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Chicago Gun Ban On Way Out, But Mayor Vows Fight
Posted on 29 Jun 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CHICAGO — (AP) A Supreme Court ruling finding that Americans have the right to bear arms anywhere they live almost certainly means the end of Chicago's decades-old handgun ban, but it may not make handgun ownership there much easier if the city's... Read More

Tags: Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence , Richard M. Daley , gun ban , National Rifle Association , Chicago , NRA , handgun ban , Martha Coakley , gun rights , Michael Bloomberg , Oak Park , Second Amendment

Feds Appeal Mass. Rulings Against U.S. Marriage Law
Posted on 13 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BOSTON - (AP) The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday defended the federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman by appealing two rulings in Massachusetts by a judge who called the law unconstitutional for denying federal benefits to gay... Read More

Tags: GLAD , gay , Equal Protection Clause , Massachusetts Attorney General , Massachusetts , 1st Circuit , Marriage , Mary Bonauto , Department of Justice , U.S. Constitution , Defense of Marriage Act , gay couples , Obama , gay marriage , Litigation , Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders , DOMA , lawsuit , Martha Coakley , Judge Joseph Tauro , lesbian , same-sex marriage

State Net Capitol Journal: Massachusetts Governor Says Pharmacy Broke Rules
Posted on 13 Oct 2012 by State Net

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) said last week that the Farmington pharmacy linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis that has claimed at least 14 lives and sickened 170 people across 11 states misled state regulators and illegally shipped large... Read More

Tags: drugs , pharmacy , Massachusetts , Farmington , US Food and Drug Administration , State Net , Gov. Deval Patrick , fungal meningitis , Litigation , Martha Coakley , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , New England Compounding Center , steroids

Massachusetts Attorney General Reaches $102 Million Settlement With Morgan Stanley
Posted on 28 Jun 2010 by Timothy Raub

BOSTON - (Mealey's) Financial giant Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. has agreed to pay $102 million to settle claims that it illegally provided funding to lenders that provided Massachusetts homeowners with subprime loans and has agreed to a number of... Read More

Tags: mortgage , Massachusetts Attorney General , Massachusetts , Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. , New Century Financial Corp. , Massachusetts Municipal Depository Trust , Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust , Litigation , lawsuit , Martha Coakley , Settlement , In re Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. , Subprime , homeowners , warehouse lending