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16 Jul 2021, 12:00 am by Jim Sedor
Supreme Court decision that will make it more difficult to challenge a spate of new state-level voting restrictions. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 7:07 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the ability of an Israeli law firm to enforce a judgment secured in Israel for unpaid legal fees After the defendant, Amy Diamond, failed to pay the plaintiff, the Israeli law firm Cassouto-Noff &... [read post]
4 Jul 2021, 8:00 am by Randy E. Barnett
The Declaration had to be explained away–quite unconvincingly–by the Supreme Court in Dred Scott. [read post]
1 Jul 2021, 3:58 am by Patrick J. Murphy, Esq.
The defendant was convicted of the charges and ultimately appealed the evidentiary rulings and his conviction to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [read post]
29 Jun 2021, 2:40 pm by Rachel Casper
A listing of DEI resources for the Massachusetts legal profession has been published by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being. [read post]
On appeal, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed that the vendors had a statutory right to apportion sales tax because the software in question was transferred for use in multiple jurisdictions. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 12:40 pm by Haley Macray
In 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled employers cannot fire employees with medical marijuana prescriptions simply for using the drug. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by JB
But he does not include much in the way of legal views about the new Amendments by members of Congress, by members of the newly created Justice Department in the Grant Administration, or even by members of the Supreme Court sitting on circuit, who offered some of the earliest judicial constructions of the Reconstruction Amendments. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 10:23 am by Howard Bashman
“SJC upholds dismissal of Somerville mayor’s lawsuit against Barstool Sports”: Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued today. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 7:20 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed the dismissal of a civil complaint filed by the Mayor of Somerville against defendants who had recorded a conversation with his permission but by impersonating a friend We summarize the factual allegations set... [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 5:26 am by Bob Ambrogi
Alexander, who is executive director of the committee that issued the statement, the Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [read post]
10 Jun 2021, 12:02 pm by Rachel Casper
With powerful recommendations for employers to support flexibility post-pandemic recently released by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being, we’re sharing an overview of what law firms need to consider as we balance remote and in-person work post-pandemic. [read post]
4 Jun 2021, 12:42 pm by Bob Ambrogi
The statement, Recommendations for Legal Workplaces Post-Pandemic, was issued by the Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being, which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court established in January 2020 to examine issues affecting lawyer well-being, make recommendations for proposals that will improve lawyer well-being, and monitor progress. [read post]
3 Jun 2021, 2:02 pm by Ana Muñoz
    On Tuesday, the Supreme Judicial Court held that no one can reasonably expect a sent text message to remain private – at least for the purposes of Article 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights (the Commonwealth’s equivalent of the federal Fourth Amendment). [read post]
1 Jun 2021, 10:14 am by Daniel Miller
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently affirmed a trial court’s judgment dismissing a relator’s claims alleging that the defendants, certain financial institutions, collectively engaged in and conspired to engage in fraud, holding that the suit was subject to the public disclosure bar of the Massachusetts False Claims Act. [read post]
31 May 2021, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Public Health, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court as Critical Social Movement Ally. (54 Loyola Los Angeles Law Review(2021)).From SmartCILP:Marc Spindelman, Masterpiece Cakeshop's Homiletics, 68 Cleveland State Law Review 347-420 (2020). [read post]
30 May 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  Antislavery whites stressed the way South Carolina deprived white Massachusetts lawyer Samuel Hoar of the right to challenge the laws in court. [read post]
27 May 2021, 4:18 pm by John C. Manoog III
Decision of the Court The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts reversed the intermediate tribunal court’s decision and affirmed the trial court’s order granting the defendant’s motion for a mistrial following the first trial. [read post]
27 May 2021, 9:44 am by Patrick J. Murphy, Esq.
The Supreme Judicial Court recently reversed a defendant’s Massachusetts assault and battery conviction, finding that the trial court made a prejudicial error in excluding the defendant’s expert witness. [read post]