In 1994, the Massachusetts Legislature enacted a so-called “anti-SLAPP” statute, G.L. c. 231, § 59H, to provide a procedural remedy for early dismissal of suits which seek to use litigation to intimidate opponents into foregoing the valid exercise of their...
First Amendment
Town’s Ban on Alcohol at Adult Entertainment Venues Fails Judicial Review
Where a town bylaw would prevent the sale of alcohol at a showing of the musical Hair or the play Equus at a theater located in an adult entertainment overlay district, the bylaw is impermissibly overbroad and cannot stand, the Supreme Judicial Court said today in...