.2 billion Affordable Homes Act (AHA) signed by Gov. Maura Healey last week, the Massachusetts Legislature came down the chimney with some presents that have been on developers’ wish lists for decades.

Aug 14, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Donald Pinto |Lynn L. Bergeson |Lisa Campbell |Robert L. Sichel

Professional Biography Gary M. Markoff is former managing partner of the firm and a member of the Corporate and Real Estate Departments. He works with clients primarily on business, corporate and real estate transactions and bank financings.

Jul 10, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Mitchell Robert Berry |Alva C. Mather |Donald Pinto |Benjamin M. Zegarelli

Skip to main content July 10, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 192 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.

Jul 10, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Donald Pinto

In its decision this morning in Shoucair v. Board of Appeal of Boston, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that in court appeals under § 11 of the Boston Zoning Enabling Act (Section 11), the trial judge can require the plaintiff to post an appeal bond without a preliminary finding that the appeal has been brought in bad faith or with malice. The court affirmed that its 1971 decision in Damaskos v.