Recent Articles from Mass. Lawyers Weekly staff and Reuters
Contract – Termination – Injunction
Where the plaintiff developer of a wind power generation project has moved for a preliminary injunction to prevent the defendant from terminating a turbine supply agreement, that motion should be allowed because the plaintiff has demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits and has demonstrated that it would be irreparably harmed if the injunction does not issue.
SJC: Instagram not protected by Communications Decency Act
The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the Communications Decency Act does not shield Meta's Instagram from claims alleging addiction of children.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity







