Kathryn Waters v. University of Massachusetts (SPR 20241415)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Office Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records May 23, 2024 SPR24/1415 Francis Flaherty, Esq. Public Records University of Massachusetts Office of the General Counsel One Beacon Street, 31st Floor Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Flaherty: I have received the petition of Kathryn Waters, Esq., of D.S. O’Connor & Associates, P.C., appealing the response of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to a request for public records. On April 23, 2024, Attorney Waters requested the following records: [1] Any and all documents related to invoices and payments for legal services rendered to the University of Massachusetts by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Poppeo from January 1, 2022 to present; [2] Any and all documents related to invoices and payments for legal services rendered to the University of Massachusetts by Morgan, Brown & Joy from January 1, 2022 to present; [3] Any and all documents related to invoices and payments for legal services rendered to the University of Massachusetts Foundation by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Poppeo from January 1, 2022 to present; [4] Any and all documents related to invoices and payments for legal services rendered to the University of Massachusetts Foundation by Morgan, Brown & Joy from January 1, 2022 to present; [5] Any and all documents related to invoices and payments for legal services rendered to the University of Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Foundation by Morgan, Brown & Joy from January 1, 2022 to present; and [6] Any and all documents related to invoices and payments for legal services rendered to the University of Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Foundation by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Poppeo from January 1, 2022 to present. One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us

Francis Flaherty, Esq. SPR24/1415 Page 2 May 23, 2024 UMass responded on May 8, 2024. Unsatisfied with the response, Attorney Waters petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/1415, was opened as a result. It is my understanding that UMass intends on providing a further response to Attorney Waters. Accordingly, UMass is ordered to provide Attorney Waters with said response in a manner consistent with the Public Records Law and its Regulations within 10 business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of the response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Attorney Waters may appeal the substantive nature of UMass’ response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Kathryn Waters, Esq.