Author: opencommonwealth

Nope, you can’t just claim attorney-client privilege to hide public records… “They eschewed those procedures and chose instead to exchange e-mails that are not subject to the attorney-client privilege. The public has a right to know the content of those e-mails. ” – Justice Christopher P. Hodgens

Bruce Friedman, A.K.A. OpenCommonwealth.org, Plaintiff, v. The Malden Community Fund Committee , Inc., and Maria Luise, Ronald Hogan, Deborah Burke as individuals,  Defendants,

Why Is the Malden School Committee continuing to fail to release their executive session meeting minutes after the Massachusetts Division of Open Government has repeatedly found that they must do so and that failing to do so is a violation of the Open Meeting Law? In three separate determinations, on June 7, 2023, on June […]

Today was a very busy day, prosecuting an Anti-SLAPP motion in Middlesex Superior Court, defending the protected petitioning activities of all public records requestors. Read the story below:

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The Malden Community Fund has recently filed tax returns for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 with the Massachusetts Attorney General.  BUT, did they actually file with the IRS? On or about November 12, 2024, Maria Luise, Special Assistant to Mayor Gary Christenson, signed and dated a 2019 and 2020 IRS form 990-EZ.  These forms have been uploaded […]

Is four the magic number of lawsuits? In each suit, Malden has asked the Court to simply exempt them from the public records law, at least with respect to any request made by Mr. Friedman and Open Commonwealth. Malden seeks to have Mr. Friedman deemed a “harasser”, something the Supervisor of Public Records has consistently […]