attorneys in Massachusetts

BOSTON (CN) – Just weeks after winning the dismissal of more than 11,000 drug convictions, the ACLU called on the highest court in Massachusetts for additional dismissals and sanctions against the state Attorney General's Office. Relying on preliminary lists provided by the state's district attorneys, the ...

BOSTON (CBS ) – The state attorney general says no criminal charges will be filed after a report-altering scandal at the Massachusetts State Police, but she is referring the case to the State Ethics Commission. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said her office conducted “an extensive ...

One thing is certain — they will involve people faced with jail time and no means to afford a lawyer. As a private attorney, Henry joins the ranks of about 2,500 Massachusetts lawyers who work as bar advocates, attorneys paid by the state to provide legal representation to those in need. “I do believe that I ...

Where a plaintiff “inside sales employee,” who filed suit under the Massachusetts Wage Act alleging that he and other similarly situated persons regularly worked more than 40 hours a week but were not paid overtime at an hourly rate equal to one and one-half times their regularly hourly wage, has moved ...

The Supreme Judicial Court is accepting applications for appointment to the Board of Bar Overseers. The board has three vacancies. Appointments are made for four-year terms. The SJC seeks applications from experienced lawyers who have been members of the Massachusetts bar in good standing for a ...

CONCORD, N.H. (WWLP) - A year-long investigation into fentanyl trafficking between Massachusetts and New Hampshire culminated in the seizure of more than 60 pounds of the drug, $500,000 in cash, firearms, and the indictment of 45 people. According to the District of New Hampshire U.S. Attorney's ...

The Commonwealth's Democrat attorney general has brought dozens of legal actions against the federal administration over the past three years, but not one criminal case against a Massachusetts politician. The closest she has gotten was this week: a sexual assault and lewdness case brought solely ...

Polls Archive. Will the lower court decisions blocking President Trump's Muslim travel ban survive Supreme Court review? No (79%, 22 Votes). Yes (21%, 6 Votes). Total Voters: 28. Start Date: April 25, 2018 @ 5:04 pm. End Date: No Expiry. Do you agree with the SJC's ruling that the right to bear arms extends to stun guns?

Healey joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general who argue that, by adding a citizenship question, the Census Bureau will cause significant decrease in participation, resulting in a dramatic population undercount. The attorneys general contend that an undercount violates the constitutional purpose of the ...

Harvard Law School Professor Intisar Rabb has been awarded the Trailblazer Award by the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA). Rabb ... Previously, she was general counsel for the Johnson & Johnson consumer group, Earlier in her career, Ralls-Morrison was a senior attorney and assistant ...