
Rockport Residents File Civil Rights Suit Over MBTA Zoning
A group of Rockport residents claim that the way their town is coming up with zoning to comply with the state MBTA Communities law is violating their civil rights.
A group of Rockport residents claim that the way their town is coming up with zoning to comply with the state MBTA Communities law is violating their civil rights.
One of Boston’s prominent luxury brokerages and the developer behind a new Seaport District condominium tower have buried the hatchet in a dispute over allegedly unpaid sales commissions.
A lawsuit that’s delayed an $80 million hotel project in Boston’s North End is partly funded by a rival developer who unsuccessfully attempted to buy the site, the hotel developer’s legal team alleges.
Bridgeport, Connecticut-based People’s United Bank has agreed to settle an employee lawsuit that had alleged a wide range of discriminatory actions against executives in the bank’s Massachusetts market.
The Pioneer Institute, a conservative public policy think tank known for its research and advocacy on issues like school choice, is launching a nonprofit law firm to be called PioneerLegal that will give the organization a new set of tools to further its mission.
A Mattapan landlord and a Boston city constable are suing the city and the head of its public health commission, a commission member and acting Mayor Kim Janey over the city’s latest eviction moratorium.
A state lawmaker from Boston is at the center of a legal dispute between Needham Bank and national lender Guaranteed Rate over allegations that state Rep. Ed Coppinger stole client lists and proprietary loan information from Needham when he left the bank in January.
Everyone entering a Massachusetts courthouse will be screened for COVID-19 when the buildings expand public access beginning July 13, the state’s high court said in an order issued Tuesday.
The long knives are out again for one of American real estate’s oldest and most controversial traditions: requiring home sellers to pay the agents who represent the buyers of their properties.
A new report said relocating one of Falmouth’s wind turbines to a new location could produce a net profit in the millions over the next 20 years.
Cities all over the country, including Boston, are grappling with the realities of climate change and the threats of sea level rise and extreme weather. These threats are, in turn, producing another kind of risk – legal risk.
The National Credit Union Administration continues to face backlash for paying out more than $1 billion in contingency legal fees to several law firms for various lawsuits.