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• 1st Circuit rejects age bias claim of terminated Trader Joe’s worker December 3, 2024
  A 77-year-old Trader Joe’s employee who was fired after purchasing beer for her 19-year-old grandson from the store where they worked could not sue the grocery chain for age discrimination, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined.
• Cannabis industry watching 1st Circuit case with interest December 3, 2024
  The eyes of the cannabis industry in Massachusetts and beyond will be on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 5 as a group of businesses tries to revive a case premised on the belief that it is long past time for the federal government to exit the realm of regulating cannabis as […]
• CJC files misconduct charges against Judge Shelley Joseph December 3, 2024
  The Commission on Judicial Conduct on Dec. 2 formally charged District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph with multiple counts of judicial misconduct stemming from the same events that once had her facing federal criminal charges.
• December 2024 Judicial Assignments December 2, 2024
  Schedules of December judicial assignments in the Massachusetts Superior, District, Boston Municipal and Juvenile courts.
• Firing during high-risk pregnancy not discriminatory December 2, 2024
  A judgment in favor of a defendant employer has been upheld on appeal despite the plaintiff employee’s argument that her termination during a high-risk pregnancy was enough to establish the […]
• State rep nominated for District Court judgeship December 2, 2024
  Rep. Jerald A. Parisella, a Beverly Democrat, has been nominated by Gov. Maura T. Healey for a District Court judgeship.
• Casino can’t be sued for gambler’s off-site holdup December 1, 2024
  A Rhode Island casino had no duty to prevent the robbery of a gambler who claimed criminals followed him from the premises before accosting him at a service station where he stopped on his way home, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled.
• Lawsuits take aim at woeful response rate of State Police to records requests November 30, 2024
  The Massachusetts State Police may have been hoping it would be a case of “no harm, no foul.” According to a public defender, the State Police failed to search diligently for internal affairs records related to a trooper who had been set to serve as a key prosecution witness in a Quincy District Court criminal […]
• Boston partner savors Guns N’ Roses cover gig November 30, 2024
  Though Boston attorney Matthew A. Kane has been playing the drums since fifth grade, he can point to his biggest onstage thrill without missing a beat: his 2018 gig at The Sinclair in Harvard Square with the Guns N’ Roses cover band Mr. Brownstone.
• Knee-replacement patient sues doctor, manufacturer over device November 30, 2024
  The plaintiff suffered serious leg injuries from the use of a medical device that her treating surgeon prescribed for her to use post-total knee replacement surgery.