On August 5, 2026, Governor Maura Healey signed the PROTECT Act, An Act Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust and Equal Constitutional Treatment, St. 2026, c. 163. The Act took effect immediately. Among other immigration related measures, the Act imposes a new...
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has found that a “sign-in wrap” agreement on Rocket Mortgage’s website, whereby a customer accepts the web-site’s terms and conditions by taking a confirmatory action on the site, is valid and...
If you believe that your neighbor’s fence is encroaching onto your property and you wish to have it removed, do you have legal recourse? In Randy C. Brogen v. Julia Lisa Papagno, Trustee of 7 Edwards Road Realty Trust, the Massachusetts Land Court recently addressed...
Land Court Rules That Affordable Homes Act’s Heightened Pleading Standard Did Not Apply to Abutter Who Appealed Building Permit Granted for Neighbor’s Proposed Construction. When the Affordable Homes Act (the “Act”) was enacted in August 2024, it amended Chapter 40A...
An earlier blog post described some of the ways a company’s majority shareholders or members attempt to “freeze out” a minority or non-controlling shareholder from the reasonable expectations and benefits of ownership in the company. These freeze-out efforts are...
The doctrines of adverse possession and prescriptive easements often arise when there is a boundary dispute. At first blush, the two claims appear quite similar because a claimant of adverse possession and a prescriptive easement must prove many of the same elements....
On May 5, 2026, the Massachusetts Division of Banks (the “Division”) entered a settlement agreement with Bridge IT, Inc. (the “Settlement Agreement”), which does business as Brigit, to resolve allegations that Brigit acted as a third-party loan servicer in...
Massachusetts Appeals Court Reaffirms that a Trial Court May Not Award Joint Custody Divorce Without Making Detailed Findings About Allegations of Domestic Violence Determining Children’s Best Interest. On January 30, 2026, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held Scott...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has held that a state that opts out of Section 1831d of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act’s (“DIDMCA”), 12 U.S.C. § 1831d, can impose their own usury laws on out of state banks...
A corporate "freeze-out" occurs when a company's majority shareholders or members deprive a minority shareholder or member of the reasonable expectations and benefits of ownership, often, though not always, in an effort to induce the minority to sell its ownership...
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