Denise Lavoie

April 04, 2012 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - Lawyers for a gay and lesbian legal advocacy group have a told a federal appeals court panel that a federal law that denies benefits to married gay couples that heterosexual couples get is discriminatory.A lawyer for a bipartisan congressional group argued Wednesday in Boston that Congress had a rational basis for passing the law in 1996 when it appeared Hawaii would legalize gay marriage.

By Denise Lavoie

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July 10, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - It was a dramatic end to a trial that pitted Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis against two respected surgeons: a juror collapsed, the doctors rushed to his aid and the judge declared a mistrial.Some in the legal community thought Weis would then reach a settlement with the two Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons rather than go through a retrial.

By Denise Lavoie

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March 31, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - Lawyers for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller are asking a judge to suppress statements he made to investigators after he was arrested in Baltimore in the kidnapping of his 7-year-old daughter.Rockefeller, whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, claims he told investigators 14 minutes into a 4-hour interrogation that he didn't want to talk.

By DENISE LAVOIE

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January 30, 2012 | Daily Report Online

FALL RIVER, Mass. AP - A former Massachusetts dentist was sentenced to one year in jail Monday for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals.Dr. Michael Clair pleaded guilty earlier this month to a list of charges, including assault and battery, defrauding Medicaid of $130,000, illegally prescribing medications and witness intimidation.

By Denise Lavoie

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January 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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August 29, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A foundation set up by Julia Child is locked in a legal battle with the manufacturer of Thermador ovens for touting the late chef's use of the company's high-end appliances.

By Denise Lavoie

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July 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.The federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define and regulate marriage as it sees fit, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said.

By DENISE LAVOIE

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May 08, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - Massachusetts' highest court on Monday upheld a $2 million verdict against the Boston Herald won by a Superior Court judge who said the newspaper libelously depicted him as soft on crime and insensitive to the suffering of a 14-year-old rape victim.Judge Ernest Murphy argued that a Herald reporter misquoted him as telling lawyers involved in the case: "Tell her to get over it.

By Denise Lavoie

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August 21, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By DENISE LAVOIE

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September 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BOSTON AP - The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge in Boston to dismiss a lawsuit that claims a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman is unconstitutional because it denies gay couples access to federal benefits given to other married couples.In court documents, the Justice Department makes it clear the Obama administration thinks the law is discriminatory and should be repealed.

By DENISE LAVOIE

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