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Accommodating the ADA

By: David Frank
Published: January 4, 2012

Tags: ADA, attorney fees, Massachusetts

Depending on which side of the aisle a lawyer practices, plaintiffs like John Marshall are seen as either heroic civil rights advocates or crafty manipulators of the legal system.

Former student files harassment suit

Published: December 19, 2011

Tags: harassment, high school, Massachusetts

A former Stoughton, Mass. High School student has sued the town and school officials, including the former principal, alleging they did nothing to stop the harassment she endured after sending nude photos to a classmate.

City and officer settle backlash suit

Published: December 12, 2011

Tags: backlash, Massachusetts, politics

The City of Boston will promote a police lieutenant and pay him $45,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that accused Mayor Thomas M. Menino of exacting political payback against him because he had criticized the administration and endorsed Menino’s opponent during the 2009 mayoral race.

Mass. AG files suit against five banks, MERS over robo-signing

Published: December 2, 2011

Tags: bank, Bank of America, Citi, foreclosures, GMAC, JP Morgan Chase, Massachusetts, unfair and deceptive trade practices, Wells Fargo

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha M. Coakley is suing five national banks and the Mortgage Electronic Registration System for allegedly pursuing illegal foreclosures on properties in Massachusetts as well as deceptive loan servicing.

Mass. legislature passes transgender bill

By: Matt Yas
Published: November 23, 2011

Tags: Massachusetts, transgender, workplace discrimination

The Massachusetts Senate approved legislation last week adding transgender persons to the state’s anti-discrimination laws, one day after the House passed the bill over the vocal objections of several Republican freshmen.

Jury awards $20 million verdict over inflatable pool slide

Published: October 17, 2011

Tags: defective products, Massachusetts, safety standards, wrongful death

A Massachusetts jury has ordered Toys ‘R Us to pay more than $20 million to the family of a woman who was killed when an inflatable pool slide partially collapsed at a 2006 party.

City and two women settle discrimination case dating to 1990s

Published: October 14, 2011

Tags: Massachusetts, racial discrimination

The city of Cambridge, Ma. and two women have announced they have settled a workplace- discrimination case that began in the late 1990s, a long-running battle that already has cost the city millions of dollars in a related case.

Diverted tips case settled for $7 million

Published: October 12, 2011

Tags: class action, Massachusetts, tips

Current and former employees of a posh Berkshires, Ma. resort last week reached a combined $7 million settlement to end a class-action lawsuit accusing management of illegally withholding tips due workers.

City settles suit alleging police brutality

Published: September 7, 2011

Tags: civil rights, false arrest, Massachusetts, police brutality

The city of Worcester, Mass. has settled a federal lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged that two city police officers beat and falsely arrested her.