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Gun license could be denied based on family situation

2 days ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Eric T. Berkman

A police chief could deny a high-capacity firearm license to an applicant based on the allegedly volatile home environment created by the substance abuse, mental health issues and behavior of the applicant’s wife and son, the Appeals Court has decided in a 2-1 decision.
Appeals Court revives Governo firm’s bid for 93A damages

1 week 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.
Supreme Court refines pleading standard in ERISA cases

1 week 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....
Counsel ordered to pick up $3,400 tab for client who misses depo

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.
Former Massachusetts resident’s stock transaction ruled taxable

1 week ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Eric T. Berkman

Capital gains that a former Massachusetts resident and his wife realized after he sold stock in the company he previously worked for were taxable as Massachusetts source income, the Appeals Court has determined. Taxpayer Craig Welch acquired a 50-percent share in AcadiaSoft in 2005, shortly after the Massachusetts company was founded. He served as CEO for the next decade.
More BigLaw firms bend the knee in Trump DEI crackdown

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.
SCOTUS ruling seen as boon to civil RICO plaintiffs

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.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.
Insurer sues to avoid paying $9.9M ‘torture email’ award

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A liability insurer is seeking a declaration that it has no duty to pay a $9.9 million judgment facing a Dartmouth homeowner and his companion who were sued by their neighbors. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London filed a declaratory judgment action in U.S. District Court in Boston against Dr. Timothy G. Haydock and his companion Barbara Moss, and Margaret and John Reichenbach.
Emails between Select Board, town manager privileged

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Eric T. Berkman

Email correspondence between members of Concord’s Select Board and the town manager were protected by the attorney-client privilege even though no lawyer was included on the emails, the Appeals Court has determined. The plaintiffs, Susannah Kay and Brooks Read, were among a group of residents sued by the town after they blocked public access to a wooded trail that abutted their properties.
SCOTUS lifts Boston judge’s TRO blocking Trump admin initiative

2 weeks ago | masslawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

Massachusetts and seven other states were not entitled to a temporary restraining order in their lawsuit to prevent the U.S. Department of Education from terminating approximately $600 million in teacher development grants in apparent furtherance of Trump administration efforts to end policies promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, a divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in staying an order issued by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun in Boston.