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In Verdrager v. Mintz (2016), the plaintiff alleged that she was subjected to gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation while working as an attorney at a Boston law firm, that culminated in her demotion in 2007 and her termination in 2008. She claimed that firm members made inappropriate comments, questioned her commitment to her work after her pregnancy, and assigned a disproportionate amount of non-billable work. After complaining…

The defendant was convicted of multiple sexual offenses against two minor girls who were living in his household. On appeal, he argued that the trial judge improperly excluded evidence of one complainant’s prior allegations of sexual abuse by a third party under the Massachusetts rape shield statute (…

In Campbell v. Commonwealth, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that rape under G.L. c. 265, § 22 qualifies as a predicate offense under the “force clause” of the pretrial detention statute, G.L. c…

In the case Commonwealth v. Cruz, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court considered whether a criminal conviction for threatening to commit a crime violated the First Amendment after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Counterman v. Colorado (2023)…

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 112, § 12L protects an individual’s right to make personal decisions about contraception and pregnancy. This includes their choices for preventing, starting, continuing, or terminating a pregnancy. The statute prohibits the state or its subdivisions from interfering with these choices, and also bars restrictions on medically appropriate abortion methods or the manner in which such abortion care is provided.

Massachusetts General Laws chapter 151B establishes the comprehensive civil rights statutory infrastructure prohibiting sex and gender based discrimination across employment, labor organizations, housing, credit, and related economic relationships, and provides enforcement through the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD). …

Article I of the original 1780 Massachusetts Declaration of Rights stated that all men are born free and equal and possess natural, essential, and unalienable rights to life, liberty, property, and happiness. This clause served as the Commonwealth’s foundational guarantee of individual liberty and equality but was later annulled by the adoption of …

Charalambia Lazaridou v. The Republic of Cyprus, through the Educational Service Commission, Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus, Decisions of 20 February 2024, Application Nos. 152/2018 and 62/2019

This case concerns the selection process for 87 vacant positions of Assistant Director in public education schools, conducted by the Committee for Educational Service. The female appellants, who were not selected,…

Zoukof et al. v. The Republic of Cyprus, Supreme Court of Cyprus (25 July 1990 in Case No. 912/89)

The case Zoukof et al. v. The Republic of Cyprus was an administrative law case reviewing, under Article 146 of the Constitution, the school board of the Ephorate of Greek Schools of Paphos award of a school canteen concession contract. Two women submitted the highest bid to operate the canteen…

Papagiannis et al. v. Industrial Training Authority, Supreme Court of Cyprus (19 June 1992, Case No. 652/89 & 676/89)

The case Papagiannis et al. v. Industrial Training Authority concerns the recruitment process for three Industrial Training Officer (2nd class) positions at the Cypriot Industrial Training Authority. One female applicant was unable to attend the required written…