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Appeals Business Entertainment 

Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Boston Casino a Dubious Bet in 1st Circuit

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 THOMAS F. HARRISON
Boston, casinos, first circuit, racketeering

With a rival operator accusing casino mogul Steve Wynn of bribery, forgery and sexual assault, judges appeared to go all in Monday at oral arguments on the issue of standing.

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Civil Rights Law Religion 

Satanic Prayers

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 BRIEF
Boston, Constitution, prayer, religious freedom, Satanism

In a suit against the city of Boston’s legislative prayer selection process, The Satanic Temple says it doesn’t have any issue with offensive prayers or the city permitting congregations to “invoke Jesus,” but just wants an “equal opportunity — one guaranteed by the Constitution — invoke Satan.”

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Appeals Civil Rights Government Religion 

Boston Can Reject Religious Flag at City Hall

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 THOMAS F. HARRISON
Boston, Christianity, first circuit, flag, Free Speech

In a major ruling on free speech and religion, a city that has flown hundreds of flags supporting other causes was allowed to rebuff a Christian one.

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Appeals Business Technology 

Car-Rental App Turo Appears to Stall in Logan Airport Fight

January 8, 2021January 11, 2021 THOMAS F. HARRISON
airports, automotive, Boston, first circuit, Gig economy

In a key test case for the “sharing” economy, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court seemed highly unsympathetic Friday to a car-share app accused of skirting rental-car rules at Boston’s Logan Airport.

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Appeals Business Technology 

Boston Cabbies Fight at 1st Circuit to Renew War With Uber

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 THOMAS F. HARRISON
Boston, first circuit, taxicabs, Uber, unfair competition

A group of Boston taxi operators found some passing room Monday trying to persuade the First Circuit that Uber had illegally competed with them by running an unlicensed cab company.

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Criminal Politics 

FBI Investigating Fire Set in Boston Ballot Drop Box

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boston, Fire, Voting

A fire was set Sunday in a Boston ballot drop box holding more than 120 ballots in what Massachusetts election officials said appears to have been a “deliberate attack,” now under investigation by the FBI.

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Appeals Criminal 

First Circuit Overturns Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence

July 31, 2020August 3, 2020 THOMAS F. HARRISON
Bombing, Boston, first circuit, Terrorism

The Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence was overturned Friday by the First Circuit, which said several jurors in the case were biased and he was entitled to a new trial to determine whether he should be put to death.

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Civil Rights 

Big-City DAs Form Commissions to Help Heal From Racial Injustice

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 MATTHEW RENDA
Black Lives Matter, Boston, Philadelphia, Police, prosecutors, race, San Francisco

District attorneys in three major American cities will host truth and reconciliation commissions intent on giving voice to citizens who have suffered from police violence or prosecutorial overreach.

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Civil Rights Government Regional Technology 

Facial-Recognition Tools Banned for Boston Police

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 THOMAS F. HARRISON
biometric, Boston, discrimination, Law Enforcement, Police, race

The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to prohibit police from using facial-recognition technology, becoming the largest city in the country to do so after San Francisco.

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Op-Ed Sports 

Dispatches From Sheltering in Place: Ode to the 2004 Boston Red Sox, Part 2

May 29, 2020June 1, 2020 CHRIS MARSHALL
Boston, CMarshall, Major League Baseball, San Diego

In his most recent dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief concludes his reminiscences about family and his beloved Red Sox.

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Op-Ed Sports 

Dispatches While Sheltering in Place: Ode to the 2004 Boston Red Sox, Part 1

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 CHRIS MARSHALL
Boston, CMarshall, coronavirus, Maine, Major League Baseball

In his most recent dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief reminisces about family and his beloved Boston Red Sox.

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Criminal 

Whitey Bulger Juror Regrets Murder Conviction

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boston, CIA, Gangs, jury, murder

The notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the lam after he was tipped to his pending arrest.

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Employment Entertainment Sports 

Astros Fire 2 Top Execs in Sign-Stealing Scandal

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boston, Houston, Major League Baseball, scandal, theft

The Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal cost manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow their jobs, and Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora could be next.

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Government National Politics 

Warren Looks Ahead to 2020 in Boston New Year’s Eve Speech

December 31, 2019 ZACK HUFFMAN
Boston, Democrats, Elections, Elizabeth Warren, speeches

During a New Year’s Eve speech in downtown Boston on the one-year anniversary of her 2020 campaign announcement, Senator Elizabeth Warren asked a church full of supporters to imagine a new day for America under her presidency.

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Appeals Criminal 

Boston Trial of Marathon Bomber Called Unfair on Appeal

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 ZACK HUFFMAN
Bombing, Boston, Death Penalty, first circuit, Terrorism

Fighting for a retrial of the Boston Marathon bomber, a lawyer told the First Circuit on Thursday morning that it violated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s rights to try him so close to the site of the largest terrorist attack since 9/11.

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Appeals Civil Rights Education 

Campus Sexual Assault

November 21, 2019November 22, 2019 BRIEF
Boston, campus sex assault, dbrief5, first circuit, injunction, suspension

The First Circuit ruled that the lower court improperly granted a Boston College student’s motion for a preliminary injunction against his one-year suspension following sexual assault allegations, finding that state law does not control the actions that a private college takes in addressing assault claims.

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Criminal Education Entertainment Trials 

Lori Loughlin Faces Joint Trial With Fellow Parents in Admissions Scandal

October 2, 2019 ZACK HUFFMAN
Boston, bribery, celebrity, college, higher education

“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin will likely face a joint trial with all of the other parents implicated in the college admissions scandal, a federal judge said Wednesday.

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Criminal Education Entertainment 

Lori Loughlin & Husband to Share Counsel in College-Admissions Probe

August 27, 2019August 28, 2019 ZACK HUFFMAN
Attorneys, Boston, bribery, celebrity, college, conflict of interest, eldMain, higher education

Lori Loughlin and her husband mounted a united front Tuesday, waiving their right to separate lawyers ahead of a trial on the admissions bribery scandal that has already netted 15 plea deals from other parents.

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Civil Rights Government Media Sports 

Mayor Says Sports Blog Barstool Conned Him for Access

June 17, 2019June 18, 2019 ZACK HUFFMAN
Boston, hockey, internet, Journalism

Reaching Monday across the Charles, the mayor of a Boston suburb sued Barstool Sports over a phone interview he says was recorded illegally.

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Criminal Education Sports 

Ex-Stanford Coach Avoids Prison Time in College Bribery Scam

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boston, bribery, coaches, college, higher education

A former head sailing coach at Stanford avoided prison time for agreeing to help students get into the elite university as recruited athletes in exchange for money for his sailing program.

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