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Arthur Wellington Conquest III / brookline@wickedlocal.com The last Monday of June just past, Michelle Bachelet the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued an urgent call for all States and jurisdictions around the globe to adopt a “transformation agenda” to uproot and expunge systematic racism. Ms. Bachelet published a scathing report casting a spotlight on the litany of human transgression of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights endured by people of Afri...

OPINION: Column: A social justice servant Arthur Wellington Conquest III Two weeks ago, readers of this column and citizens throughout the Greater Boston region read that the Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) handed down an embarrassingly scorching decision concerning the hideous disease of racism that’s poisoning Brookline. The SJC ruling made clear that Brookline Town Government back in 2010 had violated Black firefighter Gerald Alston’s Civil Rights – that the town, represe...

High court backs firefighter who alleged racist workplace April 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts in a decision released Tuesday sided with a former firefighter who has been involved in a yearslong battle with the town of Brookline over what he said was a racist work environment. The Supreme Judicial Court said the town was wrong when it terminated Gerald Alston, who is Black, after he refused to return to work and stopped communicating with the de...

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are intended to promote the “just, speedy, and inexpensive determination” of lawsuits. For companies defending baseless employment claims, those...

Alston v. Spiegel: A Reminder That Sanctions May Provide Employers with a Tool to Deter Frivolous Suits Friday, April 9, 2021 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are intended to promote the “just, speedy, and inexpensive determination” of lawsuits. For companies defending baseless employment claims, those words may feel like an empty promise. The First Circuit’s recent decision in  Alston v. Spiegel sanctioning an attorney for filing frivolous discrimination and retaliation ...