September 10, 2020
Massachusetts' temporary ban on most types of evictions can stay in place for now, a federal judge said Thursday, while also stressing that the pandemic is not a "blank check" for the governor and that there will come a time when the moratorium has gone on too long to pass constitutional muster.
August 24, 2020
Massachusetts landlords seeking to end a moratorium on most evictions during the pandemic can keep making their case in both federal and state courts, as a federal judge on Monday rejected a forum-shopping claim and continued to hear his part of the challenge to the novel law.
August 04, 2020
A group of tenant advocacy groups will not be able to intervene in a legal challenge to Massachusetts' eviction moratorium, a federal judge ruled from the bench on Tuesday.