Massachusetts Archive » April, 2024

Massachusetts - April, 2024

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• Sen. Warren Probes Annuity Cos. Over Use Of 'Secret' Perks
• 1st Circ. Says Flyers' JetBlue-Spirit Deal Challenge Moot
• Fed. Circ. Upholds TM Win For Brazilian Hair Products Co.
• Ex-DraftKings Exec Blocked From US Role At Rival Fanatics
• Ex-Mass. Pol Can't Sink Fraud Case With 'Imaginative' Attacks
• Think Like A Lawyer: Follow The Iron Rule Of Trial Logic
• 1st Circ. Slashes Atty's Convictions In Email Fraud Case
• UnitedHealth's Cyberattack Response Is 'Inadequate,' AGs Say
• Court Clerk Error Is No Excuse For A Missed Deadline
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• No Need To Delay $811M Immigrant Bond Co. Fine, CFPB Says
• Kirkland Adds 2nd Funds Group From Goodwin This Year
• Reebok Says TM Foe Must Foot Bill After Key Depo Called Off
• Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Beats NY Sex Assault Suit For Good
• The Art Of Asking: Leveraging Your Contacts For Referrals
• DOJ Not Required To Probe Alleged Bias In Boston Contracts
• Deciphera Stock Soars On $2.4B Deal With Japan's Ono
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Ex-McKinsey Partner Says Firm Made Him Opioids 'Scapegoat'
• Crypto Atty's Senate Bid Takes Detour For SEC-Coinbase Suit
• ERISA Suits Targeting Annuity Deals Could Escalate
• Ex-Mass. Trooper Handed 5 Years For No-Work OT, Tax Fraud
• Sonus $4.5M Settlement With Investors Gets Final OK
• Gov't Wants Ex-Boston Celtic Imprisoned For Health Plan Scheme
• Mass. Justices Dash Deported Man's Hope For Remote Retrial
• Feds Say COVID Fraud Case Against Ex-Pol Clears Early Bar
• 1st Circ. Tosses Second Vineyard Wind Challenge
• Tenn. Hacker Pleads Guilty In DraftKings Accounts Breach
• Dems Press DEA To Move Quickly On Rescheduling Marijuana
• Ex-Burns & Levinson Life Sciences Chair Joins Polsinelli
• Ex-Defender Says Feds Can't Hide Other Harassment Reports
• Being An Equestrian Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Hospital Operator Must Face Data Privacy Suit In Mass.
• Whole Foods May Have Retaliated In BLM Case, 1st Circ. Says
• 1st Circ. Upholds Feds' Vineyard Wind Project Approval
• Mass. Golf Course Manager Gets 13 Months For Tax Fraud
• Pegasystems Cuts $35M Deal To End Investor Suit
• Student Gets 9 Mos. For Stalking China Democracy Activist
• Boston Pension Doubles Down On Bid To Lead NYCB Suit
• 4 Ways To Refresh Your Law Firm's Marketing Strategy
• Healthcare Co. Reaches Deal To Exit Pension Plan Suit
• US Gun Cos. Tell Justices Mexico Is Circumventing Law With Suit
• Jury Suggests $25M Damages For Co.'s Malicious IP Misuse
• Blue States Leap To Defend EPA Vehicle Emissions Rule
• Ex-Takeda Worker, Boyfriend To Plead Guilty In Invoice Scam
• Ex-Public Defender Wants 4th Circ. To End Wait In Bias Suit
• Ex-Cozen O'Connor Atty Moves In-House To DraftKings
• PE Giant Faces Sanctions Bid For Mexico Corruption Claim
• Paul Hastings Adds Private Equity Team At New Boston Office
• Eli Lilly Tells Fed. Circ. $177M Patent Loss Was Rightly Axed
• Opioid Marketer Completes $1.5M Damages Settlement With Del.
• Broker In Penny Stock Scheme Says SEC Is Forum Shopping
• Dentist Must Face Harassment Suit, Mass. Panel Says
• Thermo Fisher Says Rival Is Raiding Its Workforce
• Mass. Justices Say For-Profit Biz Can't Duck Billboard Tax
• A Cannabis Constitutional Fight, And The Calif. Atty Behind It
• PE Exec Can Recoup $1M 'Varsity Blues' Forfeiture
• Ex-Defender Says High Court Ruling Backs Bias Claims
• Feds Want Prison For Ga. Chiropractor In NBA Health Fraud
• Ex-Pharma Exec Says Judge 'Coercive' In SEC Contempt Case
• Sorting Circuit Split On Foreign Arbitration Treaty's Authority
• Senate Dems Question 4 Biggest Banks Over Fraud Controls
• Biotech Co. NanoString Lands $393M Bid At Ch. 11 Auction
• Feds Seek Prison For Threats To China Democracy Activist
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tapestry-Capri, StubHub IPO, Salesforce
• Wife Of Alleged $3B TelexFree Scammer 'Hounded' In MDL
• Northeastern U. Must Face Core Of Retirement Plan Fee Suit
• Mintz Sues Parking Meter Co. Over $4.3M IP Legal Bill
• Salvadoran Deported By Mistake Ends Suit Over Injuries Abroad
• Karuna Investor Ends Suit After Bristol-Myers Seals $14B Deal
• Sport Flooring Co. Says Ex-Owner Stole Info To Start Rival Biz
• GOP Sens. Raise Ethical Concerns Over 6th Circ. Nominee
• Contractor Blamed For $4.4M Damage To Wind Turbine
• Ex-Pharma Exec's Contempt Plea Rejected By Judge
• American Urges 1st Circ. To Reject 'Radical' JetBlue Ruling
• Waste Co. Strikes Deal To End 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Whitewater Kayaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Vineyard Wind Urges 1st Circ. To Uphold Project Approval
• Winston & Strawn Settles Brief-Plagiarizing Allegations
• Buttigieg, State AGs To Probe Consumer Airline Complaints
• DraftKings Workers Say Ex-Boss Tried To Lure Them To Rival
• Boston Judge Wary Of Ordering Bias Probe For City Contracts
• Cannabis Ruling Lights Path For Bankruptcy Protection
• Excess Carriers Say Property Co. Not Covered In Antitrust Suit
• This Earth Day, Consider How Your Firm Can Go Greener
• Dems Grill Chamber Over 'Outrageous' CFPB Card Fee Suit
• Harvard Says Antisemitism Case Not 'Legally Appropriate'
• Bond Co. Asks For Life-Saving Pause On $811M Fine
• Senators Demand Info On CFTC Chats With Bankman-Fried
• Justices Won't Nix FDA Labeling Preemption For State Claims
• Bomb Dog Trainer Links Cancer To Job In Benefits Denial Suit
• 1st Circ. Reopens Fired Whole Foods Worker's BLM Mask Suit
• Moderna, Pfizer COVID Vax IP Suit Paused Amid PTAB Review
• Crypto-Friendly Atty Reveals Backers In Bid To Unseat Warren
• Jury Says 3D Printing Firm Owes $17.3M For Infringing Patent
• Fraudster Gets 2 Years For African Sports Ponzi Scheme
• Boston Marathon Hit With Bias Suit By Black Running Group
• Off The Bench: Ohtani 'Victim' In Theft, Arbitration Nod To NFL
• Zoll Says 'Cookie-Cutter' Hack Claims Don't Show Harm
• Construction Co. Owner Cops To Causing IRS $2.8M Tax Loss
• State Rules Can't 'Obliterate' Federal Rights, Justices Told
• Summary Judgment 'Waste Of Time' In 401(k) Suit, Judge Says
• Arax Buys US Capital Wealth In Latest Asset Manager Merger
• Vineyard Wind Project Thoroughly Vetted, Feds Tell 1st Circ.
• Blocked JetBlue-Spirit Deal Illustrates New Antitrust Approach
• Medtronic Can't Ditch Ex-Sales Rep's Retaliation Claim
• DOJ Hits Regeneron With False Claims Act Suit Over Eylea
• Emissions Rules' Foes May Be Forced To Yield To Automakers
• No Damages After Drug Lab Scandal Sinks Case, Court Says
• Skadden, Fenwick Lead $4.9B Alpine Immune Sciences Sale
• 'Varsity Blues' Judge Won't Recuse From Bid For Plea Redo
• What Minority Biz Law Ruling Could Mean For Private DEI
• Moderna Says Pfizer Is PTAB 'Tea-Leaf-Reading' In Vax IP Row
• What Bankruptcy Deadline Appeal May Mean For Claimants
• 1st Circ. Says Appellant's Death Erases Conviction
• Practicing Law With Parkinson's Disease
• Liberty Mutual Says Former Star Sales Rep Poached Clients
• Quinn Emanuel, Davidoff Hutcher Sued Over Mansion Sale
• Why IP Attys Are Watching This $2B Trade Secrets Battle
• Former Pharma Exec Can't Oust Judge In Contempt Case
• Ex-Haitian Mayor Can't Nix Mass. Jury's $15.5M Torture Verdict
• Aviation Watch: Not All Airline Mergers Hurt The Public
• Ex-DraftKings Exec Loses Bid For $310K In Atty Fees
• ArentFox Schiff Bets On Auto Sector With 4 Boston Partners
• Former Blockchain Stock Exchange CEO Sues For $1.4M Pay
• 16 States Seek To Defend EPA Particulate Matter Rule
• Playing Hockey Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• California Can Set Own Emissions Standards, DC Circ. Says
• Feds Say Cannabis Cos. Can't Challenge CSA Pot Ban
• Immigrant Children Settle ICE Border Separation Claims
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• For Lawyers, Pessimism Should Be A Job Skill, Not A Life Skill
• Goodwin Adds 5-Atty Tech Team From Cooley In Boston
• New Balance, Golden Goose Agree To End 'Dad Shoe' IP Row
• Gunmakers Denied Stay In Mexico Lawsuit
• Walmart's Self-Checkout Patents Survive BJ's PTAB Attacks
• Conflicting Stories Wreck Suit Blaming UPS Truck For Crash
• Solar Company Hit With TCPA Suit After $13.8M FTC Fine
• Nixon Peabody Adds 2 Attys From Hinckley Allen In Boston
• Schneider National Forced Disabled Vet Off Job, Suit Says
• Firefighters Union's Finance Firm Can't Spike Whistleblower Claim
• DraftKings Beats Bettors' Suit Tied To Damar Hamlin Collapse
• 8 Bronx Men Charged In Brazen 'Wild West' Beer Train Heists
• Real Estate Fraudster Wins 3rd Circ. Bid To Testify
• Requiring Leave To File Amicus Briefs Is A Bad Idea
• MV Realty Abusing Ch. 11 Process, Bankruptcy Court Told
• Boston Scientific's $3.7B Axonics Buy Under FTC Microscope
• Mass. Airline Settles With Feds Over Noncompliant Flights
• Dell Unit Snags $4M In Atty Fees In Computer Module IP Spat
• Mass. Justices Leery Of Meta, Google Cookie 'Wiretap' Claims
• 4 Ways To Motivate Junior Attorneys To Bring Their Best
• From BigLaw To MLB, Lucchino Recalled As Master Negotiator
• 14 AGs Urge DOL To Seek More Payroll Info From Contractors
• 1st Circ. Hints Trader Joe's Age Bias Case Fit For Jury
• Casa Systems Files For Ch. 11 With $316M Debt, Plans Sale
• MV Realty Files Ch. 11 Plan Amid Growing Calls To Toss Case
• Theseus Investor Seeks Appraisal After Concentra Merger
• Truckers Reach $2.5M Deal On Sleeper Berth Claim
• 4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In March
• Fanatics Exec To Take Stand In DraftKings Noncompete Suit
• Boston Bomber Case Offers Clues For Trump Jury Selection
• Serving As A Sheriff's Deputy Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Philly Uber Class Action Atty Heads To Lichten & Liss-Riordan
• SEC Wins $93M Judgment Against Commonwealth Financial
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• CORRECTED: Immigration Bond Cos. Owe $811M For Deceptive Practices
• MassMutual Escapes Ex-Worker's 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• DeSantis Ducks Mass. Suit Over Migrant Flights
• Mass. Top Court At A Loss Over 7-Eleven Wage Case
• One Set Of Amazon Buyers Can't Cancel Later Antitrust Case
• Mass. Justices Puzzle Over Standard For Zoning Appeal Bond
• GE Vernova Spinoff Approved, Valued At $35.7B
• Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
• High Court Won't Hear Mass. Residents' Tribal Land Dispute