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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

Chemist at State Lab Was Getting High
Posted on 1 Jan 2018 by Gabriela Nolen

Thousands of drug convictions in Massachusetts will likely be overturned by Massachusetts authorities because a chemist at the state lab was high on the drugs she was supposed to be testing. This marks the second time in a year that thousands of drug... Read More

Tags: Massachusetts Attorney General , drug testing

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