Legal Research

Economic Crisis Prompts Courts to Push to Collect Fees and Fines
According to the an article in the New York Times, several states including Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon and Massachusetts have either already stepped up the collection process for people who owe fines or are planning to do so...

Courts, Public Defenders, Legal Aid Programs Feeling Budget Squeeze As Financial Resources Go Down As Demand For Services Skyrocket
CBS News reports on the state budget problems that are squeezing court systems, public defenders offices, and legal aid programs around the country. [P]ublic defenders and legal aid programs are facing their deepest budget cuts in years just as the recession creates more demand for their services...

Court-connected mediation in Massachusetts another casualty of tough economy
In news that has stunned the alternative dispute resolution community in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Trial Court has terminated its mediation contracts with programs approved to provide services in courts throughout the Commonwealth...

State of the Commonwealth
Justice is in jeopardy in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Chief Justice Marshall is up in arms over state budget cuts. The cuts, she says, fall disproportionately on the courts. Fifty million dollars lopped off the budget in a single year cannot occur without consequences...

State Courts At Tipping Point Of Dysfunction
The New York Times posted an editorial today agreeing with Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall that ?because of budget cuts in tough economic times, state courts across the country stand at ??the tipping point of dysfunction...

Report: State Budget Shortfalls Impact on Courts
In a 2008 report (Michael Buenger, State Courts and State Legislatures: A Funding Crisis Renewed, 2008), the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) cites to Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) research indicating that 29 states were facing serious operating shortfalls as of 2008...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

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

Massachusetts Turnpike Class Action

Moody International Facing Unpaid Overtime Class-Action
Moody International Facing Unpaid Overtime Class-Action

Comcast
facing lawsuits from BitTorrent Throttling

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Facing Potential Class Action

Amazon
Facing Class Action over Book Deletions