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The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the City of Fall River for enforcing a state law regarding panhandling.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is apologizing to a civil rights group for failing to meet a deadline for the release of public records about a Federal immigration program. The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice claims Hodgson violated the state's public records law by not releasing the records, and filed suit Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court...

BOSTON (AP) - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has sued a company after some of his jailhouse phone calls were apparently listened to by an unknown person. Hernandez's lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston charges Dallas-based Securus Technologies Inc...

The Justice Department is taking the city of Ferguson, Missouri to court over civil rights violations. The lawsuit accuses the Ferguson justice system of engaging in practices that deprive people of their constitutionally protected rights...

A group of Taunton property owners have filed suit in Federal Court hoping to block a $500 million casino in Taunton being planned by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The Boston Globe says the lawsuit claims the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs made a mistake when it designated a 150-acre site as reservation land...