Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

A high school student can bring constitutional and Title IX claims against her principal and the school district over the principal’s alleged non-physical sexual harassment, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. https://lnkd.in/dkc7Hsvv

The Governor's Council has confirmed three lawyers nominated in January by Gov. Maura T. Healey to the Probate & Family Court. https://lnkd.in/d7CERRSX

Once the full amount of a judgment was paid by defendants in a commercial lease dispute, the accrual of post-judgment interest ended, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. https://lnkd.in/dnv7dN6w

The commonwealth's nonresident firearm licensing scheme is not unconstitutional, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. https://lnkd.in/dtfvr2jz

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A plaintiff who was reassigned months after filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could not hold her employer liable under Title VII for retaliation, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. https://lnkd.in/d-V9kUQf

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They are far from the last words a judge will write on the subject, but that has not stopped attorneys from poring over a recent Delaware federal court decision that represents the first substantive application of copyright law and fair use doctrine to artificial intelligence. https://lnkd.in/dXhY-dKn

The Supreme Judicial Court has approved amendments to Rules 30 and 77 of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 5(C) of the Rules of the Clients' Security Board, effective March 10. https://lnkd.in/dfF4_zs6