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  • Airbnb & Hub Settle Suit

    Posted: Aug 30, 2019
    ​Airbnb and the City of Boston have settled the lawsuit that the company brought challenging the new ordinance that regulates short-term rentals. Here are links to the ordinance, the City’s Short Term Rental Guide and the Boston Globe story. Read Full Article

  • Getting the Most out of HeinOnline

    Posted: Mar 01, 2019
    Your HeinOnline subscription through the Social Law Library gives you instant access to millions of legal documents. But because HeinOnline has such a wealth of material, it can be overwhelming to formulate and run a search—and no one has time to sift through thousands of results in the off chance that one of them is exactly on point. Read Full Article

  • “Rosie D.” Class Action Lives On

    Posted: Feb 13, 2019
    ​On February 7 United States District Court Judge Michael Ponsor refused to release the state of Massachusetts from federal supervision of the mental health care it provides to children on the public insurance program, MassHealth. The class action lawsuit, known as Rosie D. v. Baker, has been in process since 2001. Read Full Article