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By Marc A. Diller
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“The Steiner’s always believed what happened to them was not only egregious, but scary. Scary that an American corporation can engage in a campaign of terror against innocent people who simply exercised their First Amendment rights. The Steiner’s know, if they don’t stand up to such corporate activities and ask a jury to hold eBay […]
By Rachel Scharf, LAW360 A Massachusetts federal judge held Friday that a pair of bloggers can pursue punitive damages from eBay Inc. on some of their civil claims over an “extraordinary and troubling” harassment campaign orchestrated by the e-commerce giant’s security staffers. U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris issued a mixed ruling on the […]
Karen Read sits at the defense table between her attorneys on May 21, 2024, during her murder trial at Norfolk County Superior Court. (Pool Photo by Matt Stone/Boston Herald) By Charlie McKenna | cmckenna@masslive.com A lawyer representing the family of John O’Keefe argued that statements by his girlfriend, Karen Read, to the media constituted […]
“Karen Read has told many stories about the 2022 death of our beloved John O’Keefe in extensive interviews for two-hour network news specials, a two-part series in a glossy national magazine, many local news stories and to bloggers and social media posters. But while she makes herself endlessly available to anyone who publishes what she […]
“We respect the court’s decision and its legal rationale for staying a civil matter during a pending criminal case against Karen Read. While the court ruled that Read’s Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination is paramount, it acknowledged the media campaign that Read has mounted. The judge decided that the campaign to influence the jury pool […]
BOSTON — Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend until her criminal trial in connection with his death is done.
Boston Police O cer John OʼKeefeʼs̓ family alleges C.F. McCarthyʼs̓ served alcohol to a
“visibly intoxicated” Karen Read before she purportedly struck and killed OʼKeefe.
Ina and David Steiner are suing eBay and others over incidents in 2019 when employees sent them threatening messages,
bizarre deliveries including live spiders and a funeral wreath, and tried to attach a tracking device to their car.JONATHAN
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By Sean Cotter Globe Staff Five years after attorney Lisa Arrowood filed a medical malpractice lawsuit, the case still hasn’t gone to trial. She came close in August, but the case hit a sudden snag. “A month before the trial, we found out there is no judge,” Arrowood said. She’s now scheduled to have the […]