Opinion polling is poor guide to policy as to a decedent’s email accounts, but there are some good approaches under discussion.
Who Should Have Access to Your Emails After Death?
The Supreme Court of the United States may rule on the limits of a state’s ability to require disclosure of emails to an executor.
Posthumous Email and Social Media Rights
Will recently quizzed us on whether heirs should have access to a decadent’s email accounts. He didn’t specify any other logins, but all are potentially relevant probate issues. This is a thorny knot of issues that his question only grazes. Giving heirs access to just email archives is a lot more complicated than he lets …
Future of the MBTA
For those who care about the future of public transit, the MBTA’s 2040 planning process is an important one to watch and participate in.
Retroactive application of new alimony rules
House 740, a bill before the Judiciary Committee, would reopen for dispute financial arrangements in many older divorces. I cannot support House 740 and have referred it for further study.
Senate Climate Bill
Earlier this week, Senator Pacheco’s Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change released an omnibus bill climate change bill. The bill combines dozens of ideas for reducing carbon emissions, including authorizations for powerful new market mechanisms.