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11 Aug 2021, 3:47 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Court recently issued an opinion in a case that centers around a dispute between prosecutors and defense counsel surrounding the breadth of the government’s obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence. [read post]
6 Sep 2022, 12:32 pm
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has answered a question that employers in the Commonwealth have been struggling with in recent months concerning possible changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Act. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 12:08 pm
New laws or resolutions affecting the courts enacted or adopted by the Massachusetts legislature in 2011 include the following: HB 3395 Reorganizes governance of state’s entire judicial system. [read post]
27 Nov 2013, 12:31 pm
The Massachusetts bail hearing ended, as one would imagine. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 6:30 am
It is illegal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to continue to live or reside together after a husband and wife (or a same-sex couple) obtains a divorce from the probate and family courts. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 8:04 pm
The project consists of 6 free LGBT Bereavement Support Groups in different parts of the Commonwealth. [read post]
31 Oct 2020, 6:55 am
This issue came up in the case of Commonwealth v. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 4:29 pm
Last Friday, on January 20, 2017, the Massachusetts Legislature began its annual tradition of attempting to promulgate non-compete and trade secret reform in the Commonwealth. [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 11:02 am
Massachusetts courts have held that obtaining sex through fraud is not rape at least since 1959, when the Supreme Judicial Court decided Commonwealth v. [read post]
22 Apr 2008, 9:23 pm
Here's the 411: The Massachusetts legislature passed Senate Bill No. 1059 into law on April 14, making treble damages mandatory for an employer's violation of the Commonwealth's wage-and-hour laws. [read post]
14 May 2013, 8:12 am
The ACLU of Massachusetts, through private counsel, successfully argued a motion to dismiss the complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute, which states in relevant part: "In any case in which a party asserts that the civil claims, counterclaims or cross claims against said party are based on said party's exercise of its right of petition under the constitution of the United States or of the commonwealth, said party may bring a special motion to dismiss." [read post]
1 Oct 2020, 12:06 pm
The Division issued the amended emergency notice under the authority granted by the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s extended emergency order on September 29, 2020. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 8:05 am
However, unlike television, or when the authorities are working on very high profile case, it normally takes months for results to come back from the Commonwealth’s toxicology lab. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 12:02 pm
Commonwealth Avenue has been the site of several previous pedestrian accidents, including a 1999 incident where a student killed crossing the street. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 11:52 am
Commonwealth v. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 12:43 pm
On March 28, 2011, the Massachusetts Superior Court issued a Final Judgment by Consent between the Commonwealth and Briar Group, LLC that resolves allegations that Briar Group failed to take measures to protect consumer credit and debit card information. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 10:07 am
In Massachusetts, many people specifically use the MBTA, especially the agency’s buses, trains, subways, and ferries. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 10:47 pm
An OUI charge is difficult for the Commonwealth to prove because it relies heavily on the opinion of the arresting officer. 2. [read post]
26 Mar 2021, 11:56 am
In a recent opinion, the Supreme Judicial Court vacated a Massachusetts defendant’s possession of a firearm conviction. [read post]
2 Apr 2024, 9:45 am
The court will also grant $230,996,970.84 in restitution to the CFPB and award civil penalties in the amounts of $111,135,620 to the CFPB, $7,100,000 to the Commonwealth of Virginia, $3,400,000 to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and $13,890,000 to the State of New York. [read post]
