A New York debt collection law firm battling a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigation said Tuesday it wants to consolidate and pause their dueling court fights, telling a federal judge that the cases overlap too much to proceed separately and should wait for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the CFPB’s constitutionality. In a premotion…

Governor Charlie Baker declined to comment today on a lawsuit claiming he has exceeded his authority under Massachusetts law by ordering the coronavirus emergency shutdowns. “Normally, we don’t really speak to lawsuits when they’re in process. Obviously, we’re aware of the fact that it was filed. When people issue decisions, we usually comment on that.…

A New Jersey landlord is challenging Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing tenants to use their security deposits to pay their rent during the coronavirus crisis. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Matthew Johnson claims the governor’s order violates his constitutional rights and the contract he signed with his tenant for a $600 security deposit at his…

Massachusetts has come to the point that legal action is needed, not to save itself from the coronavirus, but from power hungry politicians. Massachusetts and the rest of the country are fortunate to see all health trends pointing in the right direction. The curve is flattened. Emergency health care facilities are not overrun and have…

Restaurant owners, hair salon owners, pastors, and a Christian school are asking a state court to overturn Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s executive orders that seriously limit what they can do during the coronavirus emergency. The plaintiffs, whose lawyers filed a complaint in Worcester Superior Court on Monday, June 1, say Baker has been violating the state constitution…

A group has sued Governor Baker over what they say is unjustified “draconian, “one-size-fits-all” measures across the Commonwealth” concerning his COVID-19 response involving businesses. Monday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, based out of Washington D.C., filed a complaint in Massachusetts Superior Court representing local entrepreneurs, church pastors, and the headmaster of a private school against…