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Fishing Community Mayor, Top Officials Off the Hook in Retaliation Claims

The mayor and other city officials in the fishing community of Gloucester, Massachusetts are protected under qualified immunity against claims by the city’s harbormaster that they violated his First Amendment rights. The harbormaster sued the mayor, city solicitor, chief administrative …

Pitfalls That Can Derail Insurance Coverage Disputes

Insurance coverage disputes have a lot of commonalities. And lawyers who represent both sides of the table – defense and plaintiff – say participants in such disputes should be aware of certain potentially adversarial issues that routinely arise in the …