by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 14, 2020 | In the News
The federal government’s previous ban on bump stocks has been granted a petition for a rehearing after the earlier decision to uphold the bump stock ban was reached previously. The Original ban which went into effect in 2018 and made bump stock devices illegal to...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 11, 2020 | In the News
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s highest court is poised to decide whether Gov. Charlie Baker’s string of executive orders were a legally appropriate response to contain the highly infectious virus or if he overstepped the authority outlined in law....
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 11, 2020 | In the News
BAKER GETS A CIVIL DEFENSE: The state’s law firm, led by Attorney General Maura Healey, is defending Gov. Charlie Baker’s use of the 1950 Civil Defense Act in combating the coronavirus pandemic. The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Friday for and...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 11, 2020 | In the News
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker invoked the wrong law to justify his series of executive orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but even if he used the correct law, he would be overstepping his authority, an attorney representing small business owners suing the...
