Employee does a backup of company PC into personal external hard drive - what could be the legal consequences?

Unless the employee has an employment contract, the employee is terminable at will, meaning his or her employment can be terminated for any reason...

Library closes child's account without permission from parent.

If I am understanding your question correctly, you seem to be describing a clerical error by a library employee. You mention a babysitter several...

Is there someone I can speak to for free legal advise, or perhaps even a probono lawyer or low income lawyer that can help me?

Call the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association. Good luck.

Talk to a bankruptcy attorney with civil litigation experience. Depending on the corporate form of the business, if any, its assets, and the type...

If there's an existing civil action in US District Court and I have claims arising out of same transactions, how do I join?

If you have a strong claim that has a likelihood of monetary recovery, you might consider talking with some plaintiff attorneys about representing...

If one can choose between 2 different venues to file an action and one denies the action, can one file in the other?

What do you mean "denies the action"?

My boss built me a personal computer and hacked into it from his home. I now have proof on the hard-drive. What can I do?

If this was your personal computer for personal use, then an unauthorized access may have been a criminal act, in addition to being an invasion of...

I need a Pro-bono bankruptcy lawyer.

Call the volunteer lawyers project of the Boston Bar Association. Best of luck! http://www.vlpnet.org/

Is intent required to be "civilly" liable?

Absolutely not. Simple negligence -- for example, a car accident -- creates civil liability but requires no particular intent to cause harm or...

Does the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have to follow their own general laws regarding civil procedure?

It's not a nutty question at all, and the answer is very straightforward: the Commonwealth is also subject to statutes of limitation when...