Top Massachusetts court vacates 90-day contempt sentence for teen who called judge B-word
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A 16-year-old girl who called a judge a “dumb, white b- - - -” was wrongly sentenced to 90 days in youth services for contempt of court by the judge she insulted, according to an April 12 decision by the top court in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court vacated the contempt judgment, saying the judge abused her discretion by not taking the teenager’s status as a juvenile into account. The court also said the judge failed to follow the procedure for contempt matters.
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Departing lawyers who copied firm’s databases may be liable for unfair business practices, top state court says
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Departing lawyers who downloaded a “treasure trove” of proprietary materials from their Boston law firm may be liable for unfair or deceptive business practices, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.
The court ruled for the Governo Law Firm in its lawsuit against a group of nonequity partners who at first made an offer to buy Governo and then started practice at their new law a day after their offer was rejected. The lawyers had already incorporated the new law firm, CMBG3, and they used the downloaded materials in their practice, according to the court’s April 9 opinion.
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Chief Justice Margaret H Marshall (BA 1967, LLD
honoris causa 2000) former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and a lifelong advocate for a more accountable judiciary will receive the 2021 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law.
An announcement made by David F Levi, the director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School, on 7 April 2021, said: “Chief Justice Marshall is an extraordinary example of someone who has quietly and persistently worked to uphold the rule of law. Having witnessed and fought against the devastating injustices of apartheid, she has a deep sense of the ways in which the law can be used either to undermine or to protect equal treatment. She has dedicated her life to ensuring that the law in substance and administration promotes justice for all. Her example on and off the bench has inspired judges and lawyers in this country and in South Africa.”