Insurance – Agent – Procurement of coverage
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff alleged a failure to procure adequate liability insurance for his assets, a U.S. District Court judge’s decision to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims ...More

Criminal – Civil rights – Training video
BOSTON, MA - Where the defendant, a correctional officer at the Federal Medical Center Devens who participated in a “forced cell move,” has challenged his criminal conviction ...More

Appeals – Finality – Voluntary dismissal
BOSTON, MA - Where a defendant's counterclaim for damages was dismissed voluntarily and without prejudice, appellate jurisdiction is lacking because the judgment appealed from ...More

Civil rights – ‘Sober home’
BOSTON, MA - Where (1) police officers entered a “sober home” on three occasions to respond to reports of overdoses or to execute arrest warrants and (2) former residents and ...More

Immigration – Persecution – Brazil
BOSTON, MA - Where the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed an immigration judge’s denial of applications for asylum and withholding of removal, the applicants’ petitions for ...More

Civil practice – Contempt – Seizure warrant
BOSTON, MA - Where a defendant was held in civil contempt for failing to comply with a seizure warrant, the contempt order should not be vacated despite the defendant’s contention ...More

Immigration – Withholding of removal – PSG
BOSTON, MA - Where a petitioner’s application for withholding of removal was denied, that decision should be upheld because the “immediate family of police officers who have ...More