Massachusetts Interference Law
L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts et al.
Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a First Amendment Constitutional law case.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/21" target="_new">Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District</a>, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), famously upheld the First Amendment right of public-school students to wear black armbands at school in protest of the country's i... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - MA)Antonio F. Pennetti v. Elijah T. Beauregard, et al.
Boston, Massachusetts consumer lawyer lawyer represented the Defendant accused of breaching a residential lease by failing to pay rent.<br> <br> This case stemmed from a no-fault residential summary process action brought in the Housing Court. After trial, the judge found that the tenants, Elijah Beauregard and Jennifer Cochran, owed the landlord, Antonio Pennetti, unpaid rent. The tenants, howeve... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Alfredo Aldeco </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robbery </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Holyoke Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Holyoke man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in c... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - MA)United States of America v. Michael Vangpa
Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with the armed robbery of three convenience stores in Lowell and Tewksbury on Dec. 24, 2020.<br> <br> Michael Vangpa, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with commerce by robbery and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing ... More...
$0 (07-21-2022 - MA)Union of Concerned Scientists v. Environmental Protection Agency
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Federal Advisory Committee Act lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Appellants with arguing that a directive issued by the EPA that prohibits EPA grant recipients -- who are mostly employed by universities and other nonprofit institutions -- from sitting on the EPA's twenty-two scientific advisory committees. </h3></font></b></i></center>... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)United States of America v. José Reyes-Valdivia United States of America v. Jeffri Dávila-Reyes
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with two counts of trafficking cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> These consolidated appeals arise <br> from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in <br> the western Caribbean Sea and the ... More...
$0 (01-22-2022 - MA)KEVIN C. ROBINSON v. TOWN OF MARSHFIELD; ROCCO LONGO, individually; MICHAEL A. MARESCO, in his official capacity; and JOHN E. HALL, in his official capacity and individually.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Employment lawer lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that he was discriminated against by his employer because of his age. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Robinson retired from his position as Fire Chief in March <br> of 2015 when he was sixty years old after having worked with the <br> Department since 1978.2 He... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Gabriel RodrÃguez-Pacheco
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a domestic violence charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> As is often the case in the motion-to-suppress context, <br> the parties here do not share the same view of the facts. But <br> when we review a challenge to a district court's denial of a motion <br> to suppress, we are to "'view... More...
$0 (11-22-2021 - MA)Donna Gavin v. City of Boston and Mark Hayes
Boston, Massachusetts employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights gender discrimination theories claiming to have been discriminated against by the City of Boston's male-dominated police force.<br> <br> PLAINTIFF'S SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT<br> <br> I. Nature of the Action<br> 1. Plaintiff Donna Gavin ("Gavinâ€), brings this action against the City of Bos... More...
$0 (11-17-2021 - MA)United States of America v. STEPHEN A. SACCOCCIA
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with laundering more than $136,000,000 for a Colombian drug cartel charge. He know </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We briefly rehearse the relevant facts and travel of the <br> case. Roughly three decades ago, a jury convicted Saccoccia (a <br> dealer in precious metals) of a panoply of crimi... More...
$0 (10-17-2021 - MA)United States of America v. JOHVANNY AYBAR-ULLOA
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> United States law enforcement <br> authorities apprehended Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa ("Aybar") on a <br> stateless vessel in international waters carrying packages of <br> cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforc... More...
$0 (08-17-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Diovanni Carter
<br> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Diovanni Carter, charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> A Boston man was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in relation to an armed robbery of a T-Mobile store in Brockton, where multiple gunshots were fired at Brockton Police Officers during a high-speed chase.<br> <br> A jury convicted Diovanni Carter, 30, of Boston, yest... More...
$0 (03-18-2020 - MA)Scott Breiding v. Eversource Energy
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Eversource Energy and Avangrid,<br> Inc. ("the defendants") are two large energy companies that<br> purchase natural gas directly from producers and then resell that<br> gas to retail natural gas consumers throughout New England. In<br> order to transport the natural gas that the... More...
$0 (09-23-2019 - MA)United States of America v. Vincent Anzalone
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> This case is one of many<br> arising nationwide from the 2015 FBI investigation into Playpen,<br> an online forum hosted in the Tor Network that allowed users to<br> upload, download, and distribute child pornography. Through that<br> investigation, defendant-appellant Vincent An... More...
$0 (04-24-2019 - MA)Thomas Guifoile v. John M. Shields, Sr., et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/courthouse.jpg "><br> </center><br> <br> In alleged violation of the False Claims Act, appellant Thomas Guilfoile claims <br> he was fired from his job in retaliation for accusing his employer <br> of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and making false representations <br> in customer contracts. See 31 U.S.C. § 3730(... More...
$0 (01-18-2019 - MA)Mark Thomas v. Cornelius J. Harrington, a/k/a Neil Harrington </2>
<center><br> <img width="200" src=" http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/courthouse.jpg "><br> </center><br> <br> This appeal arises out of an<br> alleged conspiracy to terminate plaintiff-appellant Mark Thomas<br> from his position as an officer at the Salisbury Police Department<br> ("SPD"). In 2010, Cornelius Harrington, the Salisbury town<br> manager, hired Robert St. Pierre to investig... More...
$0 (12-02-2018 - MA)OXFORD GLOBAL RESOURCES, LLC vs. JEREMY HERNANDEZ <table> <td>
The defendant was employed in California by the plaintiff company, which is headquartered in Massachusetts. 2 As a condition of employment, he signed a confidentiality, nonsolicitation, and noncompetition agreement (agreement) that declared that the agreement would be governed by the laws of Massachusetts and that all lawsuits arising from the agreement would be brought in a Massachusetts co... More...
$0 (09-09-2018 - MA)Rev. Fr. Emanuel Lemelson v. Bloomberg, L.P.
In both an online article and a subsequent TV interview, Bloomberg <br> News reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission had opened <br> an investigation to determine whether Emmanuel Lemelson, a priest <br> and hedge fund manager, had intentionally published false material <br> about public companies in whose stock he held a short position. Lemelson <br> filed suit against Bloomberg and ... More...
$0 (09-01-2018 - MA)HAYAT SINDI v. SAMIA EL-MOSLIMANY and ANN EL-MOSLIMANY <table> <td>
This case implicates a plethora <br> of issues arising in the shadow of the First Amendment. Most <br> notably, it requires us to address the power of a court to impose <br> a prior restraint in the form of a permanent injunction forbidding <br> the publication of words — words that the court believes have been <br> used to defame the plaintiff in the past and are likely to be <br> repeated. T... More...
$0 (07-15-2018 - MA)Jone Doe v. Trustees of Boston College, Paul J. Chebator, Carole Hughes, Catherine-Mary Rivera, Patrick J. Keating and Barbara Jones
In October 2012, John Doe<br> ("Doe") was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow Boston College<br> student during an off-campus school event sponsored by a student<br> organization. Pursuant to its written policies and procedures on<br> sexual assault, outlined in its 2012-2013 Student Guide (the<br> "Student Guide"), and Conduct Board Procedure, Boston College held<br> disciplinary proceedings ... More...
$0 (06-08-2018 - MA)United States of America v. Richard Valentini and Francesco Depergola
Springfield, MA - Two Associates of La Cosa Nostra Sentenced on Extortion-Related Charges<br> <br> Two associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family were sentenced today in federal court in Worcester on extortion-related charges.<br> <br> Richard Valentini, 53, of East Longmeadow, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 20 months in prison and two years of s... More...
$0 (05-12-2018 - MA)United States of America v. Ralph Santaniello and Giovanni Calabrese
Boston, MA - Two Associates of La Cosa Nostra Plead Guilty to Extortion-Related Charges<br> <br> Two associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family pleaded guilty today to extortion-related charges.<br> <br> Ralph Santaniello, 50, and Giovanni Calabrese, 54, both of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, each pleaded guilty to two counts of Interference with Commerce by Threats or Violence and t... More...
$0 (11-07-2017 - MA)Scott Saunders v. Town of Hull
This is an appeal from entry of<br> summary judgment in favor of the Town of Hull in a civil rights<br> action brought by a Hull police officer. Scott Saunders, a decadelong<br> veteran of the Town of Hull Police Department, was passed<br> over for a promotion in November 2014. He alleges that the Town<br> of Hull and its then Police Chief, Richard Billings, intentionally<br> let his application l... More...
$0 (10-31-2017 - MA)Robert Jude Wilber v. Robert Curtis; Brian Kinsella; Michael Rogers
This appeal concerns a challenge<br> to a summary judgment ruling that dismissed a lawsuit that a<br> Massachusetts property owner brought against three police<br> officers. The suit addressed the owner's arrest for actions that<br> he took in connection with his objection to the clearing of<br> vegetation on his property by the work crew for an electrical<br> utility, which held an easement to th... More...
$0 (09-21-2017 - MA)United States of America v. Joseph Burhoe, a/k/a Jo Jo
This case involves an attempt<br> by the federal government to use the Hobbs Act to police the<br> activities of members of a labor union. Joseph Burhoe and John<br> Perry, who are union members, challenge the sufficiency of the<br> evidence of their convictions for, inter alia, extortion under the<br> Hobbs Act, as well as the jury instructions with respect to that<br> offense. The government att... More...
$0 (09-08-2017 - MA)<b>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KEYON A. TAYLOR, a/k/a Key, a/k/a Keyon Taylor</b>
Taylor raises many challenges to his conviction and <br> sentence on appeal, but the sufficiency of the evidence is not one <br> of them. So, we give a balanced presentation of those facts <br> necessary to understand the parameters of this appeal and our <br> disposal of it. See United States v. Burgos-Montes, 786 F.3d 92, <br> 99 (1st Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 599 (2015).1 The <br> de... More...
$0 (02-13-2017 - MA)United States of America v. Keyon A. Taylor, a/k/a Key, a/k/a Keyon Taylor
Keyon Taylor ("Taylor") shot<br> and beat a postal worker, and then hijacked his truck in a botched<br> robbery scheme. The ordeal finally came to an end when the worker<br> popped the truck's rear gate and jumped out of the moving vehicle<br> to try and save his own skin. Taylor was convicted of multiple<br> federal crimes arising from this episode, then sentenced to just<br> shy of thirty years ... More...
$0 (02-12-2017 - MA)<b>COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSHUA EDWARDS</b>
The defendant, Joshua Edwards, has been <br> indicted for multiple offenses, including firearms offenses, <br> with which he was initially charged following the seizure and <br> search of a motor vehicle he had been driving. Before trial, he <br> moved to suppress evidence seized during the search of the <br> vehicle, invoking the Fourth Amendment to the United States <br> Constitution and art. 1... More...
$0 (01-20-2017 - MA)<b>ZVI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC vs. FRANKLIN LEVY & another</b>
Except where indicated, the following facts are not in dispute. Brendan Higgins, Joshua Huggard, and <br> Jordan Tobins were members and managers of numerous limited liability companies operating a small chain of pizzerias known as The Upper Crust. On April 5, 2012, Higgins, Huggard, and The Upper Crust, all of whom were represented by Levy and his firm, L & W, filed a civil lawsuit against Tob... More...
$0 (10-06-2016 - MA)Commonwealth v. Gibson
The principal issue in this appeal is whether a <br> Superior Court judge properly ordered the forfeiture of the <br> defendant's right to counsel in a probation revocation hearing. <br> The judge, faced with a defendant who admittedly engaged in a <br> pattern of quarrelsome, confrontational, hostile, and <br> threatening conduct toward a succession of nine different court<br> appointed attorney... More...
$0 (07-13-2016 - MA)Bulwer v. Mount Auburn Hospital
Massachusetts law prohibits employers from <br> discriminating against their employees on the basis of, among <br> other things, race or national origin. See G. L. c. 151B, § 4. <br> Because direct proof of such discrimination is rarely available, <br> employees filing claims under G. L. c. 151B, § 4, are permitted <br> to prove discrimination without direct evidence of <br> discriminatory in... More...
$0 (03-01-2016 - MA)American Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Local Union No. 7
As we explained in ASE I, the structural steel industry <br> is comprised of steel fabricators, who manufacture steel products <br> to meet design specifications, and steel erectors, who assemble <br> the fabricated steel. When a developer or owner taps a general <br> contractor to lead the construction of a building, that general <br> contractor typically solicits bids for a combined "fab and er... More...
$0 (02-26-2016 - MA)Clark v. Leisure Woods Estates, Inc.
This appeal involves a series of landlord tenant disputes in the manufactured housing context. The plaintiffs, residents of Leisure Woods Estates (Leisure Woods), <br> a manufactured housing community in Orange, filed a complaint <br> alleging that the defendant, Leisure Woods Estates, Inc., which <br> owns, operates, and maintains Leisure Woods, failed to properly <br> maintain and repair the co... More...
$0 (02-23-2016 - MA)Maling v. Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In this case we consider whether an actionable conflict of interest arises under Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.7, as <br> appearing in 471 Mass. 1335 (2015), when attorneys in different offices of the same law firm simultaneously represent business competitors in prosecuting patents on similar inventions, without informing them or obtaining their consent to the simultaneous representation. The plaintiff, C... More...
$0 (12-23-2015 - MA)Brissette v. Ryan
After a Superior Court trial in this legal <br> malpractice case, a jury found that the primary defendant, <br> Edward J. Ryan, Jr., was negligent in his representation of the <br> plaintiff, Marie D. Brissette, and awarded damages to her in the<br> amount of $100,000 against Ryan and his law firm, Ryan, <br> Boudreau, Randall, Kirkpatrick & Baker, LLP (law firm) <br> (collectively, defendants).2 ... More...
$0 (10-31-2015 - MA)Commonwealth v. Occhiuto
At some point in 2009, the defendant became <br> the target of a drug investigation (code-named "Operation <br> Cryptonite") jointly conducted by Federal, State, and local law <br> enforcement agents. A cooperating witness, code-named "Olive," <br> was enlisted to attempt to buy two ounces of "crack" cocaine and <br> thirty grams of heroin from the defendant, using money supplied <br> by the age... More...
$0 (10-13-2015 - MA)Nina Shervin v. Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
Plaintiff-appellant Nina Shervin, <br> M.D., secured admission to one of the country's most prestigious <br> orthopedic residency programs. When she was placed on academic <br> probation, she concluded that her superiors were discriminating <br> against her based on her gender and thereafter began retaliating <br> against her because she had dared to challenge the probation <br> decision. Bent o... More...
$0 (10-13-2015 - MA)Nina Shervin, M.D. v. Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
Plaintiff-appellant Nina Shervin,<br> M.D., secured admission to one of the country's most prestigious<br> orthopedic residency programs. When she was placed on academic<br> probation, she concluded that her superiors were discriminating<br> against her based on her gender and thereafter began retaliating<br> against her because she had dared to challenge the probation<br> decision. Bent on vindic... More...
$0 (10-12-2015 - MA)Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 7083 v. Sex Offender Registry Board (
The plaintiff, John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 7083 (Doe), was serving a criminal sentence at the <br> <br> 2 <br> Massachusetts Treatment Center (treatment center), and also had been civilly committed to the treatment center as a sexually dangerous person (SDP), when the defendant Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) notified him in September, 2009, of its recommendation that he be clas... More...
$0 (08-21-2015 - MA)Parr v. Rosenthal
We review the evidence presented at <br> trial that is relevant to the requested instruction on the <br> 2 The statute of limitations for a medical malpractice action requires that the suit "commence[] only within three years after the cause of action accrues." G. L. c. 260, § 4, second par., inserted by St. 1986, c. 351, § 30. 3 We were not provided with the special v... More...
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