HowAppealing

AUGUST 27, 2024

high court rules possessing a switchblade knife is no longer a crime under the Second Amendment”: John R. And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “ Massachusetts high court strikes down switchblade ban.” “Mass. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

An animal cruelty law does not reach a dog owner who ignored a veterinarian’s recommendation to euthanize her suffering, terminally ill dog, the Massachusetts Appeals…

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The top state court in Massachusetts on Monday ruled against a Snapchat user who was prosecuted after posting a gun video seen by a "friend"…

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ABA Journal

JUNE 16, 2023

The top court in Massachusetts has granted a new trial to a Black, Muslim defendant whose appointed lawyer expressed “vitriolic hatred” and racism in social…

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ABA Journal

APRIL 25, 2022

The top state courts in Iowa and Massachusetts have ruled that restaurants can’t recover COVID-19 shutdown losses from "business interruption" policies. The Iowa Supreme Court…

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2021

“Supreme Court Rules on Tribal Police and Immigrants’ Testimony; In unanimous decisions, the justices refused to suppress evidence found by a tribal officer and rejected a presumption in favor of immigrants’ credibility”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Massachusetts superior court rules woman's hospice claim can move forward.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in 303 Creative LLC v. The Court determined that forcing the designer to comply with CADA would violate her First Amendment right to free speech under the US Constitution. Patrick’s Day Parade and sued under a Massachusetts public accommodation anti-discrimination law.

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Law 360

JULY 30, 2024

Two potentially sweeping Massachusetts high court rulings and a long-awaited employment bill lingering in the State House are among the issues Bay State attorneys say they are monitoring closely heading into the latter half of 2024.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is hitting its stride in sorting through the relists. The court also agreed to take up a twice-relisted challenge to Colorados ban on conversion therapy.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Yet it happened again this week — and it happened not once, but in two separate cases, one in Missouri and the other in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice. In the Massachusetts case, Smith v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday denied a motion for an injunction pending appeal upholding the lower court’s own denial of a motion for preliminary injunction against Indiana University’s mandate that all students get the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus in the fall.

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Law 360

MAY 24, 2022

cannot use a free speech statute to duck a climate change suit brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the state's top court ruled Tuesday, finding that the law in question applies to private suits but not public enforcement actions. ExxonMobil Corp.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 3, 2024

An age discrimination case was undone by the fine print of an employment agreement, while an "utterly inadequate" document search led to a five-figure sanctions order, among other notable recent decisions in Massachusetts state court.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 15, 2023

During a busy 2023, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a strict fiduciary rule for Robinhood in a landmark decision, said a handshake can't save a $19 million Wynn Resorts land deal, and affirmed the right to be a total jerk at public meetings.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 29, 2021

On December 17, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that an employee discharged for submitting a written rebuttal to his employer in response to the placement of negative information.

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Judge Shannon Frison, sitting in the Middlesex County Superior Court in Massachusetts, recently issued a ruling that highlights for employers the importance of providing complete and timely responses to requests for employee personnel files.

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Law 360

JUNE 22, 2023

Federal prosecutors have told a Massachusetts federal court that a Russian national convicted of orchestrating a $90 million hack-and-trade scheme can't use a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to show that his case should have been brought in a different venue.

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 2, 2021

On July 28, 2021, a federal district court in Massachusetts issued a decision in Victim Rights Law Center et al. Cardona, No. 1:20-cv-11104, 2021 WL 3185743 (D. July 28, 2021).

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Law 360

AUGUST 1, 2024

Supreme Court's ruling granting defendants facing administrative civil penalties the right to a jury trial, experts say a similar challenge in Massachusetts is likely, but may not find as receptive a judicial audience. Following the U.S.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Other states that mention flat fees in their rules include California, Florida and Massachusetts. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Table of contents What Are Lawyer Flat Fees?

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2021

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense, marking the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority, reports the Chicago Tribune.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

While possession prohibitors are critical to public and survivors’ safety, they cannot account for indicators of dangerousness that do not result in an active court record. This law was challenged by an abuser, who claimed it violated his Second Amendment rights.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. The vast majority of courts that have ruled on this issue have said the climate claims should remain in state court.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 25, 2021

More than two dozen states — including Massachusetts — and the District of Columbia have already disallowed putting juveniles behind bars for life with no chance at parole. Washington state’s high court earlier this year abolished automatic life without parole sentences given to people for murders committed as 18- to 20-year-olds.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The First Circuit reversed a lower court's ruling Friday and held that Massachusetts-based Lyft drivers suing to gain employee status must privately arbitrate their claims because they do not qualify as transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce who would otherwise be exempt from arbitration.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back. On Monday, the court granted nine petitions from the enormous number that built up over the summer. A short explanation of relists is available here. First up is Buffington v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The battle over services that record and stream over-the-air TV without compensation to TV broadcasters has become even more confusing, with a US District Court judge in Boston denying an injunction to stop the Aereo service in Massachusetts in a suit brought by Hearst Corporation, which owns a local TV station.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 10, 2021

They were swiftly followed by a handful of additional filings by other retailers, signaling that there is no end in sight to the constant string of fashion and other retail companies struggling financially and looking to bankruptcies courts for protection from their creditors. June 2021 – Alex and Ani. If approved by the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

Courts could clearly rule that this is unforeseeable as a consequence, particularly in the negligent use of a rub. Courts are often faced with a reduction in the opportunity of survival or profits. courts have found the requirement of at least a 50 percent survivability line to be too severe. In 1983, in Herskovits v.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. Justice Kavanaugh writes, quoting Linda R.S. :

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Share In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled in Grutter v. Both of the lawsuits were filed in federal court in 2014 by a group called Students for Fair Admissions, which describes itself as “dedicated to defending the right to racial equality in college admissions.” Two cases, two paths to the Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 17, 2022

City of Boston , the Supreme Court will return to the role of religion in public spaces. The question comes to the court in an important free speech case arising from Boston’s practice of allowing outside groups to fly their flags on one of the three flagpoles in front of city hall. Court of Appeals upheld that ruling.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the scope of the First Amendment — specifically, whether a law forbidding clandestine recordings is overbroad and whether a state may require individuals to carry identification cards labeled “SEX OFFENDER.” In Louisiana v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The problem is that the courts already recognize some religious exemption arguments. There is a move in many states to refuse to allow such exemptions, but courts have pushed back. Likewise, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals this month affirmed such a preliminary injunction against Western Michigan University.

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2022

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Monday ruled that no-excuse mail-in voting and early voting are permissable under the state’s constitution. After Massachusett Governor Charlie Baker signed the VOTES Act in June, the law faced legal challenges from Massachusetts Republicans.

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