Can a person record a phone call if they do not intend to do anything with the resulting recording?

Yes, it's illegal. It's the act of doing it, not the intended use, that is the key. The friend with the faulty memory should take notes instead.

In Massachusetts can a charge of violating a harrasment prevention order be amended to annoying harrasing phone calls

Can the ADA amend? Probably. Must the ADA amend? No.

I am dismayed to hear that the Board of Health is unresponsive. This is their job, and they have the leverage to get things done. Now, in these...

Is an expired contract with the former company still enforceable? Am I responsible for all the additional service fees?

The contract you signed with the first company was no doubt assumed by the second. The contract may have even contemplated sale to another company...

Following on my colleague's answer, if you are asking these questions and don't know the answers, you will have a meaningless deposition and get...

In MA. can you hire an attorney only to conduct a deposition on your behalf and not to enter the case as your counsel?

Yes. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/limited-assistance-representation-information-for-the-public

I told the police in an interview that I would take a polygraph to prove my innocence and I never got one. What can be done?

I don't practice criminal law, but believe the answer is no. You do not have a "right" to a polygraph. Your innocence will need to be proven thru...

Am I able to move in with my mom at the age of 17?

No, you are a minor. Not your decision. It's for your parents to work out. If father doesn't object, it can happen.

Perhaps county authorities might help. Public health officer or zoning enforcement officer.

How do layoffs due to Covid-19 affect child support?

Go thru the process of filing a serving a modification ASAP, and get an emergency motion for temporary orders filed. No one exactly knows how the...