Massachusetts courts and prosecutors will begin facing a disruptive new impact of the ongoing public defender work stoppage.

Many court-appointed attorneys have stopped taking on new clients as they fight for higher pay rates from the state.

The growing fallout from a public defender work stoppage could now set criminal defendants free across Massachusetts.

Declaring a “systemic violation” of constitutional rights, Massachusetts’ highest court on Thursday ordered trial courts in ...

The SJC in Massachusetts announced new leadership for the Board of Bar Overseers, appointing Richard C. Van Nostrand as chair ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Massachusetts teacher’s First Amendment challenge concerning her termination ...

The state's highest court on Thursday imposed an emergency protocol that could lead to the release of criminal defendants who ...

After the Supreme Court ruled that the deportations could move forward, a last-ditch attempt to block them with a new lawsuit ...

A top court ruling hands Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund a $15 million win, reshaping legacy claims tied to failed carriers like Reliance and Home Insurance ...

Democrats are speaking out against the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday regarding birthright citizenship, voicing their ...