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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

4 months

WOW--the MA Supreme Judicial Court, holding this morning that sentencing emerging adults (18, 19, 20 year olds) to life without parole violates the state constitution. Huge congratulations to attorney Ryan Schiff and the many amici involved in making this happen!

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

8 months

You can represent someone without taking on their petty hatreds as your own--and even without encouraging or indulging your client's own pettiness and hatred. This is trash behavior if true.

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@antifamouss

8 months

Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez admitted in a panel this week that during the 2022 trial she had a female member of his legal team spray Depp's cologne in the court toilets used by Amber Heard to wage "psychological warfare" against her. Do you know how fucking evil that is?

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

@Lindsay7707 @clhubes Yeah calling them step-siblings is the thing that made my head explode. I have a much younger half brother and never ever thought of him as anything other than my brother. Undermining that sibling relationship just sucks.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

7 years

This is a really important question. I represent many accused students, and for sure a disproportionate # of my clients are minorities.

Emily Yoffe

@EmilyYoffe

7 years

Are campus sexual assault adjudications biased against men of color? I explore the issue of race in @TheAtlantic .

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

5 months

It seems notable here that Harvard's Honor Code, which it applies to its students, doesn't have the same intent requirement. Harvard students get disciplined for this same kind of carelessness about citations all the time.

Emma Pettit

@EmmaJanePettit

5 months

@chronicle Harvard points to the FAS policy on research misconduct (which I'll link below). Neither the panel or subcommittee "found evidence of intentional deception or recklessness in Gay’s work, which is a required element" for finding misconduct under this policy.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

I don't even own a bike, but I really value having Mem. Drive closed on the weekends as a safe, outside space for the kids to bike, rollerblade, run. Please vote against this change. @Ammallon @realBurhanAzeem @Marc_C_McGovern @PattyNolan1 @MayorSiddiqui @qzondervan

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

6 years

I've advised clients that if it comes to it, better to serve a short sentence than to be on the sex-offender registry for life. Amazing that this aspect of a sentence is so discounted.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@ManikkaB @connorsfarm We don't know each other, but I'm a Cambridge resident and one of your school committee constituents. I'm so sorry this happened to your family; thank you for speaking up. What you're asking for is more than reasonable. We will certainly not offer @connorsfarm our business.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

It's disgraceful that MA hasn't changed this law yet. Incarcerated people are part of the community before, during, and after incarceration and are uniquely at the mercy of government. They should have a vote.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@zunguzungu I just finally read it and it's weirder than I imagined. I had an ectopic pregnancy which I deeply mourned. But this is so divorced from the reality of what an early pregnancy is.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

4 months

Probably worth noting that MA law in murder cases generally imposes draconian mandatory sentences--it's life without parole for a first-degree murder conviction, and life with the possibility of parole for second-degree. No sentencing discretion. Parole is very hard to get.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

5 years

Here at BMC watching this happen and have never seen anything so insane.

CourtWatchMA

@CourtWatchMA

5 years

Arraignments continue today from this weekend's arrests The lead @nlgmass lawyer representing arrestees, @SusanBChurch11 , was just TAKEN INTO CUSTODY on contempt for reading case law into the record about how denying nolle pros violated the law!! Judge Sinnott is OUT OF CONTROL

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

@RMFifthCircuit These are all bad, especially when considered collectively, but the objective worst is that his client had not seen the indictment before his federal court plea.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

4 years

@radleybalko In Boston we have this guy--the second highest paid city employee:

‘The avatar of cop violence in Boston’: Police captain routinely crosses line, activists say - The...

Outside of Boston’s police commissioner, there may be no officer more widely recognized than Captain John “Jack” Danilecki. To some, he is “the avatar of cop violence in Boston.” To others, he's a...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

@Too_Big_To_Fail His other recent posts--which can pretty fairly be read as threatening witnesses--do seem concerning. This one is just straight criticism of prosecutors' choices, which should be allowed.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

5 months

@JoshuaErlich Holy crap, and I thought our court-appointed pay was low! How does anyone afford to do this?

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

Personal news: I'm starting 2023 with a big change and am now a solo practitioner. I'm very excited to build my new independent practice. (But also sending lots of love to my colleagues of 15 years @zalkindlaw , from whom I learned literally everything.)

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@flamingpetty I was 21 and I remember this so well. Any time I think of The Onion, I think of this issue. It was so striking and SO different from anything any other media or comedy outlet was doing at that moment.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

Hooray for defense lawyers on the bench! This is a great pick--Brian is a smart, excellent lawyer.

The Mass Public Defenders (CPCS)

@CPCSnews

2 months

Biden nominates former CPCS attorney Brian Murphy to be federal judge in Massachusetts via @telegramdotcom

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

Rare that I agree with changes in the law that make it worse for criminal defendants, but I think the SJC gets it right here about revelations of infidelity as reasonable provocation--misogynistic and outdated.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

Nice Massachusetts Appeals Court win today by a pro se plaintiff challenging his prison's refusal to disburse funds from his inmate account. Good for Mr. Fitzpatrick here, for persisting without counsel after a loss in the Superior Court.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@larabazelon It seems like it will be hard for someone in this mindset to make it through voir dire, though, doesn't it? I agree with you but in practice I feel like the system is set up to try very hard to prevent this.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@KSVesq I find it both depressing and a little reassuring how much my kids are used to this as their reality. It sucks--but I think it's stressful for me in a way that it isn't for them because its been part of their world for so much of their lives.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@kcjohnson9 @chronicle This, too, is really smart: "They also might have advanced the mission of Yale Law by educating the complainants about what is and is not actionable harassment and discrimination: as future lawyers, they will do themselves no favors by bringing frivolous claims."

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

This, from the Glove, is really disappointing. It's incorrect, and even cursory reporting would reveal that. I don't think a single New England school uses anything other than a preponderance standard. Makes me question reliability of Glove reporting on topics I know less about.

KC Johnson

@kcjohnson9

9 months

Editorial also falsely asserts that the "Trump-era rules" "set" a standard of "clear and convincing." What New Egland college or university uses the clear and convincing standard to adjudicate TIX allegations? Is it too much to expect factual accuracy of @BostonGlobe editorials?

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

7 months

For my #CambMA folks on this rainy election day, this is just a plug to consider @eugeniaschraa as your #1 vote for school committee! Eugenia is smart, detail -oriented, data-driven, and dedicated to equity and academic excellence.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

Truly nothing like a close-read of the government's opposition to a motion for compassionate release for a quick shot of rage.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

I obviously don't speak for all parents in Cambridge but I think a lot of us are frustrated by this situation.

Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias

10 months

You shift from a system in which affluent kids are disproportionately in the advanced class to a system where the advanced class is now available *only* to those with parents who are rich enough and motivated enough to buy private lessons.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

This truly is amazing news. Huge congratulations to everyone involved in this.

CourtWatchMA

@CourtWatchMA

2 years

🧵HUGE NEWS—After remand by the SJC + additional fact-finding & expert testimony, Suffolk Superior Judge Ullman ruled that mandatory life without parole (LWOP) sentences for people ages 18-20 at the time of their crime are UNCONSTITUTIONAL under the MA Constitution, art. 26:

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

@attorneydad Absolutely not. With a slight maybe, if I were confident that (1) I knew all the facts about the accusation, (2) I knew exactly was on the phone, and (3) the phone contents were fully and obviously exculpatory. In the real world I can't believe those conditions would be met.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@steve_vladeck Also in almost any likely court context I think a lot of this comes in either as non-hearsay or under exceptions.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

@ADK_Kelsey The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@JusticeLandau I hid a pregnancy for months from opposing counsel, while trying to get case through SJ before baby. Ended up needing extension that would have put SJ in middle of leave. She agreed to an extended schedule that 100% accommodated me, said she would NEVER do otherwise.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

I made these calls and encourage my fellow #CambMA folks to call also. We really rely on the Mem Drive closures for a safe place for our kids to ride their bikes on the weekend.

Chris Cassa

@ccassa

1 year

Exactly, this lowers net traffic, noise, and air pollution, and provides important open space for environmental justice. Please make time to call today: * DCR at 617-626-1250 #3 (or 617-360-1715) * Governor Healey’s Office 617-725-4005 * Rep Decker’s Office 617-722-2130

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@kcjohnson9 I think this exaggerates how independent of the university a private law firm hired by the university, hoping to work for it again in the future, actually is.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@Notyouravgmom31 @zunguzungu YES that was my exact thought. What did she think was in there? Not to be awful about someone who is grieving, but did she want them to bring her a teaspoon of tissue? There's something so deeply weird about fantasizing that they could bring her a tiny dead baby to hold.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

The more appellate defense I do, the more trial transcripts I read, the more I am impressed by how good @CPCSnews lawyers are. Happy #PublicDefenseDay !

New England Innocence Project

@NEInnocence

2 months

Happy #PublicDefenseDay to all public defenders, especially our partners at @CPCSnews ! We are all working together in defense of individuals and communities harmed by the criminal legal system. We are so grateful to public defenders for defending the rights of indigent people!

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

@RilezTweetsEsq Three months in. A model without a lot of overhead gives me freedom to do a lot of appointed appellate criminal work at low rates, and to offer lower rates to my private clients, and to work fewer hours--so pretty much win win win except for having to do my own bookkeeping.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

Both wonderful and hilarious--I returned to my office from filing this complaint to learn that the state Department of Corrections is granting my client's medical parole release, mooting the case.

Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

At the Suffolk Superior Court, where in a personal record I am filling my second civil case this week.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

4 months

Big SJC opinion day.

Sprung Vox

@VoxPrudentia

4 months

Mass. SJC: When your lawyer is asleep for any significant portion of your criminal trial--no matter how you measure that, quantitatively or qualitatively--that isn't ineffective-assistance of counsel; it's denial of counsel. #AppellateTwitter

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

MA appeals court case today with a good reminder--just say everyone's race at trial. The defendant, the jurors, witnesses if it's relevant. Otherwise, on appeal the court will say the all-white jury isn't in the record.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

I see a trend of schools trying to use "professionalism" and other vague conduct standards to get out of #TitleIX procedural requirements and definitions, especially for grad students, faculty, and university employees. Unfortunate if the 6th Cir. is planning to say that's okay.

KC Johnson

@kcjohnson9

1 year

CA6 declines to conduct oral argument in @waynestate acc'd student appeal, which wouldn't seem like a good sign for student. Odd case factually: med student where school handled allegation as "professionalism" claim w/apparent goal of minimizing student's procedural protections.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

@pschofie79 There's a MA case today about Tufts trying to cut salaries of tenured professors if they don't bring in enough grant funding that made me think this same thing--that academic freedom is not just about controversial stances.

Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

This is an interesting case on what it means to have tenure, and when universities can and can't change terms of employment for tenured faculty.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

@segalmr My experience clerking was that my judge -- and his spouse -- were scrupulous about this stuff. I also would suspect that a lot of Judge Ponsor's peers strongly agree with this.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@JusticeLandau I appreciated this in particular because in general our relationship was not the best. But she didn't have to like me to do the decent thing.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

The longer I'm a lawyer, the less snark towards the other side and especially towards opposing counsel I include in my writing. It's not convincing and you look bad (because you are low-key behaving badly).

Sara Kropf

@SaraKropf

1 year

Let’s hope it’s the last. This is not how civility works. There are so many other ways to make the point without insults. My goodness.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

I'm really pleased to see Governor Healey making pardon recommendations now, early in her first term, and I hope these are the first of just tons

The Mass Public Defenders (CPCS)

@CPCSnews

10 months

Governor's Council approves all 7 of Healey’s pardon recommendations

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

@jmp_nyc @Too_Big_To_Fail I do think jury selection will be a nightmare in all of the cases against Trump. I followed the Tsarnaev case here in Boston closely and it was hard there--this will be worse.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

@KSVesq The thing is that the fun and the work are not all distributed evenly

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@AkivaMCohen This feels like a different -context version of the people who insist that there's no evidence for a claim because they don't believe that testimony is evidence. (And in both contexts, people are especially unlikely to count testimony as evidence if it's from women or children.)

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@DaraPurvis I had the EXACT same experience with my very wanted first pregnancy. I am flooded by the idea of deliberately putting women in that situation at risk like this.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

@kcjohnson9 @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion I wrote to the Globe about exactly this error two weeks ago:

Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

Last time the @BostonGlobe wrote about #TitleIX , I wrote a letter to the editor (that they didn't publish) in part to correct exactly this misunderstanding about the standard of proof. So it's frustrating to see it repeated again in today's editorial. Here's the letter I sent:

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

Love to see pro se plaintiffs prevailing on appeal against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

@abdallah_fayyad I'm sympathetic to the idea that ideas and policy trump most other issues. But it feels disingenuous to focus on the suspended license--to me the license suspension/registration are less concerning--instead of the behavior that created risk (speeding/no booster seat).

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

Still mulling over the conversation with my three-year-old about what animals we eat, where she solemnly explained that baby lambs probably don't like being eaten, so instead "we should do it to the moms." Moms! Always available to meet your needs.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@thejenlife Even better than non-lawyer staff: I was mistaken for my former boss's daughter multiple times. A male lawyer in court all but patted me on the head while asking, "Is that your dad?" We do not particularly resemble each other.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

4 years

I feel this really hard. It mystifies me why we are not talking more about childcare when we talk about reopening.

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

4 years

The pandemic upended child care. It could be devastating for working women.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

6 years

If @DAMarianRyan is the progressive she says, she should follow suit. As a Middlesex County resident, I'm watching that closely as well.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

You will be shocked to learn that the union lost at hearing and on appeal in this gender discrimination case, in which union officials thought it was wise to talk about how women workers "did not complain" and "knew their place."

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

8 years

Reading about Olympics hosting always fills me with gratitude to activists who helped defeat #Boston2024 .

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

Last time the @BostonGlobe wrote about #TitleIX , I wrote a letter to the editor (that they didn't publish) in part to correct exactly this misunderstanding about the standard of proof. So it's frustrating to see it repeated again in today's editorial. Here's the letter I sent:

Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

This, from the Glove, is really disappointing. It's incorrect, and even cursory reporting would reveal that. I don't think a single New England school uses anything other than a preponderance standard. Makes me question reliability of Glove reporting on topics I know less about.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@KSVesq Older male opposing counsel said to me quietly after my first depo that it was a "very nicely taken deposition." He was a good egg.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

@Too_Big_To_Fail I actually thought the beginning was pretty reasonable! I too would not like it if people put up posters of my face falsely accusing me of sexual misbehavior! But yes, it then goes far off the rails to an extent that makes me think this person is unwell.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@RMFifthCircuit Oleana in Cambridge; Giulia in Cambridge; Sumiao Kitchen in Cambridge; and Myers & Chang in the South End are all great (and all very different from each other). If you are a beer guy, we love the Cambridge Brewing Company. (I live in Cambridge so my recs are mostly there.)

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

It's great to get a corrlinks notification that a client can't send or receive messages, and know that it's because he's no longer in prison 😍

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

7 months

@onesarahjones Of all the people who could just be shutting up right now he is top of the list

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

6 years

This is as cogent an explanation as I've seen of what's happening on the border, why, and how it differs from what was happening under prior administrations:

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

7 years

I'd love to see colleges really look to the well-being of all students in these and other disciplinary matters; many are really vulnerable.

Vincent Morrone Author

@Vince524

7 years

@zalkindlaw @CostelloRuth @NaomiShatz @masslw If it's done right, we can protect everyone. Force colleges to look out for students, not themselves.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

5 years

I❤️ @earhustlesq and recommend it to everyone all the time. This is a nice look behind the scenes.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

This is important good news for students who seek redress from the federal courts under pseudonym. The inability to proceed under a pseudonym would mean inability, in practice, to proceed because publicity around litigation can undermine the goal of repairing reputation.

KC Johnson

@kcjohnson9

2 years

CA1 ruling: Nuanced opinion vacates district court order denying pseudonym, offers 4general areas of thought--plus an extended discussion of FERPA and TIX--that most acc'd students should be able to meet. CA1: MIT argument on FERPA as req'ing "rose-colored glasses" for statute.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@kcjohnson9 @chronicle It just does no one any good in the long run to forget that these are legal terms that have specific meanings that YLS students should understand.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

7 months

I love the sign at this house in #CambMA , inviting the public to come around to the backyard to see the rest of their gorgeous garden. (These pictures are both of the front because I was on a run but the back is also lovely.)

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

This is consistent with what my clients report to me.

jamie vita 🇵🇸

@glassjawvita

9 months

The care I've seen clients receive and clients have told me they receive from Wellpath is really abysmal. None of us would tolerate our pets being treated this way, let alone our own family, but this is routinely done to people in state prison and at BSH.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@JustinLawGuy I boil them and then I fry them in butter, the way my husband's Polish grandmother did.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

@GsuGrinding @Too_Big_To_Fail Chances he eventually violates a protective order related to discovery seem non-zero.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@glukianoff When the librarian at my kids' school wrote an op-ed declining a donation of books from Melania Trump. Conservatives literally shut down the school's phone system demanding that she be fired. (She wasn't.)

Librarian faces backlash for rejecting book donation from Melania Trump

Librarian at the Cambridgeport Elementary School in Massachusetts is taking heat for declining a shipment of books from first lady

www.cbsnews.com

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 months

I agree with this. But I will add that I think a lot of commentary about universities right now is based on speculation about who is and is not being disciplined, and given confidentiality of most campus disciplinary processes, not all of it is correct.

Dilan Esper

@dilanesper

3 months

I really think university presidents need to get back to first principles, which start with colleges being centered on education. Nobody interrupts anyone's education (which includes listening to invited speakers) Want to protest? Do something that doesn't interrupt the speaker.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

4 years

Imagine if they had crafted the guidelines back in March when we first knew they were necessary.

Sarah Betancourt

@sweetadelinevt

4 years

Baker administration crafting home confinement guidelines, but is giving itself 60 days to release them. #mapoli

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

After Persky recall, sentences in CA "increased by 30% in the six weeks following the announcement of the recall, and because the criminal legal system is structurally racist, those sentences disproportionately affected low income and people of color”

Did recalling the judge in an infamous sexual assault case lead to justice? - Harvard Law School

Rebecca Richman Cohen, a Harvard Law School lecturer, debuts a new documentary on the unintended consequences following the recall of the judge in the Brock Turner assault case.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

I appreciate so much how willing criminal defense lawyers just about always are to be helpful to other criminal defense lawyers. I benefit so much from the work and thoughts and energy of so many people.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

I myself was able to develop this fear after just one semester of Torts.

Amir

@RobinhoodEsq

3 years

The really rad thing about being a personal injury lawyer is slowly developing an irrational fear that anything and everything could kill or maim you at any time 🥳

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

I represent former Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman in his contract case against the school. I'm happy to report that this morning the Suffolk Superior Court denied Harvard's motion to dismiss the case, letting it move forward to discovery.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@alixabeth I had an ectopic pregnancy that could have killed me or at the very least destroyed my fertility if not treated promptly and medically in a way that several states are forbidding now. No one in my family is living in those states if we have a choice.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

9 months

I'm just going to say it, I get too much communication from my children's school. "New district motto coming soon" isn't an alert I need. Nor do I need an email about accreditation of a school my children don't attend.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

10 months

Baby turkeys spotted on my run! I know they are kind of a menace but their babies are like cute small dinosaurs.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

4 years

I can't be there in person today but I am donating (again) to @MassBailFund , whose work is always important but never more so than right now. And I am re-upping my @nlgmass membership.

Massachusetts Bail Fund

@MassBailFund

4 years

We will be providing bail support tonight alongside @nlgmass who will be providing Legal Observers. #FreeThemAll

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

@K_NoiseWaterMD My worst day also involved a client's suicide, related to the case I represented him in. It haunts me like I can't even describe. I'm sorry for your loss.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@questauthority I would think it raises sufficient questions about the juror's honesty during voir dire that the court has to at least inquire of the juror about the discrepancy and the reasons for it.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

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@JacobAShell @kcjohnson9 I think it would be very reasonable for a school to frame statements on current events primarily in terms of concern and support for students who are affected. But it's fair to observe that hasn't been Harvard's practice on other issues.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

6 months

@VoxPrudentia @NC_CyberLaw This is the rare case where the sentence seems, actually, surprisingly low to me!

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

@Bramwell_Law @LawTrades I was just about to write, "I looked it up online."

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

If I were on the biglaw job market I would pay attention to this in making my choices.

Law Students for Climate Accountability

@LS4CA

3 years

THREAD: Today we released our 2021 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard. The scores are dismal, and here's why: even now, as time is running out to avoid climate catastrophe, top law firms are INCREASING the amount of work they do to make the climate crisis worse (1/8)

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

I have run the same race, the Harpoon 5-Miler, almost every year since 2008. In my late 30s, I realized I had a shot at placing in it after turning 40. Turned 40 in 2020--no race. 2021--no race. Last year I blew it. This year, at 43, I finally came in 3rd in my category.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

7 years

I was proud to be there for this one.

ACLU Massachusetts

@ACLU_Mass

7 years

This is democracy in action. Screenshot of @WCVB 's live coverage of #BosWomensMarch : @JennyWCVB

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

Reading this whole opinion raises the question why the DOC didn't resolve this by giving the plaintiff a new form to fill out to get his funds transferred as he wished. Maybe I'm missing something but I'm not sure DOC fighting this case was a good use of taxpayer resources.

Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

1 year

Nice Massachusetts Appeals Court win today by a pro se plaintiff challenging his prison's refusal to disburse funds from his inmate account. Good for Mr. Fitzpatrick here, for persisting without counsel after a loss in the Superior Court.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

If anything BOP released far too few people to home confinement during the pandemic. The Biden administration should #KeepThemALLHome and that's just the beginning of how it should use its clemency powers.

Emily Galvin-Almanza

@GalvinAlmanza

3 years

Everyone released under the CARES act was pre-screened for safety. They've proven themselves by living safely at home, w/family & work & volunteering & education & healthcare &c for NEARLY 2 YEARS. Every single one who proved themselves deserves to stay home. #KeepThemALLHome

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 years

My 3 y.o. narrates her life in the third person. So sometimes we'll be at dinner and hear her quiet voice whispering, "She poured the milk on herself to clean her sticky hands" and know that an intervention might be necessary.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

3 years

@anne_theriault Speaking of infantilizing--this, from the father's lawyer: "“Britney knows that her Daddy loves her, and that he will be there for her whenever and if she needs him, just as he always has been — conservatorship or not.”

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

11 months

MCI Gardner, it turns out, is surrounded by a wildlife management area, letting me kill two birds with one stone (visit clients, then get my run in). It's a little sketchy but pretty.

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Ruth O'Meara-Costello

@CostelloRuth

2 months

This is an interesting case on what it means to have tenure, and when universities can and can't change terms of employment for tenured faculty.

Mass. Reporter

@MassReports

2 months

Now available: Wortis v. Trustees of Tufts College (SJC 13472).

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