Matthew Ortins et al v. Lincoln Property Company et al, SJC-13777

Judicial - Supreme Court · December 8, 2025

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IOLTA counsel introduces case and first notice

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Doug Salvesen (Massachusetts IOLTA Committee) opened, saying the committee first learned of the matter two years after the final hearing before Judge Howe and that parties later sought to return $105,100,000 from unclaimed settlement funds to defendants, triggering the committee's challenge to notice under Rule 23(e).

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Oral argument before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on whether the Massachusetts IOLTA Committee received required Rule 23(e) notice before final approval of a 2021 class-action settlement and whether residual funds may be returned to defendants or must be redirected to cy pres recipients or IOLTA.

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