Argument: Not yet scheduled.

Keywords: Civil Procedure - First Amendment - Judicial Review

Question Presented: Whether a civil hearing for commitment of a person found not guilty by reason of mental illness should be closed to the public to protect the defendant’s privacy.

Facts: The defendant was found not guilty by reason of mental illness of murdering her four-year-old child, and committed to a state treatment facility. Three years later, the Department of Mental …

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Amicus due February 16, 2010 - Argument: April 6, 2010

Keywords: Administrative Law - Civil Procedure - Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Personal Jurisdiction - Securities

Question Presented: Whether the Secretary of the Commonwealth has the power to impose a fine on out-of-state persons who market unregistered securities to a Massachusetts resident.

Facts: Bulldog, an out-of-state company, maintained a website offering information on its hedge funds, which were unregistered securities.  An unregistered security is essentially one for which detailed disclosure statements have not …

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