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Mass. Court Sees No Bias In Gay IT Chief s Termination
Law360 (May 6, 2021, 7:36 PM EDT) A Massachusetts appellate panel declined Thursday to revive a gay former information technology manager s lawsuit alleging a health care data company canned him for reporting discrimination, ruling that his termination was one of many tied to the company s deteriorating finances and shuttering of U.S. operations.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld Boston-based Molecular Health Inc. s summary judgment victory over former IT head Justin Nealis, who alleged he was fired in February 2018 in retaliation for complaining to higher-ups that a company vice president had targeted him for being openly gay.
NEW BEDFORD Jean Gomes, a former New Bedford police officer convicted in 2017 of abusing a child, is out of prison and living in Florida, according to state agencies.
Gomes, now 64, was released from a Massachusetts prison in September without parole, said Kate Silvia, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Correction, in an email.
Gomes was initially sentenced in Superior Court in June 2017 to a mandatory minimum of 10 years in state prison after a jury convicted him of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 by a mandated reporter.
Mandated reporters are required by law to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Mandated reporters include teachers, social workers, doctors and police officers.
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But in parts of the United States where oil is a significant part of the economy, divestment isn’t discussed. Divestment advocates in Texas have made little progress convincing the state s Permanent University Fund which owns mineral rights on more than two million acres of land to part ways with oil. Jim Johnsen, the former president of the University of Alaska system, said he can’t remember ever being asked by students or employees about divestment, despite the university’s strong ties to the oil industry. Two members of the University of Alaska system s Board of Trustees have experience working in the fossil fuel sector, and parts of the university system s revenue can be traced back to oil and gas.