Pat Murphy
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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3 days 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.
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6 days 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.
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6 days ago |
masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy
Listen to this article Current and former employees of Cornell University, who claimed the administrator of their retirement plans violated §1106(a)(1)(C) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by causing the plans to engage in prohibited transactions for recordkeeping services, were only required to plausibly allege in their complaint the elements contained in that provision itself without addressing potential exemptions applicable to such transactions under §1108, a unanimous U.S....
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1 week ago |
masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy
A Lynn attorney is on the hook for more than $3,400 after a U.S. magistrate judge decided he was personally obligated to pay sanctions imposed for his client’s failure to appear for a scheduled deposition in an employment discrimination case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Boal awarded defendant Santander Bank and certain individual co-defendants $3,438.87 in costs and attorneys’ fees as a sanction for plaintiff Djanine Da Veiga’s failure to appear for a deposition scheduled for Oct. 24, 2024.
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1 week ago |
masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy
Four BigLaw firms with offices in Boston have agreed to settlements obliging them to provide pro bono services worth a combined total of $600 million to end federal investigations into whether the respective firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies ran afoul of employment discrimination law. Meanwhile, a fifth law firm has agreed to provide a reported $100 million in pro bono services in a commitment to efforts to end so-called “weaponization” of the justice system and legal profession.
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@patmurphybbc @IpswichTown Not guaranteed to be back at all. Just ask Luton, WBA and Leeds. Nice, nice journalism.....
RT @Winchesterrd73: @patmurphybbc @IpswichTown Not guaranteed to be back at all. Just ask Luton, WBA and Leeds. Nice, nice journalism.....
Just two yrs ago @IpswichTown were playing in Div 1 - now they’re up against top players every week. That’s how far they have come. For most games this season they have fought hard. Ninety changes to their line-up this season doesn’t help.
