Not often do courts explicitly reverse their own precedent, especially when that precedent was a unanimous 7-0 opinion issued only a few years earlier. But that is precisely what happened last week when the Supreme Judicial...more
On Monday April 20, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law an emergency act that will temporarily ban almost all eviction and foreclosure proceedings statewide during the COVID-19 pandemic. That law, H4647...more
In July of 2014, the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (“SJC”), sitting as the Law Court (“Law Court”), decided Bank of America, N.A. v. Greenleaf, which upended residential mortgage foreclosures in Maine....more
On December 31, 2016, the remedial provisions of “An Act Clearing Titles to Foreclosed Properties” (the “Act”) will take effect in Massachusetts. The Act is designed to clear legal title for Massachusetts homeowners who...more
On November 25, 2015, Governor Charlie Baker did what his predecessor, Deval Patrick, did not do -- he signed “An Act Clearing Titles to Foreclosed Properties” (the “Act”), which is designed to clear legal title for...more