Casper, Denise J.

Opinions Summarized in Lawyers Weekly

• Education – Sexual harassment – Strict liability
• Administrative – Outer continental shelf – Offshore wind leasing
• Elections – Preemption
• Criminal – Witness tampering
• Judge denies dismissal bid in Sandra Birchmore case
• Labor – Injunction
• Arbitration – Military Lending Act – Cash advances
• Commercial – Intra-enterprise doctrine – Chapter 93A
• Criminal – Venue
• Employment – Overtime – FLSA
• Ex-Stoughton cop loses bid to move federal trial to Rhode Island
• Arbitration – Clickwrap agreement – Terms and conditions
• Consumer protection – Travel services – Pandemic
• Employment – FLSA – Collective certification
• Immigration – SEVIS record – F-1 visa
• Jurisdiction – Cease-and-desist letter
• Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules
• Civil practice – Statute of limitations – Chapter 93A
• Jurisdiction – Out-of-state supervisor
• Arbitration – Limitations – Equitable tolling
• Arbitration – Clickwrap agreement
• Constitutional – Handguns
• Employment – Wage Act – Commission
• Social services – Disability
• Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Waiver
• Employment – Accommodation – Interactive process
• Social services – Disability
• Civil practice – Rule 11 – Dismissal
• Labor – Preemption – LMRA
• Jurisdiction – Wages – Long-arm statute
• Contract – Noncompete
• Civil practice – Limitations – ‘Relation-back’ doctrine
• Habeas corpus – Effectiveness of counsel – Cellphone
• Habeas corpus – Transfer
• Judge moves legal case of international student at Tufts University to Vermont
• Banks and banking – EFTA – Chapter 93A
• Labor – LMRA preemption
• Social services – Disability
• Jurisdiction – Transfer
• Consumer protection – Right-to-repair law – Preemption
• New Bedford baseball player challenges NCAA’s eligibility rules
• Education – NCAA – Eligibility waiver
• Judge dismisses final ‘right-to-repair’ law challenges
• Consumer protection – FCRA – Standing
• Patent and trademark – Invalidity – Priority date
• Karen Read protestors fail to invalidate witness intimidation statute
• Employment – Retaliation – First Amendment
• Insurance – Chapter 176D – Subcontractors
• Mortgages – Default notice – Mootness
• Employment – Race – Hostile work environment
• Negligence – Indiana law – Data breach
• Employment – Trade secrets
• Education – Disability – Migraines
• Civil rights – Overdose – Deliberate indifference
• Civil rights – Overturned conviction – Deliberate indifference
• Legal-mal action vs. patent firm time-barred
• Attorneys – Malpractice – Limitations
• Products liability – Surgical stapler
• Retirement – Equitable estoppel – Surcharge
• Consumer protection – TCPA – Text messages
• Habeas corpus – Murder
• Contract – German law
• Insurance – Preemption – Wrongful death
• Criminal – Detention – Conditions of release
• Labor – Overtime – Executive and administrative exemptions
• Employment – Vaccination – Disability
• Labor – Fair representation
• Employment – Exhaustion – Equitable tolling
• Securities – NFTs – Investment contracts
• Securities – Fraud – Scienter
• Criminal – Conspiracy
• Social services – LTD benefits
• Patent and trademark – Claim construction
• Consumer protection – Class certification
• Insurance – Duty to defend – Heating oil
• Contract – Chapter 93A – Unwritten agreement
• Criminal – Limitations – Passport
• Jurisdiction – App – Data collection
• Negligence – Third-party complaint – Expert evidence
• Criminal – Speedy trial
• Judge orders return of $1 million in ‘Varsity Blues’ case
• Forfeiture – Due process – Constructive trust
• Social services – Disability – Fibromyalgia
• Social services – ‘Mandate’ rule – RFC
• Fraud – False Claims Act
• Insurance – Chapter 176D – Limitations
• Insurance – Labor depreciation – ACV
• Insurance – Standing – Labor depreciation
• Social services – Disability – Cane
• Corporate – Alter ego – Veil
• Immigration – Waiver application – Delay
• Med-mal plaintiffs fend off Medicare lien
• Employment – Commissions – Wage Act
• Immigration – Waiver applications – Delay
• Damages – Lien – Medicare
• Contract – Billboard
• Search and seizure – Nexus – Good faith
• Maritime – Asbestos – Causation
• Social services – Disability – Mental RFC
• Criminal – Custodial interrogation – Miranda waiver
• Employment – Due process – Hearing
• Employment – Retaliation – First Amendment
• Prisons – Retaliation – Deliberate indifference
• Mortgages – Discharge – Cancellation
• Civil rights – Opioid intoxication – Deliberate indifference
• Maritime – Maintenance and cure – Maximum medical recovery
• Car seat suit not barred by NHTSA’s primary jurisdiction
• Securities – Investment Advisers Act – FIAs
• Contract – Employment – Training cost repayment provision
• Employment – Vaccination – Hardship
• Mortgages – Notice – Defect
• Constitutional – First Amendment – Protest
• Insurance – Health benefits – Screenshots
• Criminal – Felon in possession – Second Amendment
• Jilted homebuyers get specific performance plus damages
• Contract – Offer to purchase – Damages
• Employment – First Amendment retaliation – TikTok
• Insurance – Class action – High-biodiesel fuel
• Insurance – Forgery – Cashier’s check
• Defrauded Boston law firm loses insurance suit
• Jurisdiction – Principal-agent relationship – Attorney
• Contract – Chapter 93A – Master services agreement
• Jurisdiction – Purposeful availment – Transaction of business
• Contract – Exhaustion requirement – Contract Disputes Act
• Civil rights – Arrest – Probable cause
• Search and seizure – Traffic stop – Collective knowledge
• Search and seizure – Standing – Priority mail package
• Search and seizure – Nexus – Drug dealing
• Freedom of information – Solitary confinement – Immigration detention centers
• Civil practice – First-to-file doctrine – Stay
• Employment – Trade secret – Internal compilation of labor rates
• Insurance – Long-term disability benefits – ERISA
• Insurance – Standing – Medicare Secondary Payer Act
• Debt collectors must pay $28K for seizing cars of dad, son
• FTCA med-mal claim capped at $100K
• Consumer protection – FDCPA – Chapter 93A
• Employment – Retaliation – FCA
• Damages – Charitable cap – FTCA
• Arbitration – Non-signatory – Standing
• Mortgages – Pre-foreclosure notice
• Contract – Chapter 93A – Choice of law
• Patent and trademark – Claim construction – ‘Alkyl’ and ‘heteroaryl’
• Municipal – Retaliation – Title VII
• Insurance – Reinstatement – Insurability
• Employment – Minimum wage – Kickback
• Freedom of information – Declassification standing order
• Employment – Individual liability – FMLA
• Patent and trademark – Claim construction – ‘Alkyl’
• Education – No-trespass order – First Amendment
• Immigration – Document requests – FOIA
• Copyright – Software – Probative similarity
• Commercial – Trade secrets
• Insurance – Actual cash value – Chapter 93A
• Civil rights – Arrest – Traffic stop
• Judge green lights ERISA suit alleging excessive fees
• Retirement – Fiduciary duty – Prudence
• Criminal – Foreign Commerce Clause – Sex trafficking
• Consumer protection – Refunds – Pandemic
• Education – No-trespass order – First Amendment
• Mortgages – Equitable subrogation
• Civil practice – SLAPP – Involuntary hospitalization
• Insurance – Auto policy – Inherent diminution in value
• Civil practice – Home sale – Preliminary injunction
• Medical device products claim survives dismissal
• Products liability – Surgical stapler
• Arbitration – Claim preclusion
• Temporary worker’s tort suit covered by CGL policy
• Insurance – Temporary worker – Personal injury
• Consumer protection – FDCPA – Bona fide error defense
• Education – COVID-19 testing – Mootness
• Social services – Disability
• Tort – Defamation – Website
• Constable qualifies as ‘debt collector’ under FDCPA
• Consumer protection – FDCPA – Standing
• Patent and trademark – Secondary meaning – ‘Boston Sports Medicine’
• Buyers can enforce offer to purchase vacation home
• Employment – Overtime – Class certification
• Contract – Offer to purchase – Real property
• Aesthetician can sue ex-employer for tortious interference, 93A
• Employment – Noncompete agreement – Confidential information
• Banks and banking – CDs – Abandoned property
• Employment – Overtime – Class certification
• Arbitration – Employment application – Electronic signature
• Employment – Wage Act – Withheld taxes
• Employment – ADA – Business necessity
• Consumer protection – Pandemic – Travel services
• Consumer protection – TCPA – ATDS
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Vessel owners
• Patent and trademark – Direct infringement – Platelet-rich plasma composition
• Employment – Accommodation – Transfer
• Environmental – Endangered Species Act – Massport
• Mortgages – TILA – Rescission
• Employment – Discrimination – Age
• Child car seat class action dismissed
• Municipal – Noise ordinance – Restaurants
• Attorneys – Fiduciary duty – Aiding and abetting
• Administrative – APA – Immigration records
• Consumer protection – Standing – Children’s car seat
• Education – Civics – Rhode Island public schools
• Criminal – Sentence – Felon in possession
• Commercial – FDCPA – Repossession
• Negligence – Construction site – Duty of care
• CGL carrier need not defend co-insured in negligence case
• Negligence – Plumber – Installation of pot filler
• Employment – Contract – Damages
• Consumer protection – Travel packages – 940 C.M.R. section15.06
• Insurance – Auto exclusion – Separation of insureds provision
• Consumer protection – Preemption – Deregulation Act
• Insurance – Pandemic – Virus exclusion
• Employment – Choice of law – New Hampshire
• Education – Vaccination – UMass
• Federal suit over UMass vaccination requirement dismissed
• Commercial – Fiduciary duty – Limitations
• Retirement – Prudence – Loyalty – Duty to monitor
• Insurance – Duty to defend – New Hampshire law
• Employment – Discrimination – Age
• Labor – Overtime – Minimum wage
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Medical device
• Criminal – Conspiracy – Fraud
• Consumer protection – Travel services – Chapter 93A
• Fraud – Vodka – Purchase orders
• Mortgages – FIRREA – Jurisdiction
• Employment – Wrongful termination – Public policy
• Municipal – RLUIPA – Building permit
• Patent and trademark – Eligibility – Abstract idea
• Contract – Data distribution – Third parties
• Education – College – Discipline – Sexual assault
• Mortgages – Discharge – Mistake
• Employment – Sexual harassment – Retaliation
• Securities – Fraud – Robot vacuum cleaners
• Contract – Tortious interference – Noncompete
• Habeas corpus – Ineffective assistance – Plea offer
• Immigration – Persecution – Family membership
• Insurance – Premium increases – Homeowner coverage
• Contract – Indemnification – Piledriver
• Employment – NDA – Trade secrets
• Arbitration – Employment – MCAD
• Search and seizure – Border search – Airport
• Retirement – Overpayment – Fiduciary duty
• Commercial – Trade secrets – Preemption
• Search and seizure – Fanny pack – Abandonment
• Securities – Fraud – Scienter
• Employment – Harassment – Sexual orientation
• Jurisdiction – Removal – Arbitration
• Constitutional – Standing – Equal Rights Amendment
• Mass. suit seeking ERA ratification dismissed
• Civil practice – Mootness – Pandemic
• Insurance – Duty to defend – Employee injury exclusion
• Jurisdiction – Amount in controversy – Wage Act – Fees
• Employment – Noncompete – Abandonment
• Education – IDEA – FAPE
• Zoning – Wireless facility – Telecommunications Act
• Education – College student – Sexual misconduct
• Insurance – Premiums – Workers’ compensation coverage
• Education – Title IX – Deliberate indifference
• Labor – Fair representation – Grievance
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Out-of-state loading dock
• Employment – Confidentiality – Noncompete
• Consumer protection – Auto lease – Engine replacement
• Judge: ERISA policy doesn’t cover autoerotic asphyxiation
• Insurance – Autoerotic asphyxiation
• Employment – Leave – Medical and psychological examinations
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Patent infringement
• Habeas corpus – Murder – Effectiveness of counsel
• Mortgages – Discharge – Limitations
• Criminal – Release order – Conditions
• Judge: expert opinion on cause of trip and fall ‘unreliable’
• Negligence – Slip and fall – Stairs – Supermarket
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Vodka maker
• Banks and banking – Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Contract – Disclaimer – Vacation
• Social services – Disability – RFC
• Arbitration – Res judicata
• Landlord and tenant – Fair Housing Act – National origin
• Civil rights – Police – Repossession
• Employment – Wage Act – Comp time – Travel expenses
• Securities – Selective enforcement
• Employment – Separation agreement – Waiver
• Constitutional – Flag – City property
• Administrative – Coast Guard regulation – Tugboat escort rule
• Employment – Abuse of process – FCA – Retaliation
• Mortgages – Prior pending action doctrine – Stay
• Mortgages – Standing – Assignment
• Jurisdiction – Removal – Class action – Amount in controversy
• Negligence – Jones Act – Maintenance and cure
• Zoning – Retaliation – First Amendment
• Corporate – Fraudulent inducement – Funding
• Search and seizure – Border searches – Digital devices
• Individualized suspicion needed for electronic device searches at border
• Federal judge slaps State Police with $1M fee award in race-bias case
• Negligence – Federal Employer’s Liability Act
• Contract – Non-competition and non-solicitation provisions
• Environmental – Civil penalties – CWA – CAA
• Securities – Fraud on the market theory
• Municipal – Due process – Grinder pump
• Consumer protection – Chapter 93A – Geographical requirement
• Insurance – Health – Residential mental health treatment
• Corporate – Successor liability – De facto merger
• Contract – Joint venture – Abuse of process
• Criminal – Release – Bail
• Social services – Disability – Financial eligibility
• Antitrust – Wholesale electric rates
• Employment – Trade secrets – Indispensable party
• Employment – Restrictive covenants – Spinal products
• Employment – Hostile work environment
• Jurisdiction – Personal jurisdiction – Website – Corporate subsidiaries
• Mortgages – Power of attorney – Face-to-face meeting
• Jurisdiction – Transfer – Sales representative
• Jurisdiction – Personal
• Mortgages – Equitable subrogation
• Civil practice – Free speech – Christian flag
• Class certification granted after European river cruise gone awry
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Resort
• Contract – Loan – Preliminary injunction
• Arbitration – FINRA
• Landlord and tenant – Discrimination – National origin – Class action
• Consumer protection – River cruise – Refund
• Foreign manufacturer misclassifies Mass. sales rep as contractor
• Contract – Sales commissions
• Judge denies bid to certify ‘fail-safe’ class
• Insurance – G.L.c. 93A – Commercial policyholder
• Arbitration – Employees – Overtime
• Habeas corpus – Standard of review – Burden of proof
• Criminal – ‘Miranda’ warning – Insider trading
• Habeas corpus – Suppression of evidence – Juror misconduct
• Employment – Retaliation – False Claims Act – Kickbacks
• Employment – At will – Covenant of good faith and fair dealing
• Administrative – Social Security
• Employment – Wrongful termination – Family Medical Leave Act
• Environmental – Clean Air Act – Clean Water Act – Summary judgment
• Employment – Airport – Ticket reader
• Insurance – Duty to defend – ‘Expected or intended’ injury
• ‘Intentional injury’ exclusion may not bar coverage of negligence claim
• Civil rights – Arrest – Picketing
• Prisons – Methadone
• Contract – Estimated fees – Quasi contract
• Judge: jail must provide methadone to inmate
• Civil practice – Summary judgment – Assignment
• Education – Deprivation of constitutional rights – Residency policy
• Fraud – RICO
• Employment – Disability discrimination – Rehabilitation Act
• Criminal – Mandatory minimum sentence – ACCA
• Contract – Negligence – Civil practice
• Contract – Trade secrets – Injunction
• Habeas corpus – Ineffective assistance of counsel
• Employment – ADA – Rehabilitation Act
• Mortgages – Assignment – Bankruptcy
• Contract – Improvements to property – Oral agreement
• Antitrust – Electricity – Natural gas
• Products liability – Medication – Causation
• Municipal – City hall – ‘Christian flag’
• Judge upholds city’s ‘Christian flag’ refusal
• Civil rights – Excessive force – Malicious prosecution
• Insurance – Health plan – Wilderness program
• Immigration – TPS designation
• Suit allowed over TPS designations
• Employment – Age discrimination – Sales
• Negligence – Airport – Snow
• Education – Title IX – Deliberate indifference
• Civil rights – Towing of vehicle
• Civil rights – Excessive force – Qualified immunity
• Employment – Non-solicitation agreement
• Employment – Discrimination – Race – Police academy
• Employment – Misclassification – Preemption – ERISA
• Employment – Statute of limitations – Section 1981
• Criminal – ACCA – Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
• Employment – Chapter 151B – MCAD complaint
• Employment – Commissions – Wage Act
• Jurisdiction – Diversity – Amount in controversy
• Contract – Consulting services
• Insurance – Duty to defend – Warehouse policy
• Insurance – Life – Reformation
• Consumer protection – G.L.c. 93A – ‘Sale’ price
• Public utilities – Preemption – Natural gas pipeline compressor facility
• Firefighter can’t sue city over drug test demand
• Negligence – Gas station – Open and obvious danger
• Employment – Limitations – EEO counselor
• Immigration – Trafficking Victims Protection Act – Forced labor
• Products liability – Firefighting foam
• Labor – Firefighter – Drug testing
• Insurance – Class action – Settlement
• Insurance – Mental health treatment
• Employment – Independent contractor – Driver
• Employment – ADA – Rehabilitation Act
• Employment – Computer data – Conversion
• Social services – Disability – PTSD
• Social services – Disability – Shoulder – Arthritis
• Social services – Combined effect of impairments
• Patent and trademark – Cafe – Secondary meaning
• Milk Street Cafe loses trademark suit
• Employment – Respondeat superior – Assault
• Contract – Bad faith – Employment termination
• Elections – Unenrolled candidate – Mootness
• Civil practice – Abstention – Medical malpractice
• Products liability – PCBs – School construction
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Plane crash
• Forfeiture based on uncharged conduct valid
• Employment – Retaliation – False Claims Act
• Consumer protection – FDCPA – Standing
• Social services – Disability – Treating physician
• Prisons – Retaliation
• Contract – Warranty – Privity
• Jurisdiction – Removal – Derivative jurisdiction
• Employment – Age discrimination
• Education – College – Sexual assault
• Elections – Unenrolled candidate
• Environmental – Limitations – PCBs
• Tort – SLAPP – Landscape design firm
• Insurance company’s bid to replace arbitrator fails
• Insurance – Mental health – Treatment center
• Employment – Harassment – Sexual orientation
• Arbitration – Removal of arbitrator – Qualifications
• Social services – Disability – Pain – Credibility
• Licenses and permits – Firearm – Marijuana conviction
• Contract – Construction dispute
• Jurisdiction – Diversity – Hospitals
• Employment – Religion – Vaccine
• Consumer protection – False ‘Made in the USA’ claim
• Education – Title IX – Peer-on-peer harassment
• Employment – Retaliation – Threats
• Jurisdiction – Personal – ‘Iron Man’ films
• Employment – Retaliation – Administrative complaint
• Licenses and permits – Firearm – Ripeness
• Civil service – Part-time VA physician – Termination
• Negligence – Open and obvious danger – Construction site
• Employment – Retaliation – Harassment – Age discrimination
• Employment – Race – Harassment
• Employment – FMLA – Retaliation – Interference
• Commercial – Boxing match – Intercepted signal
• Education – Bullying – Substantive due process
• Products liability – PCBs – Design defect
• Consumer protection – Class action – Decks
• Patent and trademark – Musical group – Former member
• Insurance – Surety – Bonds
• Employment – USERRA – Preemption
• Labor – Fair representation – Grievance
• Employment – Retaliation – Causation
• Civil rights – Arrest – Coverup
• Education – Research misconduct – Administrative exhaustion
• Licenses and permits – Revocation – Nightclub
• Employment – Retaliation – Nexus – Hostile work environment
• Employment – Preemption – Independent contractors
• Employment – Discrimination – Disability
• Search and seizure – Vehicle stop – Inventory search
• Insurance – Stay – Indemnification
• Employment – Discrimination – Gender – Hostile work environment
• Employment – Harassment – Age – Gender – Disability
• Employment – Wrongful discharge – Public policy
• Retirement – ERISA – LTD benefits – Stay
• Criminal – Insider trading
• Habeas corpus – Guilty pleas – Drug lab
• Employment – Disability – Hearing – Vision
• Employment – Age discrimination – Severance
• Retirement – ERISA – ‘Float’
• Immigration – Visa – Consular nonreviewability
• Copyright – Learning program
• Civil rights – Arrest
• Employment – Prevailing wages – Private right of action
• Negligence – Vicarious liability – Sexual relationship
• Habeas corpus – Jurisdiction
• Parent and child – Counsel fees
• Search and seizure – Warrant application – Informant
• Jurisdiction – Personal
• Mortgages – Foreclosure
• Education – Coach – Termination
• Habeas corpus – Witness consideration
• Insurance – Discrimination – Sober living
• Products liability – Cigarettes – Affirmative defenses
• Social services – Overpayment
• Prisons – Medical treatment
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Letter of credit
• Contract – Marketing agreement – Commissions
• Bankruptcy – Preferential transfers
• Civil rights – Due process – Accreditation – Marine surveyor
• Prisons – Gross negligence – MTCA
• Insurance – Equitable contribution – ‘Selective tender’ rule
• Negligence – Respondeat superior – Boat ride
• Social services – Onset date – Disability
• Prisons – Single cell status – Medical need
• Patent and trademark – Plasma – Semiconductors
• Habeas corpus – Witness confrontation – DNA
• Prisons – Rape
• Negligence – FTCA – Settlement
• Social services – Physician’s records
• Habeas corpus – Juror bias – Ineffective assistance
• Immigration – Visa – Pizza
• Mortgages – HAMP
• Social services – Disability – ADHD
• Products liability – Drill
• Employment – Discrimination – Pregnancy
• Contract – Default judgment – Loan
• Criminal – Miranda waiver
• Negligence – Hotel – Open and obvious danger
• Retirement – ERISA – Counsel fees
• Employment – Non-compete – Proprietary information
• Commercial – Limited remedies – UCC
• Arbitration – Reinsurance – Preclusive effect
• Tort – Website – Libel – Copyright
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Musical recording
• Insurance – ERISA – Preemption
• Commercial – Auto dealer – Counterclaims – Fiduciary duty
• Employment – Wages and benefits – Class certification
• Employment – Non-competes – Issue preclusion
• Employment – Limitations – Discrimination – Retaliation – Interference
• Employment – Misclassification – Independent contractors – Class certification
• Attorneys – Fees – Stored Communications Act
• Bankruptcy – Nondischargeability – Fraud
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Emails
• Employment – Termination – Teacher
• Criminal – Customs – Miranda
• Tort – Emails – Stored Communications Act
• Contract – Band members – Abuse of process
• Licenses and permits – Nightclub – Police
• Employment – Limitations – Right-to-sue letter
• Employment – Computer Fraud and Abuse Act – Encryption
• Wills and trusts – Fiduciary duty
• Insurance – Roof – Rain damage
• Products liability – Failure to warn – Experts
• Employment – Independent contract statute – Drivers
• Social services – DYS – Negligence
• Insurance – Short-term disability – Medical records
• Employment – Prevailing wages
• Insurance – Settlement – Email
• Habeas corpus – Rape – Due process – Ineffective counsel
• Patent and trademark – Injunctive relief
• Education – Expulsion – Title IX
• Employment – FMLA – Willfulness – Limitations
• Prisons – Retaliation – Deliberate indifference
• Securities – Mortgage-backed certificates – Credit ratings
• Copyright – Fair use
• Employment – Overtime
• Habeas corpus – Custody – Jurisdiction
• Education – Discrimination – Grad school
• Mortgages – ‘Eaton’ precedent – Prospective effect – Unjust enrichment
• Arbitration – Issue preclusion – Collateral estoppel
• Getting to know Judge Denise Casper
• Commercial – Auto dealerships – Preliminary injunction
• Municipal – Probationary employment – Due process
• Civil rights – Plumbing code enforcement – Retaliation
• Mortgages – Wrongful foreclosure – FDCPA
• Social services – Disability – RFC – Credibility
• Retirement – ERISA
• Employment – Wage Act – Common-law remedies
• Zoning – Notice
• Employment – Limitations – Title VII
• Tort – Misrepresentation – Pleading
• Habeas corpus – Fair trial
• Social services – Functional limitations
• Employment – Harassment – Retaliation – Constructive discharge
• Insurance – Directors and officers policy
• Search and seizure – Witness identifications
• Prisons – DDU
• Tort – Emails – Invasion of privacy – Stored Communications Act
• Civil rights – Due process – Marine surveyor
• Social services – Fibromyalgia
• Social services – SSDI – SSI – Credibility – Treating physicians
• Employment – Class action – Prevailing wage
• Insurance – ERISA – LTD benefits
• Civil rights – section1983 – MCRA
• Social services – Disability
• Copyright – Idea or concept – Book
• Patent and trademark – eBay – Settlement
• Insurance – Wage Act – Gratuities
• Wills and trusts – Trustee’s discretion
• Negligence – Air traffic controllers
• Mortgages – Rescission
• Employment – Retaliation – FLSA
• Civil practice – Freeze order on assets – Preliminary injunction
• Employment – Bonus
• Employment – Non-compete agreement
• Commercial – False advertising – Mop – Vacuum
• Search and seizure – Consent – Probable cause
• Employment – Discrimination – USERRA
• Jurisdiction – Personal
• Employment – Discrimination – Driver
• Search and seizure – Franks hearing – Warrant
• Employment – Trade secrets – Inevitable disclosure
• Civil rights – EMT certifications – Suspension
• Contract – Settlement – Emails
• Consumer protection – Bait and switch – Jurisdiction
• Employment – Discrimination – Pregnancy
• Mortgages – Foreclosure – Interpleader
• Civil rights – Border search – WikiLeaks
• Employment – Handicap – Reasonable accommodation
• Social services – Disability – Medical opinions
• Products liability – Tobacco – Class action – Motion to decertify
• Prisons – Single cell status
• Prisons – Eighth Amendment – Transfer
• Parent and child – Fiduciary duty
• Insurance – ERISA – LTD benefits
• Insurance – Fall from roof
• Social services – Overpayment recovery – Hearing – Notice
• Commercial – Lanham Act – False advertising
• Arbitration – Jurisdiction – USPS
• Employment – Retaliation – Equitable relief
• Freedom of information – Counsel fees – FBI
• Employment – Promissory estoppel – Leave of absence – Perceived handicap
• Social services – SSDI – SSI – Migraines – Treating physicians
• Patent and trademark – Infringement – ‘Unleashed’ – G.L.c. 93A
• Civil practice – Class certification
• Social services – SSI – Vision
• Employment – Independent contractor status – Aiding and abetting
• Retirement – Overpayments of benefits
• Habeas corpus – Due process – Probation
• Social services – SSDI
• Tort – Tortious interference – G.L.c. 93A
• Mortgages – Foreclosure – Fraud – G.L.c. 93A
• Jurisdiction – Personal
• Corporate – Fiduciary duty – ERISA
• Insurance – Denial of health insurance coverage
• Negligence – Au pair – Sexual abuse
• Constitutional – Ripeness – License to carry firearm
• Jurisdiction – ‘Rooker-Feldman’ doctrine – Immunity
• Civil practice – First Amendment – School committee meeting
• Civil practice – Trade secrets – Preliminary injunction
• Jurisdiction – Personal – Venue
• Contract – Franchise – Note – Affirmative defenses
• Contract – Online auction – Yacht
• Tort – FTCA – Sovereign immunity – Statute of limitations
• Municipal – Arrest
• Social services – Disability benefits for minor child
• Employment – Retaliation – Report of child abuse – Preemption
• Consumer protection – FDCPA – Collection letters
• Employment – Wage Act – Arbitration
• Contract – Non-compete agreement
• Patent and trademark – Correction of inventorship
• Employment – G.L.c. 149, section148B – Abstention
• Administrative – Finality
• Employment – Customer list – Trade secret

Decisions Reviewed on Appeal

• Attorneys – Malpractice
• Criminal – Supervised release – Vandalism
• Insurance – Duty to defend – Class action
• Criminal – Post-arrest interview statements – Hearsay
• Insurance – Duty to defend – Class action
• Insurance – LTD benefits
• Securities – Fraud – Supply chain
• Mortgages – Discharge – Mistake
• Insurance – ERISA preemption – Wrongful death
• Maritime – Duty of cure
• Municipal – Noise ordinance – Restaurants
• Habeas corpus – Self-defense – Effectiveness of counsel
• Appeals – Mootness – Protest
• Freedom of information – Law student intern – Termination
• Employment – Retaliation – Title VII
• Securities – Advisers Act
• Employment – Retaliation – Free speech
• Education – COVID testing – Mootness
• Criminal – Cryptocurrency
• Habeas corpus – Racial slur – Due process
• Civil rights – Immigration custody – Immunity
• Insurance – Auto – ‘Inherent diminished value’
• Evidence – Spoliation – Texts
• Fee award upheld as sanction for deleting texts
• Criminal – Sentencing enhancements – Fraud schemes
• Search and seizure – Border search – Reasonable suspicion
• Insurance – Home – Renewal
• 1st Circuit reinstates child car seat class action
• Consumer protection – Standing – Overpayment
• Insurance – Auto business exclusion – New Hampshire law
• Employment – Tax withholding – Wage Act
• Appeals – Mootness – Vaccination
• Maritime – Duty of cure
• Harvard alum can sue school over withheld diploma
• Mortgages – Discovery – Summary judgment
• Habeas corpus – Effectiveness of counsel – Murder
• Education – Withheld degree – Contract
• Evidence – Texts – Hearsay
• Criminal – Sentence enhancement – Computer
• Municipal – RLUIPA – Building permit
• Criminal – Aggravated identity theft – Wire fraud
• Education – IDEA – FAPE
• Criminal – Restitution – Finality
• Habeas corpus – Ineffective assistance – Notice of appeal
• 1st Circuit tightens lid on investor suits
• Securities – Fraud – Risk disclosure
• Constitutional – Standing – Equal Rights Amendment
• Criminal – False statement – Insider trading
• Immigration – Border searches – Electronic devices
• Labor – Duty of fair representation – Grievance
• Constitutional – First Amendment – Flag
• Mortgages – Face-to-face meeting
• Insurance – Mental health treatment – Medical necessity
• Antitrust – Filed-rate doctrine – Natural gas
• Civil rights – Excessive force – Conspiracy
• Mortgages – Notice of appeal – Pending claims
• Zoning – Telecommunications Act – Intervention
• Criminal – Sex offender registration – Venue
• Mortgages – Assignment – Obsolete mortgage statute
• 1st Circuit affirms injunction in non-solicitation case
• Contract – Choice of law – Non-solicitation clause
• Criminal – Interrogation – Home
• Criminal – Insider trading
• Exec not discharged in bad faith, says 1st Circuit
• Employment – Good faith and fair dealing
• Municipal – Sober houses – Sprinklers
• Benefits denial under ERISA plan ‘arbitrary and capricious’
• Retirement – LTD benefits – Pre-existing condition
• TCPA protects customers with ‘hybrid’ phone service
• Consumer protection – TCPA – Cellphone calls
• Dismissal of manufacturer’s product liability claim vs. supplier reversed
• Constitutional – First Amendment – Flag – City hall
• Commercial – Merchantability – Foreseeability
• Public utilities – Federal preemption – Natural gas – Wetlands
• Insurance – ERISA – Mental health treatment
• Contract – Settlement agreement – Former band member
• Employment – Whistleblower – Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Employment – Wage Act – Grace period
• Claims vs. BC over student discipline reinstated
• Education – Disciplinary proceedings – Basic fairness
• Evidence – Diary – Hospital record
• Jury and jurors – Individual voir dire – Racial bias
• Forfeiture – ‘Proceeds’ – Political corruption
• Products liability – PCBs – Caulk – School construction
• Tort – Immunity – Website
• Criminal – Drug conspiracy – Sentencing
• Criminal – Hobbs Act – Extortion – Union
• Mortgages – Assignment – Standing
• Mortgages – Assignment – Obsolete mortgage statute
• Tort – SLAPP – Certified question
• Search and seizure – Traffic stop – Drug trafficking corridor
• Insurance – ERISA – Educational setting
• Criminal – Forfeiture – Uncharged conduct – Sentencing
• Criminal – ACCA – Larceny from the person
• Criminal – Sentencing – Aggravated identity theft
• Search and seizure – Recording – CI
• Criminal – Sentencing – Enhancement – Position of trust
• Bankruptcy – False oaths – MORs
• Administrative – Exhaustion – Academic medical research
• Criminal – Insider trading
• Retirement – Fiduciary duty – ‘Float’
• Employment – Discrimination – Harassment
• Fraud – False Claims Act – Public disclosure bar
• Criminal – Insider trading – Securities fraud
• Education – Bullying – Due process – Title IX
• Criminal – Sentencing – Enhancement
• Employment – Preemption – FAAAA
• Fraud – Forgery – Fiduciary duty
• Criminal – Immunity
• Insurance – ERISA – Plan administrator’s discretion
• Immigration – Visa – Revocation
• Habeas corpus – Confrontation – DNA
• Habeas corpus – Impeachment evidence
• Criminal – Duress – Necessity – Passport fraud
• Habeas corpus – Jury selection – Courtroom closure
• Employment – Residency – Probation – Limitations
• Copyright – Derivative work – Joint work
• Criminal – Fraud – Sentencing – Loss
• Insurance – Certified question – Equitable contribution
• Retirement – ERISA – Lyme disease – Mental disorders
• Jurisdiction – Personal – International communications
• Employment – Preemption – FAAAA – Independent contractors
• Search and seizure – Stop – Robbery suspects
• Attorneys – Lien – Mortgage
• Mortgages – G.L.c. 93A – Jury trial
• Arbitration – Preclusive effect – Prior award
• Bankruptcy – Profit-sharing plan – IRAs
• Insurance – D&O policy – Known circumstances exclusion
• Patent and trademark – Consumer confusion – Settlement agreement
• Constitutional – Mootness – TSA
• Freedom of information – Redaction – Bad faith
• Mortgages – Foreclosure – Assignment
• Employment – Retaliation – Emotional distress – Remittitur
• Jurisdiction – Hague Convention
• Constitutional – Second Amendment – License revocation
• Landlord and tenant – Commercial lease – Landlord’s duty to repair
• Jurisdiction – Abstention – Trade association

Articles about the judge, quoting the judge, etc.

• Education – Suspension – Emotional distress
• Members of immigration bar seek to dislodge ‘go file a FOIA’ policy
• Boston mayor seeks to dismiss former city official’s suit
• Gov’t faces liability for not ‘supervising’ serial embezzler
• Mass. case one of two seeking ratification of Equal Rights Amendment
• Student derailed by 11th-hour sex-assault charges years ago renews fight for Harvard degree
• Class action claims Clorox uses defective ‘smart’ straws
• Individual voir dire not required, 1st Circuit says
• Same-day delivery drivers not employees
• Sordid email-intrusion case nets $325K verdict
• Judge rejects Bulger team’s immunity bid
• Facts and figures on Bulger jury service
• A look at the judge now calling the shots on ‘Bulger’
• Ex-employees’ work for competitor OK’d
• Injured nurse can’t get 151B benefits
• Franchise status doesn’t bar insurance coverage
• Estoppel claim over leave OK
• ‘Misclassified’ worker can file third-party suit