Massachusetts’ highest court struck down a state ban on carrying switchblades on Tuesday, ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision requiring modern gun restrictions to align with the nation’s history and tradition also applies to other weapons. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court determined that a 1957 law prohibiting the possession of spring-release pocketknives, commonly…
Massachusetts’ Supreme Court recently entertained the notion that a law dating back to the 1960s, originally intended to prevent eavesdropping on phone calls and telegraphs, might also encompass the collection of users’ browsing data by website operators without their explicit consent. This potential interpretation emerged during oral arguments as the court considered two proposed class…
A Massachusetts lawyer, Jeff Smith, is embroiled in a legal battle against the government, seeking $9.5 million in damages following a harrowing snowmobile collision with a Black Hawk helicopter. The March 2019 crash, which nearly claimed Smith’s life, has led to a protracted federal lawsuit, with Smith contending that the government’s negligence is responsible for…
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