The governor of Massachusetts heads the executive branch; duties of the governor include signing or vetoing legislation, filling judicial and agency appointments, granting pardons, preparing an annual budget, and commanding the Massachusetts National Guard.[217] Massachusetts governors, unlike those of ...
But the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in 2007 that clerks’ hearings are more like grand jury proceedings, which have been closed to the public since Colonial days. Grand juries meet privately and decide whether there is enough evidence to indict a defendant. Similarly, the court note...
That appeal could wind up before the entire Appeals Court or the Supreme Judicial Court. It is unclear at this point, and the timeline is unpredictable. More Confusion There is also a question as to the applicability of this ruling outside the parties in the case. The ruling was made in...
In a case which has received national attention and a People Magazine article, the Supreme Judicial Court has overturned a jury’s award of $5 Million to a family whose home overlooking the 15th hole at the Indian Pond Country Club in Kingston was pelted by hundreds of errant golf balls. ...
That appeal could wind up before the entire Appeals Court or the Supreme Judicial Court. It is unclear at this point, and the timeline is unpredictable. More Confusion There is also a question as to the applicability of this ruling outside the parties in the case. The ruling was made in...
On February 12, 2016, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that, in third-party settlements, workers’ compensation liens will not cover damages for injured employees’ pain and suffering. The compensation for these “noneconomic damages,”which had previously been awarded to workers’ compe...
Joe’s contribution to union-side labor law is legendary. Joe was the editor of the “Judicial Guide to Labor and Employment Law.” He served the Massachusetts bar as a Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Labor & Employment Law Section. He was the first lawyer in our firm toreceive the Labor ...
CIVIL ACTION commenced in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk on October 18, 2012. The case was reported by Lenk, J. Michelle Menken for the defendant. Cailin M. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth. ...
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Finds DOC Violated RLUIPA, Prior Settlement Agreement, Former Wisconsin Corrections Secretary Fired, Study of Incarceration from 1999 to 2014 Shows Modest Decline in Prison Populations, California Federal Court Rules Early Release Program Cannot be Restricted to Women, ...
DeAngelis says this goes back to a Supreme Judicial Court ruling of a 2014 case, "Commonwealth vs Michael Bernard." Bernard argued his plate was still visible even with the tint. The court agreed. Car with a tinted license plate cover in Massachusetts.CBS Boston ...