Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 35 states in announcing an agreement with LifeLock, Inc., a Tempe, Arizona-based identity theft protection provider, resolving an investigation into the company’s misleading advertising practices. LifeLock has agreed to pay $11 million in restitution to consumers that will be distributed through a [...]

Legal Food Frenzy, participating law firms and law schools have already collected over 82,000 pounds of food (for competition sake, $1 is equivalent to four pounds of food). The 1st Annual “Legal Food Frenzy” is a benevolent competition within the legal community to raise food and money for The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). The [...]

BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has reached a $3.6 million settlement agreement with Actavis Elizabeth LLC (“Actavis”), an Elizabeth, New Jersey-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, resolving a Massachusetts False Claims Act case pending in United States District Court in Boston. “Actavis is an international generic pharmaceutical company based in Iceland that was founded in 1956 [...]

LAWRENCE – Today, an Essex Superior Court judge ordered a North Andover man to serve four years in the House of Correction in connection with failing to construct sunrooms for over 20 homes that were ordered through his company. Superior Court Judge Maureen Hogan sentenced James Brien, age 60, to four years in the Essex [...]

Robbery – Case No. 100205 March 11, 2010 Somerville : Citizens Bank 338 Broadway Somerville Ma Case Details: On Thursday 3/11/2010, at approximately 12:23 pm, an unidentified male subject robbed the Citizens Bank at 338 Broadway, Somerville, MA. The suspect entered the bank and passed a demand note to a teller demanding cash. The suspect [...]

Theft – Case No. 100208 March 05, 2010 Stoughton : Burt’s Shell Case Details: At approximately 0206 hours on 03-05-2010 a dark colored SUV (possibly dark gray) pulled up to Burt’s Shell Station. White male suspect used object and then feet to smash front door glass. Subject enters and takes hundreds of dollars in cigarrettes. [...]

Case Details: The Plainville Police Department is investigating the theft of four snow blowers taken on 12/05/2009 at 3:00 in the afternoon. The first white male suspect arrived (green jacket tan cursh cap) in a small silver import vehicle to check the area and two other white (dark jeans black sweat shirt, blue jeans hoodie [...]

A Worcester County Grand Jury returned indictments against a Worcester contractor and the property management firm that hired him for their alleged involvement in the illegal removal of asbestos from a building in downtown Worcester. Jonathan Gabriel, age 45, of Northborough, of Hammertime Construction, and 240 Main Street Properties, Inc., the manager of the property [...]

A Bristol County Grand Jury indicted a Fall River dentist, who had previously been excluded as a provider from the Medicaid program, for allegedly inserting pieces of paper clips into patients’ mouths as a post in root canals instead of utilizing standard posts made of stainless steel, then billed the Medicaid program for the costs [...]

There is a lot of misconception and misunderstanding amongst people regarding the social security benefits. Most of us who want to get social security benefits hardly know how one can maximize the benefits. Let’s check out seven things that one should know about social security: Calculation of your social security benefit: The benefit that you [...]