The thorny case of a Mass. judge accused of helping a man escape ICE is nearing its conclusion

A legal saga involving a judge, a defense lawyer, federal immigration agents and a defendant will go before Massachusetts' ...

SJC signals constitutional doubts about legislative stipends ballot question

The Supreme Judicial Court on Monday raised serious constitutional doubts about a legislative stipends ballot question and ...

SJC weighs in on legislative stipends, access to legislature’s public records ballot questions

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a pair of opinions Monday on ballot questions pending before the Legislature, ...

SJC raises doubts about stipends ballot question

The opinions are non-binding but carry implications for the two initiatives, which seek to reshape Beacon Hill.

SJC upholds $56 million judgment against Philip Morris for cancer death, citing company’s ‘reprehensible conduct’

Philip Morris had argued that a new trial was necessary “because the jury’s verdict was obviously motivated by passion and ...