If Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is looking for a little more ammunition to shoot down California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage, one of his Massachusetts colleagues has given him some. U.S

Attorney fee awards under a major federal fee-shifting statute are paid to the client, not to the attorney, and can be offset to pay a client’s debt to the federal government, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday

A San Francisco ordinance prohibiting tobacco sales in drugstores could violate the equal protection clauses of the state and federal constitutions, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. The unanimous decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal reverses a demurrer in the city’s favor and lets Walgreen Co. go ahead with a suit challenging the controversial ordinance

Tuesday was Equal Pay Day, but women had little to celebrate given how far they lag behind men in compensation — especially women with professional degrees — according to Ilene Lang, president of nonprofit organization Catalyst.

Bowing to pressure from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kelley Drye & Warren has dropped its mandatory retirement policy, the firm said Thursday. Chairman John M