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PRESS RELEASE The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus at its upcoming Virtual Graduation Ceremony will conferHonorary Degrees of Doctor of Laws (LLD) on two distinguished Caribbean citizens - Dr CleopatraDoumbia-Henry (LLB, LLM, PhD) for her contribution to International Law and The Honourable SirHugh Rawlins for his…
Where a respondent was committed to the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, the commitment order must be vacated because the respondent was held for observation before the hospital’s filing of the petition in excess of the statutory time limit under G.L.c. 123, §§15 and 16. “The Ayer District Court committed the respondent, K.M., to the
Where a respondent has challenged a commitment order, that order must be vacated because (1) an expert witness’s testimony that the respondent had significant violent episodes that led to multiple arrests for violent behaviors was inadmissible hearsay and (2) without such testimony, there was insufficient evidence of a substantial risk of physical harm to others.
Where a plaintiff has been classified as a Level 2 sex offender, a remand must be ordered because the hearing examiner’s error in relying on an invalid regulatory factor (repetitive and compulsive behavior) may have affected the classification. “The plaintiff, John Doe, appeals from a Superior Court judgment affirming his final classification by the Sex
Where plaintiffs have filed a complaint alleging that a defendant used an illegal kickback scheme to boost sales of its eye-disease drug, the case should be stayed pending resolution of a Department of Justice civil action against the defendant. Recent opinion digests on civil practice issues: Civil practice – Stay – DOJ actionCivil practice –