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United States: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rejects Use Of Independent Contractor Statute For Joint Employment Status Determination - Mintz

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In a recent decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) confirmed that the framework used in federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases.

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Court wrestles with Superfund contribution puzzle

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United States featured sharply different interpretations of the contribution provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or the Superfund statute. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the territory is time-barred from seeking contribution from the U.S.

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United States: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Recognizes Wrongful Discharge Claim For Employees Exercising Rebuttal Rights Under Personnel Record Statute - Foley Hoag LLP

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On December 17, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) held that an employee has a cause of action against an employer for wrongful discharge where the employer terminates the employee for.

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

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The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.). Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. Now we have an important new decision from Montana.

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New York State Court Holds Upholds Local Law 97

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Last week, the New York State Supreme Court for New York County dismissed Glen Oaks Village Owners v. While the preemption claim rang hollow to observers from the start, the idea that the ambitious climate laws passed in states like New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and California could limit local authority on climate was troublesome.

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BREAKING: Exxon Must Face Climate Suit, Mass. Top Court Rules

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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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In New York State Rifle, the court should look to text, history, and tradition

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The court should decide the case based on text, history, and tradition, the methodology it applied in District of Columbia v. In Heller, the court eschewed an “interest-balancing” test under which judges “decide on a case-by-case basis whether the right is really worth insisting upon,” and it should do the same here.

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