Posts by Cristina Fries
Top Massachusetts Court Rules Former Employee Can Sue Employer for Handicap Discrimination After Being Fired for Medical Marijuana Use
The Massachusetts Superior Court ruled that a woman who was fired for testing positive for marijuana usage can sue her employer for handicap discrimination. Christina Barbuto, who had a doctor’s prescription for medical marijuana, which is legal in Massachusetts, was fired on her first day of work for testing positive for the drug. Barbuto alleged…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court Rules That Grandparents and Other Family Members Are Exempt From Trump’s Travel Ban
The Supreme Court recently ruled that grandparents and other close family members of refugees from six Muslim-majority countries can enter the United States, temporarily exempting them from President Donald Trump’s travel ban. This ruling is the latest order in the legislative battle over the travel ban since President Trump gave the executive order in January…
Read MoreSupreme Court Limits Where Companies Can Be Sued for Personal Injuries
In a case involving Texas-based BNSF Railway Co., the Supreme Court ruled that the corporation could not be sued in Montana for injuries that were sustained elsewhere. This Supreme Court ruling could have a significant impact on future personal injury suits by limiting where they can be filed. The justices ruled, 8-1, that States…
Read MoreIs Fake News a Free Market Problem?
Since the 2016 presidential election, the term “fake news” has resurfaced in the vocabulary describing our current media landscape. False stories about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spread across social media leading up to the election, with over 30 million shares of stories favoring Trump and 8 million shares of stories favoring Clinton on Facebook.…
Read MoreLawyer TV Ads: Broadcasting Your Firm Among the Static
We have all seen the lawyer television advertisements that make us wince. These commercials often use low quality production and trite language, or else have unconvincing acting and overused legal imagery. Then there are the commercials that all seem identical, as though every attorney is following the same template with a similar script and visual…
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