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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Public officials must know religious freedom gets strict scrutiny, so lose qualified immunity in civil rights case over church access

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In a civil rights case involving the freedom of religion, the Massachusetts Appeals Court today denied qualified immunity to public official...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

The Adventures of Mass. App. and the 700 Gold Coins

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                                                       pnging.com CC BY-NC 4.0 The Massachusetts Appeals Court dove into foreign law an...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

John Does on sex-offender registry lose all civil rights claims against state, despite possible errors in listings

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Persons listed on a part of the Massachusetts sex-offender registry for perpetrators who "moved out of state" have no constitution...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

'Have You Seen This Man?': Student newspaper editor on libel hook for campus crime coverage

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A suit for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) may proceed against the former editor of the college newspaper...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Despite IP exclusion, insurer bound to defend in right-of-publicity case over running shoes, Mass. high court holds

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Upon an underlying case involving the right of publicity coupled with consumer protection and equity claims, the Massachusetts Supreme Judic...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Statute of repose bars tort-like consumer claim, Mass. high court rules

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Yesterday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that a statute of repose bars a claim under the Commonwealth's key consume...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Mass. App. remands textbook 'keys-in-ignitions' case on foreseeability analysis

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Today the Massachusetts Appeals Court published a clean and concise opinion on negligence, focusing on foreseeability as an aspect of duty. ...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

3Ps for 1Ls: Advice for the new law student

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We have 96 new faces at UMass Law School this fall semester.   New students often ask for advice: how best to prepare for class?   There is ...
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Friday, July 27, 2018

Nuisance rule for trees rooted in history, reaffirmed by Mass. high court

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In an opinion suitable for textbooks, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reaffirmed the rule of nuisance that neighbor may not sue ne...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Money in soccer, money in higher ed: Lazio will never be Juventus; will the UMasses ever be ‘UMass’?

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This morning I was reminded of this observation about football (soccer) from The Blizzard (#25, June 2017) , spoken by Swedish football mana...