The Board of Directors of the Hampden County Bar Association has become aware of business activity that suggests that some persons may be engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in our County. The Bar Association is concerned about this because the provision of legal advice by unlicensed, unqualified persons jeopardizes the rights of consumers. more >>
In a bulletin from Stewart Title’s national legal services department sent to multi-state agents and policy issuing offices nationwide, Stewart Title instructed all agents to follow the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in REBA vs National Real Estate Information Services, Inc., requiring not only the presence but the substantive participation of an attorney on behalf of the mortgage lender, and advising that certain services connected with real property conveyances constitute the practice of l more >>