Headlines - July 11, 2026
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BIA used wrong standard to reverse CAT protection
RALEIGH, NC - [box type="shadow"]
Summary:
4th Circuit vacated BIA decision on CAT protection
BIA improperly reweighed evidence and discounted credible testimony
Immigration ...More
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Appeals Court orders new trial over diary as ‘first complaint’ evidence
BOSTON, MA - In brief
The Appeals Court vacated a father's rape convictions and ordered a new trial after finding a private diary was improperly admitted as first complaint ...More
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Digital forensic analysis of cellphones allowed by SJC
BOSTON, MA - The Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed a Superior Court judge’s decision to allow a murder defendant’s request under G.L.c. 278A for digital forensic analysis ...More
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Civil rights – Church-autonomy doctrine – Medication policy
BOSTON, MA - Where two plaintiffs have alleged that the defendant maintains a policy at its “Adult Rehabilitation Centers” (ARCs) that prevents individuals with opioid-use disorder ...More
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Education – Expulsion – Duty of basic fairness
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff has challenged the defendant university’s decision to expel him, the plaintiff’s breach of contract claim based on the university’s student handbook ...More
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Domestic relations – Alimony – Contempt
BOSTON, MA - Where a Probate & Family Court judge declined to hold a husband in contempt of a divorce judgment, the judge did not abuse her discretion, but a remand should ...More
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Evidence – Digital forensic analysis – Cellphones
BOSTON, MA - Where a defendant requested digital forensic analysis of a codefendant's cellphones, a Superior Court judge’s decision to allow that motion should be affirmed because ...More
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