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Morrison Mahoney LLP Continues to Support and Sponsor the Massachusetts Bar Association High School Mock Trial
The MBA Mock Trial Program offers high school students from across the state an opportunity to test their skills as lawyers and witnesses in a simulated courtroom competition. This is the third year that Morrison Mahoney will be the primary law firm sponsor of the program.
Christopher Martin Obtains Victory in Land Use Litigation
Our Planning Board client conducted multiple hearings and approved the subject application with stipulations that would benefit the overall area in terms of eradication of water run-off and groundwater saturation. A property owner objector instituted an action in the Superior Court against the Board for its approval.
Doug McInnis Secures Defense Verdict in Lawrence District Court
Doug secured a defense verdict in a c. 93A and PIP suit filed by a chiropractor against our client, an auto insurer, which had exhausted PIP by paying the underlying claimant for his lost wages.
Carole Lynch Obtains Dismissal of Case at MCAD
Morrison Mahoney Partner Carole Lynch received a dismissal from a hearing officer following a 5-day public hearing at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD). The hearing officer issued a 28-page decision dismissing the complaint alleging age discrimination and retaliation.
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection – January 8, 2019
In the first Cybersecurity Newsletter of 2019, our team discusses a New Year’s Eve hack involving The Dark Overlord hacker group that has escalated despite the victim’s payment of a ransom, the HHS’s recently released guidelines for cybersecurity practices in the healthcare industry, the nation’s first privacy law specifically targeting [...]
Significant Verdicts in Employment Law Cases in 2018
Salient facts in these cases include a manager’s falsifying information, a general manager’s obscene remarks to female employees, an employer’s lack of anti-discrimination policies, and a hospital’s termination of a physician instead of accommodating his disability.
