Pat Murphy

Bromsgrove

Sports Broadcaster at Freelance

Ex BBC sports staffer,specialising in football and cricket. Engine now shunted into the sidelines, but chugs out on Sats for football reporting on Sports Report

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EEOC emails failed to start 90-day clock on filing suit

6 days ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

In brief 1st Circuit rules EEOC emails lacked clear right-to-sue notice Lawsuit filed after 100 days deemed timely due to email ambiguity EEOC portal access issues prevented timely receipt of notice Decision clarifies standards for electronic right-to-sue delivery The 90-day limitations period for filing a lawsuit for race, gender and disability discrimination was not triggered by EEOC emails that notified the complainant’s attorney an important document had been added to his client’s online...
Bankruptcy filings up 13.1 percent over previous year

1 week ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

Bankruptcy filings rose 13.1 percent during the 12-month period ending March 31, 2025, according to the latest quarterly report from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The U.S. judiciary reported bankruptcy filings in the country rose to 529,080 cases, compared with 467,774 cases reported during the year ending March 31, 2024. Meanwhile, business filings increased 14.7 percent, from 20,316 in March 2024 to 23,309 in the latest report.
Supreme Court backs reservist in differential pay case

1 week ago | rilawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A federal air traffic controller called up to active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves during the Iraq War was not required to show a “substantial connection” between his service and the war effort in order to qualify for “differential pay” pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §5538(a) and 10 U.S.C. §101(a)(13)(B), a divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a decision from the Federal Circuit. Click here to read the full text of the April 30 decision in Feliciano v. Department of Transportation.
Supreme Court backs reservist in differential pay case

1 week ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A federal air traffic controller called up to active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves during the Iraq War was not required to show a “substantial connection” between his service and the war effort in order to qualify for “differential pay” pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §5538(a) and 10 U.S.C. §101(a)(13)(B), a divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a decision from the Federal Circuit. Click here to read the full text of the April 30 decision in Feliciano v. Department of Transportation.
SCOTUS rules immigrant’s voluntary departure deadline extended

2 weeks ago | valawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

Supreme Court rules voluntary departure deadlines exclude weekends and holidays. Immigrant’s petition to reopen removal proceedings deemed timely. Majority opinion relies on longstanding administrative practices. Dissent raises concerns about jurisdiction and statutory deadlines.
SCOTUS delves into hospital low-income patient reimbursement

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

Home>Practice Areas>Business/Corporate> SCOTUS delves into hospital low-income patient reimbursement For purposes of calculating adjustments to the rates the Department of Health & Human Services pays hospitals for providing inpatient treatment to heightened percentages of low-income individuals, a patient is entitled to supplementary security income with respect to statutorily prescribed “Medicare fraction” of the agency’s calculation when she is eligible to receive an SSI cash payment...
Hinckley Allen team makes history with $34.5M whistleblower recovery

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A team of Hinckley Allen lawyers recently brought home a record-breaking $34.5 million settlement in a Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower retaliation suit. The plaintiff, Carlos Domenech Zornoza, is represented by James L. Tuxbury, Christopher V. Fenlon, Michael J. Connolly and Janelle A. Pelli. The March 20 settlement in Zornoza v. Terraform Global, Inc. is the largest documented recovery in a SOX whistleblower retaliation case, according to Tuxbury, who practices out of Hinckley’s Boston office.
SJC: statute of repose doesn’t bar design suit against architect

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

The state’s six-year statute of repose for torts does not apply to bar a claim for indemnification under a clause in an architect’s contract protecting Boston University from the negligent design of an athletic field, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The Trustees of Boston University entered into a contract with defendant Clough, Harbour & Associates in 2012 for the design of a new athletic field.
SCOTUS ruling seen as boon to civil RICO plaintiffs

3 weeks ago | rilawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

Litigators see the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent rejection of a categorical bar on certain personal-injury-related claims as an invitation for plaintiffs’ attorneys to be even more aggressive in pursuing relief under the civil RICO statute. In Medical Marijuana, Inc. v.
Appeals Court revives Governo firm’s bid for 93A damages

3 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A law firm that sued six former employees who took electronic client files and databases to be used in establishing their own asbestos litigation firm is entitled to damages under Chapter 93A, an Appeals Court panel has found in reversing a Superior Court judge’s finding that the plaintiff firm suffered “no harm” as a result of the defendants’ unfair and deceptive practices. The panel’s decision addresses the long-running litigation between the now-defunct Governo Law Firm, owner David M.