A Massachusetts attorney has had his law license indefinitely suspended after he allegedly helped a client bookmaker run an illegal gambling business from the basement of his home, reports the…
Lenders must prove they legally own a property before they can evict someone, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday, and borrowers can challenge the validity of the foreclosure after…
Claiming that he was treated as a “token black associate” despite credentials including a degree from Harvard Law School and a clerkship on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of…
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt contends in court filings that he could be entitled to “hundreds of millions of dollars” as a result of alleged malpractice by the law firm that…
Rejecting an argument by Seyfarth Shaw that an out-of-state lawyer from a Texas law firm should be precluded from appearing pro hac vice in a legal malpractice case against Seyfarth,…
Apparently not realizing that a legal ethics rule required her to deposit earned fees from her client trust account into her law firm operating account before drawing on the funds,…
A federal judge dismissed a second lawsuit against Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg filed by the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, who sought to increase a prior $65 million…
Federal lawmakers today called for hearings and a criminal investigation after a news report yesterday by the Associated Press that so-called robo-signing of mortgage documents continues to be a common…
An activist programmer and former fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly hacking into the computer network at Massachusetts Institute…
After a two-year court battle, a retired Massachusetts audio visual technician has emerged victorious in an epic pro se legal fight over a $25 parking ticket.
Corrected: Alleged mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger is being represented at public expense by a well-known Boston lawyer known for taking on difficult cases.
The Winklevoss twins have abandoned their effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn their $65 million settlement with Facebook Inc. over their claims that the social networking site…
For 16 years, Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s fugitive status, after he escaped with help from a corrupt FBI agent, has been an embarrassment to the federal government.
The Massachusetts Historical Society is adding to its collection a previously unknown letter written by Abigail Adams, the wife of the second president.