The continued rise in poverty, combined with multi-year recovery of the national economy, has vastly increased the number of low income residents in Massachusetts in need of free civil legal services. Currently, one million people qualify for legal aid for help with issues such as benefits for veterans, health care for the elderly, domestic violence and consumer rights.
Mass. R. Civ. P. 23 outlines the requirements for bringing and maintaining a class action law suit. Such suits often end with residual funds,
Massachusetts lawyers continue to be successfully targeted by email and internet fraud schemes which many times involve IOLTA accounts.
Today, more than ever before, where attorneys and law firms place their IOLTA funds can make a tremendous difference in the amount of funding made available through IOLTA.
The Massachusetts IOLTA Committee
18 Tremont Street, Suite1010
Boston, MA 02108-2316