Allie Reed
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Massachusetts Legal Reporter for @blaw | Bylines @Business @BostonGlobe, @the_herald | Send me tips: [email protected]
Joined March 2019
🚨BREAKING: The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology will hold a virtual certification exam in the fall in part due to concerns for prospective OB-GYNs’ safety following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology will hold a virtual certification exam in the fall in part due to concerns for prospective OB-GYNs’ safety following the Supreme Court’s decision to...
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A Massachusetts federal judge defended the authority of district courts to issue nationwide injunctions, during a hearing about the Trump admin’s decision to revoke TPS for Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants. Story via @alliereed
https://t.co/FXBPFqIk8y
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A Massachusetts federal judge Tuesday defended the authority of district courts to issue nationwide injunctions of federal government actions, during a hearing about the Trump administration’s...
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Breaking: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) received a bomb threat to his home in Stamford. https://t.co/MRDL3iULhn
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) received a bomb threat to his home in Stamford, Conn., according to a press release.
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Parents have no right to be informed when their child uses new pronouns at school, a federal appeals court just ruled, teeing up potential Supreme Court scrutiny:
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Parents have no right to be informed when their child uses new pronouns at school, the First Circuit ruled Tuesday in upholding a Massachusetts school district’s policy.
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BREAKING NEWS: Karen Read must face another trial on charges that she murdered her police officer boyfriend and fled the scene, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court just ruled in her high-profile appeal. #KarenReadTrial #KarenRead
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Karen Read must face another trial on charges that she murdered her police officer boyfriend and fled the scene, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held Tuesday in her high-profile appeal.
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A leading reproductive rights organization in Massachusetts defamed a faith-based pregnancy resource center in a “state-wide, politically motivated attack” because it doesn’t support abortion, according to a lawsuit. https://t.co/a5VZIx97fi
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A leading reproductive rights organization in Massachusetts defamed a faith-based pregnancy resource center in a “state-wide, politically motivated attack” because it doesn’t support abortion,...
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The early round of lawsuits challenging Trump admin. activity have landed, as expected, in federal district courts in the 1st, 4th, 9th and DC circuits. Here's @SuzanneMonyak & @alliereed with a deeper dive on the dynamics of that:
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Progressive litigants challenging President Donald Trump immigration policies in his first hours in office filed three separate suits within the jurisdiction of the Boston-based federal appeals court.
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Progressive litigants challenging Trump immigration policies in his first hours in office filed three separate suits in the First Circuit, which could prove to be a magnet for liberals seeking to thwart Trump priorities - @SuzanneMonyak & @alliereed
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Progressive litigants challenging President Donald Trump immigration policies in his first hours in office filed three separate suits within the jurisdiction of the Boston-based federal appeals court.
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Today’s biggest (in a literal sense) legal news from @alliereed
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Five elderly elephants living in a Colorado Springs zoo aren’t protected by the same liberty interests that cover humans, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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An honor to capture this historic moment!
Retired US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer asked hypotheticals about punching law enforcement officers and driving a motorcycle through the Boston Common in his first day back hearing cases for the First Circuit. via @alliereed
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The New York state and federal courts are entangled in disputes between the Cayuga Nation tribal government and its citizens. I went to Western NY and spoke to nation members whose businesses and homes are at the center of a struggle for power and land. https://t.co/BiX2kEzFjb
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In upstate New York, the ancestral homeland of the Cayuga Nation, rival factions have filed at least 10 lawsuits in state and federal courts accusing each of improperly seizing property, imposing...
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appeared wary of making a post-trial inquiry into jurors’ mindset in the high-profile trial of Karen Read, who is fending off accusations that she killed her police officer boyfriend. My courtroom dispatch: https://t.co/1LPTNUCbBQ
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Was out Friday (traveling to Massachusetts, the heart of our story!) so didn't have time to share this but love a good Brown Daily Herald alum team up with @alliereed!
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Businesses breathed a sign of relief after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the use of web-tracking software such as Google Analytics and Meta Pixel doesn’t violate a six-decade-old...
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From the courtroom this morning: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court signaled the attorney general may be unable to enforce Milton's noncompliance with the MBTA Communities Act for procedural reasons. Read more: https://t.co/flXuvRgH0R
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The Massachusetts attorney general’s ability to enforce a town’s compliance with a zoning law could be jeopardized by a state agency’s failure to follow rulemaking procedures, the state Supreme Court...
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ICYMI this weekend: Judges at FedSoc event discuss growing threats of political violence. “The risks of being murdered, the risks of having our families killed, these are not risks that any of us should have to endure." Via @alliereed in Fort Worth:
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Threats against judges and attacks on the legitimacy of the judiciary are moving from isolated cases to becoming more widespread, including politically influenced incidents and efforts from overseas...
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NEW: Massachusetts top court strikes down switchblade ban by @alliereed
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A Massachusetts law prohibiting carrying switchblades violates the Second Amendment and must be vacated, the state’s highest court said Tuesday.
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Texas' new appeals court is set to open Sept. 1. That is, if the Texas Supreme Court says it can. A decision could come any day. Opponents say the 15th Court - which will hear matters involving the state and the biz courts - is unconstitutional. #txlege
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Texas’s new appeals court hasn’t heard a single case yet, but its authority is already on the line.
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"Harvard failed its Jewish students" in its response to campus unrest in the wake of Hamas' attack on Israel, a Massachusetts federal judge just held: https://t.co/SKuk24iGKE
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Harvard may have violated antidiscrimination laws in its response to campus unrest in the wake of Hamas’s attack on Israel, a Massachusetts federal judge held Tuesday.
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The Massachusetts Trial Court is immune from a lawsuit claiming it failed to prevent multiple sexual assaults, in part because it has discretion to make security decisions about how to "allocate its limited resources," the Supreme Judicial Court held. https://t.co/nqKaYUd1gW
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The Massachusetts Trial Court is immune from a lawsuit brought by a plaintiff alleging she was sexually assaulted by a court officer while in custody with pending criminal charges, the state supreme...
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How it started (this morning) *Uber, Lyft Ballot Measures Blessed by Massachusetts Justices How its going (this afternoon) *UBER: MASS. DEAL TO KEEP DRIVERS' INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS
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New: A Massachusetts initiative to deem Uber and Lyft drivers independent contractors may appear on the 2024 ballot. The Supreme Judicial Court opinion comes the day before the conclusion of a high profile Massachusetts trial over their status. https://t.co/1Nh5NDed0z
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A Massachusetts initiative to deem Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers independent contractors may appear on the 2024 ballot, the state Supreme Judicial Court said Thursday.
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