Knowledge of the law is not a substitute for a law degree for purposes of admission to the bar, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held Tuesday.

Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday ruled that initial court hearings for 28 men accused of being customers of a ...

Lizzie Borden House ghost tour company that sued ‘Miss Lizzie’s Coffee’ loses trademark case in Massachusetts federal appeals ...

The First Circuit Court of Appeals is the only one of the nation’s 12 circuit courts that does not have a Trump appointee.

A new legal interpretation of longstanding state adoption law has upended the process for out-of-state birth parents. The ...

Court hearings for alleged high-profile customers of a Massachusetts brothel network will be open to the public.

Decades after a double homicide case in Western Massachusetts went cold, an unexpected tip has led to an arrest, officials ...

FALL RIVER – An appeals court sided with a Fall River coffee shop in a battle over the name of the business that is located ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled a 2017 case, Lunn v. Commonwealth, that the law provides no authority for state court officers to arrest and hold an individual solely on the basis of a ...

THIS VAGUE STATEMENT ABOUT A MULTI-STATE. RECENTLY, LAWYERS FOR THE MEN WENT BEFORE MASSACHUSETTS HIGHEST COURT, ASKING TO KEEP THEIR INITIAL COURT HEARINGS OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE BECAUSE THE MEN ...

Police have made an arrest in the West Springfield murders of 18-year-old Theresa Marcoux and 20-year-old Mark Harnish, who were found shot to death in 1978.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in a 2017 case, Lunn v. Commonwealth, that the law provides no authority for state court officers to arrest and hold an individual solely on the ...