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Ever since the Uniform Law Commission published the Uniform Interstate Discovery and Depositions Act in 2007, the disinterest among Texas lawmakers to adopt the law has been both a...

Three state legislatures — Texas, Massachusetts, and Missouri — are considering legislation this year to adopt the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, a law that creates a...

Massachusetts employers should keep an eye on a flurry of proposed legislation recently filed in both the state House of Representatives and Senate.

Massachusetts proposed employment pay transparency disclosure legislation House Docket 2814 to disclose pay range of a job, Senate bill, SD.2331, EEO 1 data report aggregated wage data by race, gender identity, employment category every two years to the EEO-1 report to state

Register O’Donnell announces filing of residential mortgage bill COURTESY OF THE NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS Norfolk County Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell recently announced the filing of two bills designed to promote mortgage transparency in Massachusetts. For the upcoming legislative session Sen. John Keenan, D-Quincy, filed legislation in the Massachusetts State Senate which was given Senate Docket No. 493 while in the State House of Representatives, Rep. William Galvin, D-C...

This has now been going on for some time for folks who live around the Verizon cell tower. In February, the City Council voted to have the Health Department investigate health concerns related to the tower. This petition was brought forward by Ward 4 Councilor Chris Connell and Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey, whose wards are in proximity to the tower. Local health officials are now stepping up and supporting the investigation of concerns related to a 115-foot Verizon cell tower at 877 South St....

“Quack Protection Acts” proposed in state legislatures Laws protecting “complementary and alternative” health care providers from state regulation have been proposed in several state legislatures under the rubric of “health freedom”. These “Quack Protection Acts” harm consumers. Shares In yet another attack of Legislative Alchemy, bills protecting unlicensed practitioners of “complementary and alternative” health care are, once again, pending before several state legislatur...

Register ODonnell announces filing of Residential Mortgage Assignment Bill Community Content Norfolk County Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell announced the filing of two bills designed to promote mortgage transparency in Massachusetts. For the upcoming legislative session, Sen. John Keenan, D-Quincy, filed legislation in the Massachusetts State Senate which was given Senate Docket #493, while in the State House of Representatives, Rep. William Galvin, D-Canton, iled legislation that was ...