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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Articles

SCOTUS reins in environmental review for infrastructure projects

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Correy E. Stephenson |Pat Murphy

The D.C. Circuit improperly invalidated approval for the construction of an 88-mile rail branch line linking an undeveloped oil field in Utah to the national railway system based on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board‘s failure to consider the environmental effects of upstream and downstream projects that are separate in time or place from the proposed infrastructure project, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. Click here to read the full text of the May 29 decision in .
U.S. Supreme Court denies cert in ‘two genders’ case

1 week ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the appeal of a Middleborough student who claimed his First Amendment rights were violated when middle school officials invoked a “hate speech” provision in the school’s dress code to prohibit him from wearing a T-shirt that read, “There Are Only Two Genders.”On May 27, the court denied the petition for certiorari filed by the plaintiff in L.M. v. Middleborough.
Supreme Court upholds DOT contractor’s wire fraud conviction

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

The owner of a construction company that secured a contract for a federally funded highway project in Pennsylvania could be convicted of wire fraud for misrepresenting compliance with federal disadvantaged business enterprise standards, notwithstanding his claim the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation suffered no pecuniary loss as a result of the alleged fraud, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a decision from the 3rd Circuit.
State flunks Evidence 101 in lottery fraud trial

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

In brief Conviction overturned due to improperly authenticated evidence Facebook image of winning ticket used in alleged fraud Trial errors included inadmissible hearsay and credibility opinions Appeals Court ruling allows for possible retrial by prosecution The failure of state prosecutors to properly authenticate Massachusetts State Lottery records was just one of several missteps that seemingly left an Appeals Court panel no other choice but to toss the conviction of a woman charged with...
Boston duo secures landmark patent ruling in Fed Circuit

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

In briefFederal Circuit upheld defense verdict in Ingenico v.
EEOC emails failed to start 90-day clock on filing suit

2 weeks ago | rilawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

Highlights: 1st Circuit rules EEOC emails lacked clear right-to-sue notice Suit 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...
SCOTUS halts deportation of Tren de Aragua detainees

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

Two Venezuelan nationals held in U.S. detention centers as alleged members of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua are entitled to further injunctive relief prohibiting their summary removal from the U.S. by the Trump administration pursuant to the, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a decision from the 5th Circuit that upheld the denial of the detainees’ petition for a temporary restraining order pending appeal.
Boston firm sues for share of $4.4M in attorneys’ fees

3 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

In briefVita Law Offices seeks $660K from $4.4M attorneys’ fees in antitrust caseLawsuit claims breach of a 15% verbal referral agreementDispute centers on $33M settlement in Wood Mountain Fish v. Mowi ASALegal experts say lack of written agreement complicates claimA Boston complex litigation firm has gone to court to get what it claims is its rightful share of attorneys’ fees from a $33 million antitrust settlement.
SCOTUS rejects ‘moment-of-threat’ rule in deadly force cases

3 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A civil rights claim alleging a police officer used excessive force in fatally shooting a driver who suddenly attempted to flee a traffic stop should not have been dismissed on summary judgment on the ground that the officer was in danger at the moment of the threat that resulted in his use of deadly force, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a decision from the 5th Circuit. Click here to read the full text of the May 15 decision in Barnes v. Felix.
EEOC emails failed to start 90-day clock on filing suit

4 weeks 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...