Counsel fees may be awarded in settlement 
By:
Thomas Egan
Published: February 25, 2011
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, attorney fees, class action, Rehabilitation Act, settlement
Plaintiffs who initiated a class action against governmental defendants could be awarded counsel fees despite the fact that the case concluded with a court-approved settlement rather than a verdict or a formal consent decree, the 1st Circuit has ruled.
Court rules against banks on mortgage assignments
By:
Thomas Egan
Published: January 7, 2011
Tags: foreclosure
Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld a decision invalidating foreclosure sales conducted by two banks to which mortgages had been assigned.
File-sharing damages drastically reduced
By:
Thomas Egan
Published: July 12, 2010
Tags: music downloading
A U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts has reduced by 90 percent the damages that must be paid by a graduate student accused of using file-sharing software to download and distribute 30 copyrighted songs.
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