By: Jonathan Saltzman A federal judge struck down yesterday a year-old rule requiring Boston cab owners to buy new energy-efficient hybrid cars by 2015, ruling that Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s initiative violated an act of…

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly By: Eric T. Berkman A paralegal who claimed she was repeatedly denied promotions because she was a mother with small children could sue her employer for sex discrimination, a Superior Court judge…

August 17, 2009 Where a defendant employer was awarded summary judgment on a plaintiff employee’s handicap discrimination claim, the judgment must be vacated and a remand ordered because the plaintiff has raised trial worthy issues…

Some examples of successful cases include defeating summary judgment against a woman denied promotion because she had a small child (Sivieri v. DTA); winning an appeal from a Superior Court decision denying the sexual harassment…

Featured in the June 16, 2003 issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly By Paul H. Merry Although she spoke little English and had only recently arrived from El Salvador, Esmeralda Sanchez (not her real name) knew…

Developing Electronic Evidence Presented at the National Employment Lawyers Association By Paul H. Merry One thing on which even lawyers must agree is that more and better evidence makes better justice. And we live in…