How to Change Your Name in Massachusetts: Forms, Fees, and the 2025 Privacy Change
The rule flipped on November 25, 2025. Publication is no longer the default and your file is sealed automatically, which most guides still get wrong.
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Massachusetts Unemployment Benefits: Eligibility, Amounts, and Appeal Deadlines
UI Online is gone, the call center is closed Fridays, and if you were fired your employer has to prove you should be disqualified. What the law actually says about Massachusetts unemployment.
A Massachusetts Cop Used License Plate Cameras to Track His Ex. Now the Logs Are Public.
He ran the searches more than a dozen times, served a suspension, and went back to work. Two days earlier a judge ordered the State Police to reveal who has been searching the cameras.
Sheriff Steven Tompkins Acquitted: Why the Federal Extortion Case Collapsed
We argued before closings that the missing threat mattered less than the coverage suggested. That was right, and the jury acquitted anyway. Here is the element that decided the case.
A Client Said Kevin Reddington Failed Him. A Federal Judge Made Him Answer Under Oath.
The judge did not hold a hearing. He ordered Lindsay Clancy's attorney to explain under oath why he never put a murder defendant on the stand. Reddington filed in two days.
Kevin Reddington’s Cases: The Acquittals, the Losses, and Three He Never Had
He won an acquittal by throwing throwing stars across a courtroom. He is also routinely credited with three famous cases he never had, and one of them he was on the opposite side of.
Lindsay Clancy Update: Where She Is Now, and Why She Is Not Going Home
The coverage implies she nearly walked. A mistrial is not an acquittal, the retrial clock runs against the Commonwealth, and even an insanity verdict leads to commitment that renews every year with no cap.
Mistrial Declared in the Lindsay Clancy Case After the SJC Denies Emergency Appeal
Seven days, more than 30 hours, three notes, no verdict. The charges remain and the district attorney decides what happens next.
Clancy Mistrial: Reddington’s Emergency SJC Petition and What It Is Really For
The defense is fighting a mistrial because it believes eleven jurors favor acquittal. The petition is a long shot, but it preserves the one argument that could bar a retrial entirely.
Clancy Day 7: The Judge Refused Twice to Remove a Juror, and the Law Says He Is Right
The defense asked to remove a juror two days running. The judge said no both times. A 2019 SJC decision explains why, and why the reported 11 to 1 split is not a finding of any kind.