Attorney Naomi Shatz Speaks to the Boston Globe About the Legal Background of the Robert Kraft/Macklemore Feud

Attorney Naomi R. Shatz provided the Boston Globe with the legal backdrop for the dispute between Robert Kraft and musician Macklemore, which has been dominating the headlines this week. As Shatz explained to the Globe, the state’s Civil Rights Act applies to private individuals, and makes it illegal for private companies and people to violate constitutional rights. As she told the Globe, the state’s highest court has “made clear in various cases that canceling an existing contract because of someone’s protected speech is economic coercion that violates the law.”