BBF Obtains Recovery Against BCC In Civil Rights Case
The attorneys at Beauregard, Burke & Franco were recently successful in obtaining a recovery for a client in a civil rights case against Bristol Community College. The case resulted in a settlement of $600,000. For more details, read this article from the SouthCoast Standard Times. read more
Employers, I Implore You!
I am a small business owner, and I am lucky to have many friends and clients who own their own businesses. I have found that regardless of the backgrounds of these friends and clients, the size of their businesses, or their industries, that a common theme exists: a lack of awareness of potential legal pitfalls that employers can face if they aren’t being proactive. This is not to fault my friends and clients. Heck, I’ve even guided fellow attorneys as to employment matters. Here is a non-exhaustive list of things that should be on your legal...
Musings
In re Female Marines Lawyers savvy on the subject of illegal discrimination in the form of “profiling” should be curious about a recent Marine Corps study comparing all male combat units to those that are mixed, i.e. “integrated” with women. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and the Chief Marine Kahuna (I forget his name) are considering what to do with a recent study that determined, empirically, that all-male squads performed better in the areas of speed, “lethality,” marksmanship (markswomanship?), and generally, in the performance of basic...
OUR VIEW: OBERGEFELL v. HODGES
The same sex marriage decision “moves (us) one step closer to being reminded of our impotence.” These are the last words in Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent, Scalia -father of nine children (God forbid that one be gay). Joining Scalia in his deep support for procreation, Chief Justice Roberts tells us that it is the state’s prerogative (not the federal government’s) to reward couples who make and raise children in a stable home with the respectability (and assorted other benefits) of being married. So. . . . recent Supreme Court wisdom is...