New England Biz Law Update

A railroad worker could not sue for racial discrimination based on his claim that he received fewer opportunities for overtime hours than some of his colleagues, a U.S. District Court judge has held. The defendant employer, Amtrak, argued that its ...

A field hockey player can sue her coach and school for failing to respond in a “reasonably prudent” manner after she suffered head injuries on the field, a Superior Court judge has decided. Citing Supreme Judicial Court precedent, the defendants ...

An MCAD hearing officer has found that Boston College unlawfully retaliated against one of its professors by refusing to reintegrate the faculty member into the school’s chemistry department following his mental-health-related medical leave. The complainant, William F. Armstrong, had sent ...

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A recent decision by a California appellate court, Negro v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County, 230 Cal. App. 4th 879 (Oct. 21, 2014), has important implications for litigants seeking discovery of electronic communications sent or received by opposing parties. ...

A default judgment could be entered against corporate defendants as a sanction for engaging in a deliberate pattern of discovery noncompliance, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided. A U.S. District Court judge had awarded the plaintiff $75 ...

An employee who successfully filed a complaint with the MCAD alleging sexual-orientation bias and claimed she was then targeted for retaliation, including being passed over for promotions, could sue under the state’s anti-discrimination statute despite the fact that she had ...

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld a trial judge’s decision that prevents a commercial business from using an abutting diner’s parking area to make deliveries. The plaintiff diner, arguing trespass, sought a preliminary injunction to preclude delivery trucks from ...

A corporate executive who accepted money from a friend’s charitable foundation to purchase company stock for himself, with the understanding that he would sell it at some point and share the proceeds with the foundation, did not commit bad faith ...

An employer’s liability insurer had no obligation to prosecute a counterclaim the employer brought against an ex-employee who had charged it with age discrimination, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled. The employer argued that the counterclaim — in which ...