Healey nominates first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
Gov. Maura Healey has nominated a former Middlesex County prosecutor and the first woman to serve as the next Chief Justice ...
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‘I’m fighting for my life’: How Massachusetts and New Hampshire are sparring over gun licensing laws
The pair of cases, which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard jointly, involve New Hampshire gun owners challenging ...
Massachusetts Top Court Treads Lightly Around Gun, Weapon Rights
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is taking a conservative approach to interpreting weapons regulations under US ...
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Karen Read defense team presents argument to have charges dismissed in Supreme Judicial Court appeal
Karen Read’s defense team submitted a lengthy filing to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Tuesday outlining their ...
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7-Eleven Franchisees Are Not Employees Under Massachusetts Law: 5 Tips to Ensure Compliance After Latest Ruling
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) just delivered a win for franchisor-franchisee relationships. Specifically, the court held ...
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Upholds 7-Eleven Franchise System in Denying Franchisees’ Challenge to Their Independent Contractor Status
On September 5, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) answered a second certified question in Patel, et al. v. 7-Eleven, Inc., et ...
Karen Read's lawyers file brief after appeal to Supreme Judicial Court
Karen Read’s lawyers have officially filed their brief to Massachusetts’ highest court, which just last week agreed to hear ...
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Karen Read defense files argument for Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court to dismiss murder charge
Karen Read’s lawyers said the trial judge made crucial errors in her declaration of a mistrial in the murder case and in dealing with jurors’ post-trial disclosures that ...
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Governor Nominates Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
Governor Maura T. Healey nominated Justice Amy L. Blake to serve as the next Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court ...
Court asked to dismiss murder charge against Karen Read in death of her police officer boyfriend
An attorney for Karen Read has petitioned the highest court in Massachusetts seeking the dismissal of two charges including ...
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Karen Read's lawyers file brief after appeal to Supreme Judicial Court: Review the docs
Wednesday was the deadline to get those briefs in, and in documents filed a short time ago, her lawyers are asking the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to look at Judge Beverly Cannone's ...
Karen Read asks top court to dismiss murder charge in death of cop boyfriend
An attorney for Karen Reed have asked the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to a murder charge she faces in the 2022 death ...