March 01, 2024
A Boston police commissioner fired after decades-old allegations of domestic abuse surfaced told a federal judge he is entitled to his day in court for his defamation suit, saying the city's former mayor "destroyed" his reputation in the press.
January 31, 2024
The city of Boston sought a pretrial win Wednesday in a suit brought by its fired former police commissioner, arguing that he was afforded every chance to clear his name publicly in the face of domestic violence allegations that preceded his dismissal.
May 02, 2023
A federal judge said Tuesday she would review emails that the city of Boston withheld as privileged in a contentious defamation suit filed after the firing of its former police commissioner.
March 14, 2023
The city of Boston said Tuesday its fired former police commissioner can't have a court review hundreds of documents as part of his defamation suit, panning it as a request for privileged information backed by a hyperbolic claim that he is being denied discovery.
September 27, 2022
A Boston Police Department commissioner who was fired over domestic abuse allegations argued Tuesday that his defamation suit against the city requires testimony from a Davis Malm PC attorney who compiled a report on the claims.
September 20, 2022
The city of Boston asked a federal judge to reject a subpoena from the city's former police commissioner seeking to question a Davis Malm PC attorney who was tapped to write a report on domestic abuse allegations that got the commissioner fired.
July 12, 2022
A federal judge said Tuesday the former Boston police commissioner can move forward with defamation and invasion of privacy claims against the city tied to the previous mayor's airing of domestic abuse allegations against the top cop, while throwing out other parts of the case.
March 21, 2022
A Boston federal judge hinted on Monday that he might strip constitutional claims from a lawsuit filed by the city's former police commissioner and return the fight over his termination in the wake of domestic abuse allegations to state court.
July 06, 2021
Boston has shaken up its legal team by hiring attorneys from Nixon Peabody LLP to defend against claims that acting Mayor Kim Janey illegally rushed to judgment by firing the police commissioner over domestic violence allegations, according to court filings in the defamation and civil rights suit.