Allison Dunn

February 09, 2024 | Law.com

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By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

February 08, 2024 | Law.com

"When he issued the racial slur, he was in the middle of performing his job duties. There's no timeout where he acts in the interest of the employer one second, and then doesn't another second—and that's what the defense is going to say," plaintiff's counsel, James Clifford, a partner of Clifford & Clifford in Portland, argued before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Wednesday.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

February 08, 2024 | Law.com

Massachusetts Appeals Court Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, who has served on the appellate court for 16 years, is the governor's second nomination to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the matter of weeks.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

February 07, 2024 | Law.com

As Elizabeth Dewar was being sworn in as an associate justice by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey during a ceremony oath of office Jan. 29, Justice David Lowy was taking any last-minute efforts to step down from the bench Feb. 3. By Monday's oral argument, the changes to the bench were on full display.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

February 05, 2024 | Law.com

"These misrepresentations also ensured that Siemens was always on the 'right side' of its guarantees (falsely reflecting cost savings) to the HHC, which ensured that Siemens would not be held responsible for failing to deliver the energy savings that it promised when it sought HUD approval," according to the plaintiffs' complaint.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

February 02, 2024 | Law.com

"Respondent's conduct undoubtedly harmed the public's perception of the legal profession by making offensive and disrespectful statements in court and in public about opposing counsel, members of our judiciary, and other government officials. Respondent's statements were republished in various news outlets, widely circulating her misconduct and casting a negative light on New Mexico lawyers," the New Mexico Supreme Court said in a per curiam censure order.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

February 01, 2024 | Law.com

"Defendants acknowledged at oral argument that the record does not tell us whether the alleged hand-soaking occurred before or after the sutures were removed. But if Butts-Franklin had soaked her hand after the sutures were removed, it 'c[ould not] be the basis for a mitigation of damages instruction' because she 'did not act contrary to the advice given,'" Justice Stuart A. Raphael wrote on behalf of the unanimous appellate panel.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani appointed interim lead counsel in 15 putative class actions seeking to hold Zoll Medical liable after a data breach allegedly affecting more than a million people.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 26, 2024 | Law.com

Based on his hours in the classroom, the adjunct professor earned $75 per hour for teaching the banking law course, and approximately $102 per hour for the second course—rates "far exceeding" Maine's minimum wage and salary-basis requirement in Section 663(3)K, the court determined.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 25, 2024 | Law.com

A judge granted a joint motion to stay the case—which was set for closing arguments Wednesday—for 30 days for the parties to execute a formal settlement agreement.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read