Under the United States Constitution, individual States are required to honor the judgments of another State as ruled by their courts. However, in the State of Massachusetts, this is not an automatic process. Foreign judgments awarded outside the State of...
Massachusetts Debt Recovery
The Right Time to File a Massachusetts Mechanic’s Lien
A Mechanic’s Lien is utilized by general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and all those related to the construction industry to resolve issues with payments. Timely filing a Massachusetts Mechanic’s Lien against the property on which the project is located...
Rent acceleration clauses in Massachusetts
As a commercial landlord, one of the worst things that can happen to you is having a tenant default on their lease. Lease contracts are a good thing because it protects both parties. They protect the landlord if the commercial tenant stops paying rent or does not pay...
Piercing the Corporate Veil Litigation
Among many tactics used in commercial debt litigation to collect unpaid debt is “Piercing the Corporate Veil.” In simple terms, veil piercing is a situation in which courts put aside limited liability afforded by corporate structure and holds a corporation’s...
Why and When a Massachusetts Court May Issue a Real Estate Attachment
Among the many strategies used in debt collection law, there are attachments. And with attachments, there are two types – with notice to the defendant and without (ex parte). Generally speaking, courts are reluctant to issue ex parte attachments on real estate because...
Massachusetts Bank Attachment Laws: What You Should Know
Knowledge is power, even more so when it comes to collecting money from a deadbeat client who refuses to pay. Exceptional Massachusetts debt collection strategy requires knowing how to use court rules, case law and statutory tools to best help businesses collect debt....
Massachusetts Collections Attorney Collects Unpaid Attorneys Fees
The case snippets and West head notes below come from a case that Massachusetts Collections Attorney Alan M. Cohen brought on behalf of a prominent Boston Patent Law Firm to collect unpaid attorneys fees from out of state clients. In the opinion below, Judge Wolf...
Massachusetts Long Arm Statute
The Massachusetts Long Arm Statute, M.G. L. c. 223A § 3, states: A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person, who acts directly or by an agent, as to a cause of action in law or equity arising from the person’s (a) c. 223A § 3in this Commonwealth, (b)...