The city of Boston has reached an agreement in principle to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of a Black man who was shot to death by Boston police officers in 2016, according to a Monday filing.
Boston has retained the head of Ropes & Gray LLP's Supreme Court practice as the city looks to persuade the high court it didn't violate the First Amendment by denying a group's request to raise a Christian flag on a city-owned flagpole, according to a Wednesday brief.