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Top Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly News

Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools

US Supreme Court · United States

Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools

40% Center coverage: 365 sources

Supreme Court upholds Texas' age verification law for porn sites

US Supreme Court · United States

Supreme Court upholds Texas' age verification law for porn sites

53% Center coverage: 323 sources

Supreme Court Rejects Montana's Bid to Revive Parental Consent Law for Minors' Abortions

US Supreme Court · Montana

Supreme Court Rejects Montana's Bid to Revive Parental Consent Law for Minors' Abortions

55% Center coverage: 49 sources

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Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn’t be executed

Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn’t be executed

Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn’t be executed

Medical Aid in Dying Bill Moving Through Legislature

50% Right coverage: 6 sources

BOSTON (WWLP) - A bill that would legalize assisted suicide in Massachusetts made it passed the first step in the legislative process this week--faster than it did last session. Sports betting report shows diversity problem Legalized assisted suicide, known by some as the "medical aid in dying," would allow adults deemed mentally capable with a prognosis of under six months to live to request and receive a prescription medication that woul…Health Care See the Story

DOJ Dismantles DPRK-Linked Crypto Theft Scheme

Coverage: 2 sources

DPRK-linked perpetrators landed in remote IT jobs using fake and stolen identities, to steal and launder over $900,000 in crypto.Department of Justice · North Korea See the Story

Parent and child – Hague Convention – ‘Now settled’ defense

Where a petitioner whose minor son was brought to the United States initiated proceedings to return the child to Brazil under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, a ruling in favor of the petitioner must be vacated because the lower court erred in concluding that the child is not settled in the United States.Brazil · Brazil See the Story

Fraud – False Claims Act – Causation

Where a qui tam complaint under the False Claims Act alleging a fraudulent kickback scheme was dismissed for failing to meet the heightened pleading standard under Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, that decision should be affirmed because the complaint fails to adequately plead that the alleged Anti-Kickback Statute violations were the but-for cause of submitted claims or that the defendant falsely certified that it complied wit…Massachusetts · Massachusetts See the Story

SCOTUS wrap-up: terror victims can sue PLO in federal court

U.S. Supreme Court rules federal courts can exercise personal jurisdiction over the Palestine Authority and PLO in suits for civil damages brought by terror victims.Palestine · Palestine See the Story

Reimbursement not barred in ‘run-off’ scenario

The reimbursement exceptions in the Massachusetts workers’ compensation statute (G.L.c. 152, §§37 and 65) do not preclude an insurer in “run-off” from receiving second-injury reimbursements from the workers' compensation trust fund, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.Boston, Massachusetts · Boston Read Article

Governor nominates pair for District Court judgeships

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

BOSTON (SHNS) - Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday tapped a Juvenile Court judge and a criminal defense lawyer for positions on the District Court bench. Healey nominated Judge Joanna Rodriguez and attorney Lisa Core to be justices in the District Court, calling them "highly-qualified nominees" whose "decades of experience in our courts will be incredibly valuable." Rodriguez since 2020 has served as an associate justice in the Juvenile Court, where…Massachusetts · Massachusetts See the Story

Attorney in Portland Nominated to Federal Appeals Court in Boston

100% Center coverage: 4 sources

Donald Trump has nominated Joshua Dunlap to serve on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.Donald Trump · United States See the Story

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