<h1 class="entry-title">Category: Legal Blog</h1>

Nolan Perroni wins court battle for police seniority benefits – NEPBA Carver Police

In 2018, NP attorney Gary Nolan won an arbitration case which overturned a 20-year practice that deprived NEPBA Carver’s police officers of seniority benefits. The town appealed to Superior Court, where NP attorney Peter Perroni defendend the arbitrator’s decision. The Superior Court issued its decision this week affirming the union’s victory in full, which will […]

COVID Update: police asked to enforce mandatory mask rules – new job duties must be bargained first

While many communities fluidly react to the current health emergency, there are mixed messages to first responders about their roles in enforcing fluctuating public health policies. In addition to the anxiety of conducting usual law enforcement activities within the circumstances of a pandemic, police officers are now flooded with such things as calls from anonymous […]

Mass. Supreme Court issues sweeping decision on digital surveillance – Very important roadmap for criminal cases impacted by technology

On April 16, 2020, the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued a decision that may likely set the standard for the use of digital technology in criminal cases. The case is Commonwealth v. McCarthy (SJC-12750), and involved the tracking of an individuals movements over a period of time by use of ALPR cameras (license plate recognition). The […]