Civil rights – Involuntary hospital admission
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff has brought suit over his involuntary hospital admission, the defendants should be awarded summary judgment on Counts I (42 U.S.C. §1983) and ...More

When is a PIP an adverse employment action?
BOSTON, MA - A performance improvement plan — also referred to as a “PIP” — is a human resources tool commonly used by employers. As illustrated by the recent decision in Walsh ...More

Immigration – Delay – T visas
BOSTON, MA - Where four plaintiffs have brought suit against the federal government for failure to adjudicate their applications for T visas, a motion to dismiss Counts I and ...More

Elections – Citizenship verification
BOSTON, MA - Where 23 states and the District of Columbia have challenged Sections 2, 3 and 5 of Executive Order 14399 (“Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal ...More

Penalties and interest not an unconstitutional ‘fine,’ SJC rules
BOSTON, MA - The Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the combined interest and penalties levied against an estate that filed and paid its estate taxes nearly seven years late. “The ...More

Jury consulting booms in the Carolinas
COLUMBIA, SC - [box type="shadow"] Summary: There is an increased demand for trial consultants One firm operates six mock courtrooms statewide Consultants credited ...More

SCOTUS News: 4th Amendment extended to cellphone location data
COLUMBIA, SC - [box type="shadow" align="alignleft"] AT A GLANCE · The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that police conduct a Fourth Amendment search when obtaining cellphone ...More