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NLG & Zalkind Law Sue UMass Amherst for Suppression of Student’s Speech – Student Reinstated!

In January 2026, the NLG-Massachusetts Chapter, together with co-counsel Zalkind Duncan and Bernstein LLP, filed a lawsuit in Hampshire Superior Court on behalf of Kivlighan de Montebello. de Montebello is a UMass Amherst student who was suspended for one year after peacefully protesting Raytheon at a campus career fair. 

On September 29, 2025, de Montebello and fellow members of Students … Read more>>

Federal Judge Issues Approval of Final Hep-C Settlement

BIG VICTORY!

On June 29, 2018, a federal judge in Boston issued final approval of a settlement between state prisoners with Hepatitis C and the Massachusetts Department of Correction. The judge’s order resolves Fowler, et al. v. Turco, et al., a class action lawsuit brought by Prisoners’ Legal Services (PLS) and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild on … Read more>>

NLG-Mass Chapter Lawsuit Could Improve Hep C Treatment for Prisoners Nationwide

A Victory! In spring 2018, the NLG-Mass Chapter reached a settlement of the lawsuit that provides for dramatic improvements in the health care of all prisoners in Massachusetts.

We particularly want thank our partner, Prisoners’ Legal Services, whose expertise and hard work was critical at every step along the way.

The settlement includes Hepatitis C testing for all incarcerated people … Read more>>

Climate Activists Triumph Based on Climate Necessity!

A Victory! On March 27, 2018, thirteen defendants appeared in Boston’s West Roxbury District Court to answer charges that they blocked construction on the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline, a high-pressure natural gas pipeline. They were part of a sustained campaign of civil disobedience that resulted in 198 arrests between October 2015 and September 2016. Although the prosecutor reduced the charges … Read more>>