Search and seizure – Bodycam recordings – Wiretap statute
BOSTON, MA - Where a defendant who was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint moved to suppress the State Police’s body-worn camera recordings, a District Court judge’s decision to ...More

Immigration – Persecution – Kenya
BOSTON, MA - Where the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed an order denying a petitioner’s application for asylum, humanitarian asylum and withholding of removal, a remand ...More

Judge orders third murder trial over Brady violation
BOSTON, MA - In brief Superior Court judge granted a new trial after finding a Brady violation involving undisclosed neuropathology evidence. Newly discovered medical ...More

Expert’s flat fee for deposition disallowed
BOSTON, MA - A plaintiff’s request for approval of his expert witness’s $4,500 flat fee for attending a deposition should be denied as “an excessive ransom,” a federal magistrate ...More

Negligence – Slip and fall – Parking lot
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff injured her ankle after tripping in a pothole in the parking lot outside her workplace at a department store, a motion for summary judgment filed ...More

Appeals Court panel OKs ‘accidental’ audio recording in $359K assault case
BOSTON, MA - In brief Appeals Court ruled an accidental audio recording did not violate the state's Wiretap Act because it was not made willfully. The recording captured ...More

Scarinci Hollenbeck adds 7 attorneys from Weiner Law Group
- The basics: Scarinci Hollenbeck hires 7 attorneys from Weiner Law Group Move bolsters public law and litigation practices New partner Mark Tabakin brings ...More