Hana Al Jader, a Saudi princess, was recently in federal district court in Boston facing charges for domestic servitude and forced labor.
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Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney recently vetoed a bill revising the Massachusetts wage and hour laws to allow workers who are not paid on time by their employers to seek triple their lost pay and benefits.
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The phone rings constantly at Davis & Davis, P.C., and several times a day the caller is a potential client who was referred to us by another office or who found us on the web. The most common question we hear each day is: “Do I have a case?” I don’t think there is a more difficult question for a lawyer to answer over the phone.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently heard arguments in Smith, et al. v. Winter Place, LLC, et al., a case involving the issue of whether employees who lodge internal work-related complaints are entitled to the same legal protection against retaliation as employees who file complaints with the Attorney General’s Office.
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