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8 Mar, 2008 5:55 am
... injunction and offered, "Just because we, as a society, failed earlier to recognize that loans with these ... characteristics were generally unfair does not mean that we
should ignore their tragic consequences and fail now to ... See Eric T. Berkman's article in Lawyer's Weekly, "Lender's 'subprime' foreclosures require attorney general's OK". How does the injunction work? In this case the California lender must notify the AG's Office
before foreclosure. The AG's office has 30-45 days to respond ( ...
19 Sep, 2008 7:11 am
... under the FHA program. Most banks stated that they prefer to try their own approaches to loan modifications before resorting to the FHA plan. On the other hand, the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, pulled the curtain back to shine some light on what lenders have
really been doing - NOTHING. In her testimony, Coakley detailed how major lenders including Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo reneged on an ...
14 May 5:02 am
... from the State Library, or in print in any of the Trial Court Law Libraries. As of October 2001, there have been no formal Attorney
General Opinions issued. However, the Bid Protest Unit of the AG's Fair Labor Division regularly issues decisions, pursuant to G. L. c. 149 §
44A et seq., resolving protests regarding public bidding procedures. If you need any of these decisions, call the Law Library at the Office of the Attorney General at 617-963-2098.
19 Jun 10:53 am
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is embracing social media as a way to be "more
transparent in government," according to a statement on the AG's web site, and for outreach, education and information. The web communications tools being used to date include: A blog:
At Issue & In Focus A Twitter page - MassAGO An e-newsletter - Building Better Communities A YouTube Channel - MassAttorneyGeneral For more information, see the Web Communications
Policies page on the AG's web site.
14 Mar, 2008 2:26 pm
... Supreme Judicial Court, John Adams Courthouse, 1 Pemberton Square, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02108-1750; (617) 557-1030;
SJCReporter@sjc.state. ... Appeals Court. Lawrence P. Murray for the plaintiff. Daniel A. Less, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant. Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, ... were subsequently held to be unconstitutional, and its implementation
enjoined in 1997. Doe v. Attorney Gen., 426 Mass. 136 (1997). The registration law was rewritten in 1999, St ...
19 Jul, 2008 11:46 pm
... rape of a child and for sexual assaults on children by offenders such as teachers or guidance counselors, and gives district attorneys more authority in prosecuting child sex
abuse cases by not requiring approval of a judge to subpoena witnesses. Ms ... than they should, she said. She said that law enforcement officials with whom she has worked on the bill,
including Attorney General Martha Coakley (Contact), were in consensus about that point, even while
diverging on other issues. Ms. Coakley and ...
20 May, 2008 10:16 pm
View the article here 05/21/2008 BOSTON - Flanked by district attorneys and Attorney General
Martha Coakley (Contact), lawmakers unveiled legislation yesterday that would impose minimum mandatory sentences for repeat and violent sex ... that can't see that raping kids is more
serious than selling drugs." Michael O'Keefe, president of the Massachusetts District Attorney's Association, said the legislation gives
prosecutors more room to negotiate plea bargains than the Florida law, which imposes 25- ...
5 Jun, 2008 8:34 pm
... Rep. Michael Costello (Email), D-Newburyport. "Every district attorney supports it and the attorney general helped draft it. Anyone who says it's not tough enough ... indecent assault and battery on a child
or attempted child rape. Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said by adding different offenses, prosecutors have more ways ... bars. "It
gives us more tools to prosecute predators," Blodgett said. District attorneys also could issue subpoenas to more easily obtain the identities of people using ...
6 Oct 9:36 am
... the City Council's approval of changes to its registered sex offender ordinance last night. Following recommendations by the state attorney
general's office, the council approved removing the section that allows police to arrest registered sex offenders who continue to ... had come
before councilors to recommend they make similar changes. Ward 3 Councilor Scott Schafer, who works in the attorney general's office, abstained from last night's vote. At a public hearing earlier in the meeting, no ...
22 Jun, 2008 12:06 am
... with images of incest and pre-teen porn not visible to the naked eye. Two forensic examinations conducted by the state Attorney
General's Office for the prosecution concurred with that conclusion, Wark said. Still, Fiola, 53, whose wife, Robin, described as ... Mike
NiFong ring a bell to anyone? Anything for a conviction... "We stand by our decision," she said. Fiola's attorney Timothy Bradl is at a loss to
understand why. "Imagine this scenario: Your employer gives you a ticking time bomb full of ...
21 Jul, 2008 7:43 pm
... 16 with force - a provision that some senators said is a key part of Jessica's Law. Another provision allows the attorney general and district attorneys to obtain from Internet service providers through a subpoena, without a warrant, the identity of computer users who are
subjects of a criminal investigation. Supporters said that the bill would get tough with child sexual predators and impose mandatory sentences for many ...
9 Jul, 2008 8:05 am
... ravenous wolves who will do and say anything for a conviction... "There is no district attorney worth their salt . . . who would have let
this case get indicted," Patel ... said. Since the law was passed, 25 people have filed for compensation with the state attorney
general's office. Between $5.2 million and $5.7 ... mistrial, with a retrial scheduled for 2009. John Swomley, a Boston defense lawyer, said
the attorney general will resist paying prisoners who were wrongly convicted, unless there is DNA ...
9 Jul, 2008 4:49 am
... , said that he has a good chance of being compensated because prosecutors in Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office agree that
he should never have been ... Wark said. Since the law was passed, 25 people have filed for compensation with the state attorney
general's office. Between $5.2 million and $5.7 ... mistrial, with a retrial scheduled for 2009. John Swomley, a Boston defense lawyer, said
the attorney general will resist paying prisoners who were wrongly convicted, unless there is DNA ...
29 Jul, 2008 7:39 pm
... rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford by a convicted sex offender. Since then, more than 30 states have adopted some form of the law. Our version was largely developed by
the district attorney's and the attorney general's office,
and focuses on creating three new "aggravated" levels of existing sex crimes, which would now carry mandatory minimum prison sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years. I am a longtime
critic of ...
10 Apr 6:14 pm
... have also joined in, filing administrative or other proceedings on behalf of defrauded citizens. In particular, the Massahusetts Secretary of State has filed administrative
proceedings against Cohmad Securities and Fairfield Greenwich Group, its principals and affiliates. The attorney general of New York has also filed an action against J. Ezra Merkin and his Ascot Funds, alleging that he also clandestinely ...
25 Apr, 2008 1:07 am
... 2008 SOUTHBOROUGH - New sex offender restrictions passed at Town Meeting last week now await the green light from the Attorney
General's office. That office will have 90 days from receipt to review the information, said Harry Pierre, spokesman for ... new restrictions
would not affect sex offenders already living within 1,000 feet of the banned areas before the Attorney General's approval. Enforcement of the sex offender restrictions will be the responsibility of police, said Webber. "A sex offender ...
5 Jun, 2008 1:48 am
... he didn't think attendance would be a problem. If the bylaw passes, it would then go to Attorney General Martha Coakley's office. If the office sends the bylaw back with change ... t fall under zoning, McCarter-Spaulding said. "I'm also aware that they
have to pass by the attorney general - that's why I have a file of bylaws from other towns, so we
have the appropriate wording as passed by the attorney general," she said. "We may not be perfect,
but we're not far off." All three selectmen said they ...
19 Jul, 2008 12:38 pm
... have been able to get telephone records without warrants. But getting access to e-mail and Internet records has required a grand jury subpoena. Attorney General Martha Coakley, who favors the expanded authority, sees it as simply a case of updating the tools
prosecutors have to keep pace with new technology. She emphasizes, correctly, that the bill does not grant prosecutors access to any content. For that, a warrant ...
30 Jul, 2008 12:53 pm
BOSTON, MA-The Massachusetts House yesterday repealed a 1913 law used to bar the marriages of same-sex couples who are residents of states
which would not recognize their unions. The measure already has ... first three years after the ban was lifted. California, the only other state to allow same-sex marriage, has no
out-of-state limitation. Despite a February 2007 opinion by then-Attorney General (now NJ Supreme
Court Chief Justice) Stuart Rabner that a Massachusetts marriage should be treated as ...
27 Jun, 2008 4:03 am
... here recently for more punishable crimes for sex offenders. But in Massachusetts here, the attorney general and the legislature had gotten together and drafted a piece of legislation ... meaning, typical though!!! WILLIAMS: That takes a lot. MICHAEL CARDOZA,
CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: He really does. As you said, Greta, I understand the point he is trying ... been in a court room. He certainly does
not represent me as a defense attorney, because what we do is vigorously represent ethically. And if you did ...
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