August 01, 2019
A former top adviser to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh told a federal jury Thursday in the extortion trial of two City Hall aides that the mayor simply wanted "the show to go on" amid concerns a music festival was not using union labor in 2014.
July 31, 2019
Massive financial losses, ticket refunds and class action lawsuits were consequences a music festival investor feared if key permits were withheld, a jury heard Wednesday during the trial of two Boston City Hall aides charged with threatening to deny those permits if the festival didn't hire union labor.
July 26, 2019
A star government witness in a trial for two Boston City Hall aides accused of forcing a music festival to hire unneeded union labor admitted no one specifically threatened him but said he felt the "implication" was clear, during a spirited cross-examination Friday in federal court.
July 25, 2019
The creator of the company that runs the music festival at the center of a Boston extortion case testified Thursday that shortly before the event, a City Hall aide pressured him to hire union labor to avoid the mayor being embarrassed by Scabby the Rat.
July 24, 2019
A government witness called one of the two Boston City Hall aides charged with pressuring a music festival into hiring unneeded union labor a "fantastic person" and said he never saw him act in a threatening manner as he took the stand Wednesday during the aides' extortion trial in federal court.
July 23, 2019
Prosecutors told a federal jury that two Boston City Hall aides forced a concert organizer to hire union labor or face financial ruin, while their lawyers painted their clients as peacemakers trying to prevent a union protest, as the closely watched extortion trial opened Tuesday.
July 19, 2019
Boston courthouses have been hopping as spring has turned to summer and high-profile white collar cases, the anticipated verdict in a landmark education and employment case, and a pair of cases dealing with courthouse immigration arrests have been filling up the Bay State's dockets. Here, Law360 highlights some of the most important cases to watch in the second half of 2019.
July 16, 2019
A pair of Boston City Hall aides were denied Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to have extortion charges against them thrown out, paving the way for a closely watched trial set to begin next week in federal court.
July 15, 2019
Two Boston City Hall aides charged with pressuring a music festival to hire unneeded union labor made a final bid to get extortion charges thrown out Monday in federal court just a week before jury selection is scheduled to begin.
March 22, 2018
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday dismissed the case against two Boston City Hall aides accused of pressuring a music festival into hiring unneeded union labor, saying prosecutors could not meet the court's standard to prove extortion.