Massachusetts Archive » May, 2024

Massachusetts - May, 2024

174 articles

• PTAB Upholds Medtronic Bladder Control Patents On Remand
• Subaru Drivers Reach Class Deal Over Defective Fuel Pumps
• Real Estate Recap: Courthouse Facelifts, Appraisal Bias
• Investor To Admit Goosing Getty Stock With Sham Offer
• FTC Focus: Exploring The Meaning Of Orange Book Letters
• Complaints About BC Tennis Coach Led To Firing, Suit Says
• Hub Hires: Wiggin & Dana, Mintz, Holland & Knight
• In Rarity, 1 Party's Judges Gain 100% Control Of Circuit Bench
• Grocery Automation Biz Files Ch. 11 With $13M In Debt
• Man Connected To Brazil Massacre Accused Of Visa Fraud
• Mukasey Frenchman Co-Founder, Ex-DOJ Atty Join Dynamis
• Sen. Warren Pushes CMS On 'Medical Loss Ratio' Data
• Mass. Foreclosure Law May Be Unconstitutional, Judge Says
• Black Business Owners Sue Over Impact Of Transparency Act
• Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys
• FDA Sued Over Controversial Lab Test Rule
• Acting Boston US Atty Says Fraud Cases Still High Priority
• 3 More Burns & Levinson Attys Join Blank Rome In Boston
• Womble Bond Adds Veteran Energy Transaction Atty In Mass.
• Whistleblower Counsel Can't Get 'Exorbitant' $11.5M Fee
• Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 27 States Urge Fed. Circ. To Back Idaho 'Patent Troll' Law
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Beauty School Deserved Review Of License Loss, Panel Says
• How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case
• Boston Red Sox Settle Fired Worker's COVID Vax Bias Suit
• FTX Exec Who Acted As Bankman-Fried 'Tool' Gets 7½ Years
• GE General Counsel Mike Holston Heading To Paul Weiss
• Food Supplier Says Exec Raided Files, Jumped to Competitor
• Biden's Judicial Impact And What's Left On The Wish List
• Alito Flag Displays 'Improper' And 'Dumb,' District Judge Says
• Biden Urges 1st Circ. To Find Debt Cap Challenge Moot
• DraftKings' Noncompete Win Shuns Calif. Law, 1st Circ. Told
• Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content
• Ex-Physical Therapy Clinics Owner Gets 2 Yrs. In Billing Scam
• Resignation Letter Bylaws Targeted In Five Del. Class Actions
• 22 States Seek To Defend EPA Heavy-Duty Truck GHG Rule
• White House Says 1st Circ. Judge Didn't Aid Daughter's Nom
• The State Of Play In DEI And ESG 1 Year After Harvard Ruling
• Estate Sues Hanover For $13.4M Judgment In Death Suit
• Senate Democrats Join GOP To Kill Bipartisan Border Bill
• Biden Names Judicial Nominees For 1st, 6th Circuits
• EasyPay Agrees To Exit Mass. In 'Rent-A-Bank' Settlement
• Justices' CFPB Alliance May Save SEC Courts, Not Chevron
• 1st Circ. Affirms UBS Win In Puerto Rico Pension Fight
• Boies Urges Judge To Rethink Precedential Cannabis Case
• GOP State Leaders Tell Justices Mexico Can't Sue Gunmakers
• What The FTC Report On AG Collabs Means For Cos.
• MilliporeSigma Avoids Charges As DOJ Extols Self-Disclosure
• When Oral Settlements Reached In Mediation Are Enforceable
• Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Lead Blood Test Maker To Plead Guilty, Pay $42M Over Defects
• Covington Reps As Biogen Makes $1.8B Bet On HI-Bio
• 4th Circ. Told Justices' Ruling Dooms Bid To Delay $811M Fine
• Martha's Vineyard Pot Shop Battles State Transportation Rules
• Cooley Atty Returns From Deputy GC In-House Role In Boston
• Boston Eateries Say They've Shown Proof Of Anti-Italian Bias
• Strategic Hiring Was The New Normal For BigLaw In 2023
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• CoStar, Hotel Giants Defend Benchmarking In Price-Fixing Suit
• Senate Confirms 1st Circ. Judicial Nomination
• Questions Remain After Mass. Adverse Possession Case
• Insider Trader Settles With SEC Over Friend's ADI Tip
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Upscale Mass. Restaurant's COVID Loss Claims Fail In Appeal
• Latham-Led CyberArk Buying PE-Backed Venafi In $1.54B Deal
• VA Deal Winner Says Protest Not Based On Common Sense
• FCA Relators Seek Finders Fee For SpineFrontier Doc Deals
• Judge Won't Bar Thermo Fisher Exec's Jump To Repligen
• 1st Circ. Rejects Ex-Immigration Judges' Bid For Asylum Redo
• SEC Can Try To Show Jurisdiction Over German In $3M Claim
• Mass. Hospital Pays $24.3M To Settle Heart-Surgery FCA Case
• FDIC's Gruenberg Scolded By Senators Over Agency Culture
• Ex-Pharma Exec Cops To Contempt For Barred Finance Work
• Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance
• Mass. Business Owner Charged In $18M Pandemic Loan Scam
• Nantucket Accused Of Biased Car-Rental Licensing
• Weighted Baby Swaddle 'Inherently Dangerous,' Suit Alleges
• Conn. Strip Club Owner Ran 'Brothel,' Hid $5.7M, Feds Say
• Mass. Senate Aide Alleges Retaliation After Bias Complaint
• Cell Therapy Cos. Must Beware Limits Of Patent Safe Harbors
• Why Employers Shouldn't Overreact To Protest Activities
• Brothers Stole $25M Of Crypto In 12 Seconds, Feds Say
• Pet Telehealth Startup Canned Vet After Bite Injury, Suit Says
• Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Quikrete Unit Settles With Mass. AG Over Runoff At Paver Site
• Berkshire Bank Sued For Customer's Alleged $90M Ponzi
• Couple Attacks Chase's 'Pack Of Lies' In $20M Loss Case
• Trial Averted In Boston Health Agency Harassment Case
• A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System
• Shire Settles Claims Over Alleged ADHD Generic Delay
• Mass. Pot Shop Ordered To Recognize Union, Rehire Workers
• Kabbage Inks 2 FCA Deals With Feds Totaling $120M
• Biogen Investors Seek Class Cert. In Alzheimer's Drug Suit
• Boston Federal Judge To Be Witness In City Harassment Case
• Ex-Police Chief Gets 3 Months For Alexion Insider Trading
• Philips Wants Cleaner Co. To Chip In For $1B CPAP Deal
• Mass. Tax Board Rejects Plea To Cut Home Valuation
• Chancery Scuttles Unfair Pirate Ship Salvage Co. Merger
• Uber, Lyft Put Driver Work Fight In Reverse As Trial Begins
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Rail Worker Wage Case Won't Get High Court Review
• High Court Won't Consider Ex-Tufts Prof's Retaliation Suit
• Real Estate Authority: Norfolk Southern, Big 4 Earnings, HUD
• Lab Exec Sentenced For Deadly Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
• 1st Circ. Fast-Tracks DraftKings Noncompete Feud
• Ex-Wayfair Web Designer Says Racism Forced Him Out
• Off The Bench: Ohtani Translator's Plea, NBA Star Tops Agent
• Dem Lawmakers Call For 5th Circ. Judge To Exit CFPB Case
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data
• Fuzzy Jurisdiction In Web Cases Has 1st Circ. Judge 'Worried'
• Casa Systems Strikes Deal For Ch. 11 Cash Collateral
• UK Opens Probe Into Thermo Fisher's $3.1B Olink Buy
• Climate Group Settles DOJ Claims It Shut Out Noncitizens
• Investor Seeks Del. TRO To Block Treasure Hunter Co. Vote
• Plumbing Co. Owner Cops To Tax Scheme Tied To Gold Bars
• Plumbing Co. Ignoring OT Precedent, 1st Circ. Judge Chides
• Body-Sculpting Device Supplier Hit With Fraud Claims
• Mobile Carriers Pay $10M To End 50 AGs' Deceptive Ad Claims
• 6th Circ. Nominee Sparks Debate Over Blue Slips
• Ex-Celtic 'Big Baby' Gets 40 Mos. In Health Fraud Case
• Ex-Pharma Exec Asks 1st Circ. To DQ Judge In Contempt Case
• AGs Blast Federal Data Privacy Law's Proposed State Override
• Teva Must Face Bulk Of Asthma Inhaler Antitrust Suit
• Labaton, Boston Pension Win Bid to Lead NYCB Investor Suit
• Prison Officer Gets 2 Years For Bribes Linked To Rajaratnam
• Cannabis Law Firm Accused Of $5M Error In Pot Shop Deal
• 5 Climate Change Regulatory Issues Insurers Should Follow
• Dems Propose Scrapping Title VII Damages Caps
• Mass. Justices May Give Green Light To Tip Ballot Measure
• Boston Man Says He Was Chinese Activist, Not Gov't Spy
• Lighting Co. Reaches Deal To End Parental Leave Suit
• Swimming Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Mintz Lands Manatt's Boston Office Founder, 2 Other Attys
• 85 Lawmakers Join Chorus Opposing Space Force Transfers
• Fed. Circ. Seems Wary Of Broad's CRISPR Inventorship Win
• Feds Say Student Recruiter Charged UK Schools Illicit Fees
• Steward Health Gets Ch. 11 Loan, Says It Plans Hospital Sales
• Employment Agency Owner Admits Hiding $10M In Income
• 1st Circ. Questions SEC Walk-Back In Conn. Atty's Fraud Case
• 1st Circ. Critical Of Boston's Choice To Ice Out Satanists
• WilmerHale Guides Akamai's $450M Buy Of Noname Security
• Biotech Co. Wants To Appeal Red Cross Antitrust Immunity
• Mass General Eyes Retirement Plan Fee Suit Settlement
• Mass. Justices Wary Of Spiking Uber, Lyft Ballot Questions
• Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
• Manufacturers Should Pay Attention To 'Right-To-Repair' Laws
• Ritz-Carlton Defeats Post-Hurricane Layoff Claims At 1st Circ.
• Mintz Adds Proskauer Life Sciences IP Litigation Team
• Battery Startup Ambri Hits Ch. 11 With Lender Sale Plans
• Hospital Chain Steward Health Hits Ch. 11 With Over $1B Debt
• How Big IP Judgment Winners Are Insuring 'Nuclear Verdicts'
• Mass. Quarry Resolves AG's River Pollution Claims
• Off The Bench: DraftKings, FIFA Warning, Charity Turmoil
• Graham Blasts Mass. Judge Nom For 'Radical' Policing Letter
• Ex-Defender Can't Make Feds Release Harassment Reports
• Patent Board Rulings Send $3.3M Judgment Up In Flames
• House Seeks FTC Info On Scuttled Amazon-IRobot Deal
• Immigrant Bond Co. Buyer Wants In On $811M Fine Appeal
• Mass. Property Is Agricultural, Appellate Board Says
• Recent BigLaw Moves Show Boston Is 'Clearly On The Map'
• Freshfields-Led Novartis Inks $1.75B Cancer Drug Co. Buyout
• Chiropractor Gets 6 Mos. For Defrauding NBA With 'Big Baby'
• Don't Use The Same Template For Every Client Alert
• Sidley PE Atty Tapped To Lead Paul Hastings' Boston Office
• 'Shark Tank'-Backed Card Maker Greets Rival With IP Suit
• 53 Govs. Want Say In Moving Nat'l Guard Staff To Space Force
• Holland & Knight Hires Ex-Choate Healthcare Chair In Boston
• Skadden Atty To Join Simpson Thacher's New Boston Office
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Sidley Atty To New Funds Team
• Overtime Theft Scheme Earns Ex-Mass. Trooper 3 Years
• Hub Hires: Goodwin, Nixon Peabody, DraftKings
• Walking With My Dog Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Blank Rome Opens Boston Office With New 25-Atty Team