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Dissolution of a Public Charity
Regina S. Rockefeller, Tamara Lauterbach Sturges
September 1, 2009

Article on the voluntary dissolution of a Massachusetts public charity.
By:
Regina S. Rockefeller, Nixon Peabody,100 Summer St., Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-345-1000, www.nixonpeabody.com
and
Tamara Lauterbach Sturges, Law Office of David W. Adams, LLC, 635 Massachusetts Ave., Suite R, Arlington, MA 02476, Phone: 781-648-250, www.DWA-LAW.com
Recreational Use Statutes and the Private Landowner
US National Park Service
August 22, 2002

This National Park Service brochure explains that anyone who leases or has control of recreational land is entitled to the protections of their state's Recreational Use Statute.

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Recreational Use Shields Owner from Liability
Irene Del Bono
January 7, 2010

Massachusetts, General Law c. 21 sec. 17C affords any owner who allows the public to use their land for recreation at no charge relief from liability, so long as the owner has not been willful, wanton or reckless.  Revised January, 2010
Recovery of Attorney's Fees
Commonwealth of Mass
January 1, 2005

An Act relative to the recovery of attorney's fees for conservation restriction enforcement.

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