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2 Apr 2022, 6:05 am by Legal Profession Prof
An attorney's missconduct in her own divorce drew an 18-month suspension by a Justice Lowy of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court This matter comes before me on the information and record of proceedings filed by the Board of Bar Overseers... [read post]
1 Apr 2022, 6:50 am by John Jascob
Robinhood Financial successfully challenged the rule, arguing that it contradicts a determination by the Supreme Judicial Court that broker-dealers are not general-purpose fiduciaries of their customers. [read post]
31 Mar 2022, 12:20 pm
On March 24, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) handed down a key ruling that could have a significant impact on franchising across the state. [read post]
30 Mar 2022, 7:40 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Kapadia Introduction On March 24, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued a much-anticipated decision in Patel, et al. v. 7-Eleven, Inc., et al. answering a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit concerning the application of the Massachusetts independent contractor law (“ICL”) to franchise relationships. [read post]
30 Mar 2022, 7:40 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Kapadia Introduction On March 24, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued a much-anticipated decision in Patel, et al. v. 7-Eleven, Inc., et al. answering a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit concerning the application of the Massachusetts independent contractor law (“ICL”) to franchise relationships. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 6:35 am by Legal Profession Prof
A six-month suspension has been imposed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for assisting the unauthorized practice of a suspended attorney. [read post]
24 Mar 2022, 8:53 pm by Richard Reibstein Esq.
Analysis and Takeaways The decision by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts essentially rejected the franchise industry’s effort to procure a judicial exemption from laws barring independent contractor misclassification. [read post]
23 Mar 2022, 6:55 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court imposed sanctions on a probate court judge for findings of groping a court employee at a judicial conference and false testimony about the incident we suspend the respondent without pay for a reasonable time or... [read post]
22 Mar 2022, 6:30 am by jonathanturley
She told the Senate that she is “bound by the methods of constitutional interpretation that the Supreme Court has adopted, and I have a duty not to opine on the Supreme Court’s chosen methodology or suggest that I would undertake to interpret the text of the Constitution in any manner other than as the Supreme Court has directed. [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”In a judicial sleight of hand, the Supreme Court said that the law’s opponents could use one line of attack. [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 11:59 am by Legal Profession Prof
An attorney's resignation has been accepted by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The respondent submitted an Affidavit of Resignation to the Board of Bar Overseers, see S.J.C. [read post]
12 Mar 2022, 9:26 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
This week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts heard oral arguments concerning whether capacitated, terminally ill patients have a constitutional right to medical aid in dying. [read post]
11 Mar 2022, 5:07 pm by Howard Bashman
” Heather Bellow of The Berkshire Eagle of Pittsfield, Massachusetts reports that “Great Barrington native Rick Lawrence nominated to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court; If confirmed, Lawrence will be the first Black justice on the Supreme Judicial Court. [read post]
10 Mar 2022, 8:33 am by Howard Bashman
” You can view the video of yesterday’s Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court oral argument online via this link. [read post]
5 Mar 2022, 12:59 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
Next week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts hears arguments on whether terminally ill patients have a right to medical aid in dying. [read post]
2 Mar 2022, 11:32 am by John Elwood
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that DeWeese-Boyd was not covered by the “ministerial exception” because her duties as an associate professor of social work differ significantly from cases where courts have applied the ministerial exception, as she did not teach religion or religious texts, lead her students in prayer, take students to chapel services or other religious services, deliver sermons at chapel services, or select… [read post]
28 Feb 2022, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar
Supreme Court for an emergency stay to put on hold the redistricting plan for the state that the North Carolina courts (including the state supreme court) had ordered and crafted over the last month. [read post]
28 Feb 2022, 1:44 pm by James M. Nicholas
  A recent decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the “SJC”) however, has shifted that paradigm and given employees a basis, albeit limited, to bring an action related to certain statutory violations. [read post]