MCAD Sees Rise in Sexual Harassment Claims

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination reports that filings of sexual harassment claims are up significantly this year, and expects to need additional staff to deal with the case. Read Full Article

SJC Makes Important Decision on “ Regular Compensation”

Government agencies and their employee representatives will have to read this week’s Supreme Judicial Court opinion in the case Public Employment Retirement Administration Commission v. Contributory Retirement Board. Read Full Article

Massachusetts Trial Court Releases 2017 Diversity Report & 2017 Report on Access to Fairness Survey

Massachusetts Trial Court Chief Justice Paula M. Carey and Trial Court Administrator Jonathan Williams today released the first Massachusetts Trial Court Annual Diversity Report for Fiscal Year 2017 and the Massachusetts Trial Court Report on the Access and Fairness Survey for Fiscal Year 2017. Read Full Article

Governor Administers Ceremonial Oath of Office Swearing In Honorable Mark V. Green as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court

At a ceremony in the John Adams Courthouse in Boston, Governor Charles D. Baker today administered the ceremonial Oath of Office to the Honorable Mark V. Green, swearing him in as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Read Full Article

“It was art.” Judge Rules. Landlord Must Pay $6.5 Million for Destruction

United States District Court Judge Frederic Block has awarded New York graffiti artists 6.5 million dollars in their lawsuit against a landlord, who first whitewashed, and then razed a warehouse that was the site of many spray paintings, to make way for luxury housing. Read Full Article