By Chris Wilkerson, staff writer – February 1, 2012 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been on the front end of several legal trends during the past few years from same-sex marriage to health care reform. Last fall, Massachusetts passed sweeping alimony reform laws advocates hoped would bring the commonwealth into the 21st century. The new [...]

By Kerrie Spencer, staff writer – January 25, 2012 This complex case started out with good intentions, but somewhere along the way things went awry, and now a man may pay for those good intentions with his life. This case involves a Pennsylvania couple suing a high profile medical center after doctors transplanted the woman’s [...]

By Krystina Steffen, Editor – January 19, 2012 Social media is increasingly being used by businesses to build their brands and customer base. In particular, businesses are embracing sites such as Twitter to heighten awareness amongst their target markets. The latest estimates show that more than 175 million users are registered on Twitter and send [...]

By Kerrie Spencer, staff writer – January 17, 2012 We truly live in a global economy with electronic goods and services being traded back and forth all over the world. There seems to be no borders and no limits to what can and cannot be shipped anywhere until now. There is a quiet, yet predictive [...]

By Kristen Friend, staff writer – January 11, 2012 The Supreme Court stepped into a partisan political battle on Monday that stems from three new Texas redistricting plans drawn up last summer. With the 2012 primary season heating up, the Court’s decision has the potential to affect local and national election outcomes. Currently, voting districts [...]

By Chris Wilkerson, staff writer – January 4, 2012 For the past decade, the political issue of same-sex marriage has played out like a tug of war in state legislatures across the country as weddings are legalized, then banned or rejected, then celebrated. At the beginning of 2012, there are 29 states with constitutional bans [...]

By Krystina Steffen, Editor – December 28, 2011 For more than two decades the power plant industry was able to evade parts of the Clean Air Act that Congress had passed. Because of this, families living near power plants were still harmed by toxic pollutants in the air. Environmental advocates also fought to implement stricter [...]

By Kerrie Spencer, staff writer – December 21, 2011 When someone has been in an accident, serious enough to be taken to the nearest medical facility, one would expect the attending ER doctor to deal with the manner expeditiously, professionally and accurately. That did not happen in this disturbing $9 million medical malpractice case. [1] [...]

By Krystina Steffen, staff writer – December 15, 2011 With advances in science and technology, having a healthy baby is more of a possibility. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis, also known as PGD, is a welcome relief for a couple who wants to have a child but is concerned about passing on genetic disorders or chromosome abnormalities. [...]

By Kerrie Spencer, staff writer – December 13, 2011 Apple and Nike having anything in common seems like a stretch of the imagination. However, it is not as Nike has decided to jump into the iPod market with their Nike + iPod, likely in the hopes that it could become a significant item for users. [...]