Ana Muñoz Quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Article on Conditional Guilty Pleas
Zalkind Law’s Ana Muñoz offers her expertise on conditional guilty pleas in light of a proposed amendment to Mass. R. Crim. P. 12. Read more here.
Zalkind Law’s Ana Muñoz offers her expertise on conditional guilty pleas in light of a proposed amendment to Mass. R. Crim. P. 12. Read more here.
Boston 25 News interviewed Attorneys David Duncan and Marty Rosenthal about a lawsuit against Sky Zone trampoline park in Massachusetts, in which they represent a plaintiff who suffered serious injuries while visiting the park. The interview was the result of an investigation into a pattern of similar injuries at Sky Zone trampoline parks across the state, many of which have sparked lawsuits. Watch the interview here.
The Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure are changing effective March 1, 2019. Zalkind Law’s Emma Quinn-Judge is quoted in this Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article discussing the changes.
Attorneys Emma Quinn-Judge and Monica Shah weigh in on Rule 14 when it comes to prosecutorial discovery obligations in the Supreme Judicial Court. Read more here.
Click here to read an article from Inside Higher Ed, in which Naomi Shatz provides her expertise on Title IX proceedings and discusses how they might intersect with the Fifth Amendment.
Zalkind Law’s Attorney David Russcol clarifies the myriad of misunderstandings surrounding the latest Title IX news. He makes sense of Betsy Devos’s “retreat” on Title IX – which is just the start of a process – and dispels some fears around what the future of Title IX might look like. Though DeVos has withdrawn the Dear Colleague Letter, she has not indicated what she intends to replace it with. Russcol offers some thoughts on the rulemaking process going forward, and encourages us to think of this as an opportunity to make things better for both accused students and those who have suffered from sexual misconduct. Read the article here.
Zalkind Law’s Ruth O’Meara-Costello was quoted in the Boston Globe’s article regarding a recent lawsuit filed against the US Department of Education over interim policy guidance for Title IX cases. Read the article and Attorney O’Meara-Costello’s thoughts here.
Vox.com interviews ZDB Attorney Naomi Shatz on new Title IX guidelines. Shatz praises elements of the new guidelines that provide more clarity and transparency to students, but notes there is still work to be done to ensure that schools adequately address hostile environments while respecting the rights of accused students. Read the full story here.
Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it was rescinding its 2011 Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Violence and its 2014 Questions and Answers on Sexual Violence, and issued a Questions and Answers on Campus Sexual Misconduct while noting that it intends to engage in formal rule-making on the topic. Attorney Naomi Shatz spoke to Inside Higher Ed about the interim regulations. The article can be found here.