Criminal Law

Nantucket Ordered to Release Records
Acting on an appeal by the Inquirer and Mirror newspaper, the Massachusetts Division of Public Records has ordered Nantucket officials to release a confidential settlement agreement entered into with a former town employee, the Inquirer and Mirror reports today...

Border agent arrested for smuggling 100 people www.privateofficer.com
Border agent arrested for smuggling 100 people www.privateofficer.com EL PASO, Texas ? May 17 2008 Border Patrol agent Jesus Huizar along with two other people are sitting in jail charged with smuggling more than 100 illegal immigrants...

Three Charged with Smuggling in New Jersey

7 New York City Corrections Officers Charged After Accepting Bribes To Smuggle Drugs Into Rikers Island Jail
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Investigators said seven New York City correction officers have been charged with taking bribes from inmates in exchange for smuggling drugs into the Rikers Island jail...

Russia court rules smuggling charges against ex-NGO head unconstitutional
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation [official website, in Russian] ruled Tuesday that the law under which the former head of media advocacy NGO Educated Media Foundation (EMF) was charged in 2007 was unconstitutionally vague [press release], requiring that smuggling charges against her be dropped...

Nantucket Police Admits that Officers Used Excessive Force Against Massachusetts Teens that Filed Lawsuit
A group of Massachusetts teenagers that say Nantucket police officers applied ?excessive force? when arresting them without probable cause have filed a federal lawsuit...

How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...

I want to know if its legal for a healthcare provider to tell you something is going to be covered and when it isn't charge you; after you specifically said you couldn't afford it?
I'm not going to sugar coat anything. It's a sad world we live in toda...

I had an old account that was charged off in 07/04 by a utility company. This company did not send this account to a collection company. They was acquired by another company in 2005. This company sent the debt to collect
No it is not legal to enter it as a new debt. Look at the Fair Credit Reporting ...

The citations were for driving without a license and unauthorized use of a vehicle. The officer put the wrong court time ob the citations she recieved a letter stating they were dissmissed but a week later the officer ca
You may wanna check out the law governing double jeapordy laes. thats being char...

Will the INS detect a non-citizen who repeatedly marries and divorces in an attempt to gain citizenship?
you can write a letter to the USCIS and complain about what he did so can he can...

Massachusetts Employment Law
alleging violations of Massachusetts labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination, harassment and more.

Massachusetts Turnpike Class Action

T-Mobile USA
alleging the company charged customers for services without their consent.

T-Mobile USA Inc.
allegedly charged customers for unsolicited text messages.

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.

Nvidia and AMD
charged with price-fixing computer GPU (graphics processing units) chips