Governor Mitt Romney has appointed Hanify & King attorney Christopher M. Morrison of Norwood, Mass. as the newest member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Bay Community College. He will serve a five-year term on the board.

Hanify & King lawyer Christopher Morrison wrote the article Is Summary Judgment Still a Good Investment in a Contract Interpretation Case? for the April 2006 edition of New England In-House. Mr. Morrison writes, "A motion for summary judgment may seem like an ideal vehicle to end the case. But such motions, particularly in complex cases, can be expensive, and their prospects for success, at least in Massachusetts courts, appear to be diminishing rapidly, principally due to one seemingly obvious case."

John D. Hanify, co-founder of Boston based law firm Hanify & King, wrote "Health insurers, providers need standard contract" for the Law & Accounting supplement of the Boston Business Journal's April 28- May 4, 2006 edition.

John D. Hanify, co-founder of the Boston based law firm Hanify & King, was on NECN's This Week in Business this past weekend.

The Winter 2006 edition of Hanify&King's atLaw Newsletter.

Hanify & King lawyer David C. Kravitz was on the NECN show "Good Morning Live" giving an overview of the Alito confirmation hearings and discussing what lies ahead.

For the Winter edition of New England In-House, Boston lawyer John D. Hanify wrote the article "Reassessing the Value of Legal Services". He makes three suggestions on how to advance the relationship between outside and inside counsel on the topic of billing.

Hanify & King lawyer David C. Kravitz was on the NECN show Newsnight with Jim Braude discussing the question, "What does the fury of the Princeton dispute add up to?"

Harold B. Murphy, Charles R. Bennett, Jr. and Kathleen R. Cruickshank made a presentation today to the New England Corporate Counsel Association about recent developments in bankruptcy law.

John D. Hanify, of Boston law firm Hanify & King, P.C., wrote the article 'Children's Hospital Corp. v. Kindercare Learning Centers': last tango with ERISA for the Autumn, 2005 issue of Massachusetts Medical Law Report. The article discusses the evolved consensus among federal courts on the efficacy of the ERISA defense in circumstances where contracts or other common law duties affect the rights of insurers and providers.