Per Massachusetts's law there is no automatic lease fee you can charge. However, you are also not required to let your tenant break the lease and...

I agree with my colleague that you will be entitled to a refund of any prepaid rent for a period that your landlord was able to re-rent the...

No this is prejudicial to a plaintiff. Lawyers who do this kind of work for a living (representing insurance companies) are going to be in front of...

You could, but small claims court is not the place for this. To begin with, an illegal eviction like this can be it's OWN claim that is more...

I agree that this is NOT a good case for small claims. To start with this is almost certainly a 93A consumer protection case, but an attorney would...

Attorneys cannot interpret sections of a contract without the whole thing, and reviewing a specific contract exceeds the type of general advice you...

If you appeared for multiple hearings but never filed an answer, that could actually work AGAINST you as it means you were aware of the case, but...

MA and DC don't share information about tickets that are PAID, but they DO share information about tickets that are not paid. Failure to pay the...

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What you describe will almost not certainly be deemed a "lie" by the court. It will simply be viewed as the landlord misremembering the date. The...

If you had this text before the trial and didn't submit it at the time, then you have missed your opportunity to do so. Additional evidence can...