Welch v. Paicos

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

GARRITY, Senior District Judge.

Agreement by the affected parties has turned a live issue into a dormant one. When co-defendants parted company, their joint attorney asked the Court to determine whether he should withdraw, raising by implication an issue of first impression under the new Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 3:07 of the Supreme Judicial Court, 426 Mass. 1301, 1303-1434 (1997) (“Massachusetts Rules”). While we considered this question, defendants reached an agreement, and asked us to defer our deci sion until after ruling on summary judgment.…