Legal Opinion

Washington Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Bar Foundation

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided May 28, 1992No. Civ. A. No. 91-11135-TPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, Chief Judge.

By a Rule promulgated in 1990, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) requires lawyers to deposit certain non-interest bearing client funds into an Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account (“IOLTA”).1 The interest earned on these funds is to be paid to a non-profit organization approved by the SJC “for use in (1) improving the administration of justice or (2) delivering civil legal services to those who cannot afford them.” DR 9102(C)(2)(a). The SJC has designated three organizations as beneficiaries of the program: the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the Boston…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Washington Legal Found. v. Mass. Bar Found.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1992