Attorney Joe Downes tells Bob about his legal strategies in Bass River Tennis Corp. v. Barros; a battle for control over a popular tennis club that led to five different lawsuits and eleven separate appeals.

Bob sits down with Jennifer LaManna to talk about her forceful and successful defense of the First Amendment in Shak v. Shak. This episode is a must-listen for all divorce practitioners.

Bob "Zooms” with Andy Caplan about his case Curtatone v. Barstool Sports, Inc. including how the historical fight against organized crime and modern “virtue signaling” set the stage for a fight between a well-known and popular media personality and the mayor of a city just outside of Boston.

Bob talks with the author of a popular legal treatise, Jordan Shapiro, about his case Haddad v. Haddad and how the trusts and estates bar can virtually eliminate will contests by using modern technology. As a bonus, Jordan also discusses an important homestead law development.

Bob is joined by Andrea Martin to discuss her groundbreaking case of UMNV 205 – 207 Newbury LLC v. Caffe Nero Americas, Inc. They also discuss how swimming led to this momentous application of the doctrine of frustration of purpose in the middle of a pandemic.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. said, “The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” But, that famous statement misses a key ingredient in the law: the lawyers. Legal judgments often depend on the judgements of lawyers just as much as logic or societal experience. Boston trial lawyer Bob Stetson examines the litigation strategies and arguments that move the law through the prism of important civil cases.