Criminal – Kidnapping – Protective order
BOSTON, MA - Where a defendant was convicted of kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1201(a)(1) and committing an interstate violation of a protective order in violation of ...More

Retirement – Unused compensatory time – Wage Act
BOSTON, MA - Where two plaintiffs who retired from the Boston fire department filed a complaint for breach of contract and violation of the Wage Act, a grant of summary judgment ...More

Fees for contempt not subject to charitable cap
BOSTON, MA - The Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a fee award of $134,566.43 in a civil contempt proceeding against a charitable organization and three of its unpaid volunteers, ...More

Attorneys – Fiduciary duty – Visa revocation
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff has alleged that a defendant law firm and one its codefendant partners convinced USCIS to revoke the plaintiff’s visa and then helped provide ...More

Contract – Covenant not to sue
BOSTON, MA - Where a defendant has filed a motion to dismiss, that motion should be allowed based on a covenant not to sue. “Capital Artists, LLC, (‘Capital’) is a minority ...More

Search and seizure – Arrest
BOSTON, MA - Where a defendant has moved to suppress, that motion should be allowed because he was arrested without probable cause and his invocation of his right to counsel ...More

Criminal – Neuropathology report – ‘Brady’ violation
BOSTON, MA - Where a jury convicted a defendant of first-degree murder, he should be granted a new trial because the prosecution’s failure to turn over a neuropathology report ...More