Allie Reed

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NJ Union Pay-Cutting Atlantic City Relief Law Upheld on Appeal

5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Alex Ebert |Allie Reed

June 2, 2025, 2:41 PM UTC Pedestrians walk on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg Union right to contract, protection from takings rejectedLegislature empowered the state to rip up union dealsA New Jersey law to rescue Atlantic City’s finances permitted a state takeover to slash already-bargained-for union benefits, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
Ex-Massachusetts Court Staff Must Face Lawyer’s Bullying Claims

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Allie Reed

Two former Massachusetts Appeals Court staffers must face allegations that they bullied and disparaged an ex-staff attorney, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held Thursday. Kenneth Bresler, who worked at the Appeals Court from January 2019 through December 2020, claimed his supervisors maliciously campaigned against him, committing a tortious interference with his employment relationship with the court.
Ex-Massachusetts Court Staff Must Face Lawyer’s Bullying Claims

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Allie Reed

Top Massachusetts court finds malice allegations plausibleStaffers denied immunity since conduct exceeded negligenceTwo former Massachusetts Appeals Court staffers must face allegations that they bullied and disparaged an ex-staff attorney, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held Thursday.
Marijuana Shops Lose Bid to Unwind Federal Cannabis Policy

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Allie Reed |Patrick Gregory |Alex Clearfield

Businesses have no fundamental right to cultivate and sell marijuana, the First Circuit held Tuesday in a case attempting to unwind the federal Controlled Substance Act. The court rejected attorney David Boies’ argument on behalf of Massachusetts marijuana businesses over the federal law banning cultivation, transportation, and sale of state-regulated marijuana.
Trump Administration Must Republish Harvard Doctors’ Studies

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Allie Reed

The Trump administration must republish two Harvard Medical School professors’ papers it censored because they contained words related to gender ideology, a federal judge ruled Friday. “The plaintiffs are likely to succeed in proving that the removal of their articles was a textbook example of viewpoint discrimination by the defendants in violation of the First Amendment,” Judge Leo Sorokin wrote for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Trump Administration Must Republish Harvard Doctors’ Studies (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Allie Reed |Alex Clearfield

The Trump administration must republish two Harvard Medical School professors’ papers it censored because they contained words related to gender ideology, a federal judge ruled Friday. “The plaintiffs are likely to succeed in proving that the removal of their articles was a textbook example of viewpoint discrimination by the defendants in violation of the First Amendment,” Judge Leo Sorokin wrote for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Judge Tosses Suit Against Child Literacy Expert Lucy Calkins

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Allie Reed

A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing prominent childhood literacy theorists of deceptively marketing their reading curricula. The suit against Lucy Calkins and other curriculum creators doesn’t survive because it “acknowledges that defendants have cited at least some research in support of their products,” Judge Richard Stearns wrote in a Thursday order dismissing the case in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Harvard Sued Over Policy on Students in Mental Health Crisis (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Allie Reed |Alex Clearfield

Harvard University discriminates against students with mental health disabilities by banning students in crisis from campus and subjecting them to an arduous process to return from leave, a lawsuit alleges.
Harvard Sued by Students Banned From Campus Over Mental Health

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Allie Reed

TRACK DOCKET: 1:25-cv-11452COURT: D. Mass. Harvard University discriminates against students with mental health disabilities by banning students in crisis from campus and subjecting them to an arduous process to return from leave, a lawsuit alleges.
HHS Illegally Scrubbed ‘LGBTQ’ From Studies, Judge Suggests

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Allie Reed

The Trump administration violated two Harvard Medical School Professors’ First Amendment rights by censoring their papers because they contained words related to gender ideology, a federal judge said Wednesday.