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Massachusetts - January, 2025

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• Real Estate Recap: Data Centers, Trump, Prepack Bankruptcy
• Small Biz Attys Jump Into 4th Circ. Shell Co. Law Challenge
• Workers Score Class Cert. In Electric Parts Co. ESOP Suit
• Del. Justices Uphold $33M-Plus Award In Software Co. Suit
• 9th Circ. Affirms Aerospace Co. Code Meets Fair Use Standard
• Hub Hires: Jones Day, Mintz, Nutter, Holland & Knight
• Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
• Dem AGs Say Trump's DEI Attacks Undercut Anti-Bias Efforts
• NJ, 15 Other States Urge 5th Circ. To Revive ATF Trigger Ban
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards
• Trump Funding Freeze Blocked As Court Doubts Reversal
• Cannabis Test Lab Says Competitors Fudging Results
• Mass. Justices Rule 'Unwarranted Privilege' Law Not Vague
• Mass. Law Shows Patchwork Money Transfer Rules Persist
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Gibson Dunn, Milbank
• SEC's Trial Win In VistaPrint Insider Trading Case Stands
• Sheriffs Raise Concern About New FCC Prison Phone Caps
• 1st Circ. Restores Endangered Whale's Cape Cod Protections
• Former Pharma Exec Gets 2 Months For Insider Trading
• Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Mass. Law Firm Settles Data Breach Suit For $150K
• 1st Circ. Backs Hospital's Win In Fired Nurse's Vax Bias Suit
• Storage Co. Says Rothman Gordon Left Behind Files, Big Bills
• Mass. High Court Backs Insurers' Lost Resale Value Exclusion
• Roomba Maker Escapes Suit Over Scuttled Amazon Merger
• German National Again Ordered To Pay $4.6M In Fraud
• Cities Urge Judges To Halt Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
• Mass. Judge Sends Stellantis' UAW Strike Suit To Calif.
• Jenzabar Tells Del. Justices Investor Delay Sinks $26M Award
• 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
• CFPB Cheers On State Bids To Restrict Medical Debt Reporting
• More Environmental Claims, More Greenwashing Challenges
• Uber Can't Duck Mass. Tech Company's Trade Secrets Suit
• White House Rescinds Trump's Spending Freeze
• Sen. Warren Has 'Serious Concern' Over Lutnick's Tether Ties
• Amazon Says Too Late For Mass. Court's Expense Suit Take
• Chancery Nixes TRO in Jenzabar Stock Buyback Dispute
• Prison Phone Providers Urge 1st Circ. To Back FCC Rate Suit
• Calif. Cannabis Decision Deepens Commerce Clause Divide
• Cravath, Ropes & Gray Guide $2.4B Connecticut Water Deal
• Trader Joe's Accused Of Badly Stocked 401(k), High Fees
• Judge Temporarily Halts Trump's Funding Freeze
• 4 Firms Look To Build $1B Sale Of Evergreen Theragnostics
• Wynn Fraud Trial Still On As Appeals Court Declines To Step In
• Takeda Pushes Meijer Antitrust Suit Into Arbitration
• NFL Union, DraftKings Reach Settlement In NFT Licensing Suit
• Biz Adviser, Relative Beat SEC's Investment Fraud Claims
• Davis Polk, Skadden Build Emerson's $7.2B AspenTech Buy
• Harvard Lecturer Says Monthly Payroll Flouts Wage Law
• Real Estate Recap: Hughes Fire, EOs, Practices Of The Year
• Boston Firm Says IT Vendor Holding Computers 'Hostage'
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: Nov. And Dec. Lessons
• Philip Morris Settles Tobacco Liability Trial After Openings
• Thomson Reuters Settles With Ex-Worker Who Criticized BLM
• Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
• Former Mass. Transit Facilities Engineer Admits $8.5M Fraud
• Immigrant Groups Seek Block Of Trump's Citizenship 'Assault'
• Hiring Freeze, Ending Telework Would Devastate USPTO
• Dems Cite 'Unprecedented Concerns' With Trump Memecoins
• Marlboro Smoker Was Target Of Deception, Jury Hears
• Ex-Tribal Chair Seeks High Court Review Of Extortion Verdict
• Home Health Agency Operator Gets 12 Years For $100M Fraud
• Meta Wants Mass. Justices To Intervene In AG's Suit
• 11 States Say DOJ Can't Make Them Enforce Deportations
• Corporate Transparency Law Remains Flanked By Threats
• UnitedHealthcare Settles Proton Beam Coverage Suit
• 15 States Reach $7.4B Settlement With Sackler Family
• Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• American, JetBlue Ink $1.9M Atty Fee Deal After Antitrust Loss
• J&J Seeks To Defeat $30M Punitive Bid After Conn. Talc Trial
• Trump Pick For Boston US Atty Won't Be 'Afraid To Speak Up'
• BNY, Mortgage Co. Sued Over Post-Bankruptcy Collections
• Judge Won't Toss Bulk Of Chrysler Minivan MDL Claims
• Nutter Partner Nominated To Mass. Land Court
• Feds Trim Spine-Implant Kickback Case Ahead Of Trial
• 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
• Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025
• Exonerees In Mass. Drug Lab Scandal Can't Undo Forfeiture
• Atty Seeks Appeal In Failed Bid To Unwind 'Varsity Blues' Plea
• BofA Sued Over Credit Card Rewards 'Bait And Switch'
• Crypto Firm To Plead Guilty In Market Manipulation Case
• FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024
• 1st Circ. Affirms Hearst Win In Fired Worker's Vax Suit
• Dem States Challenge Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
• Harvard Settles Antisemitism Complaints By Student Groups
• Trump Eyes Mass. Federal Prosecutor For US Atty In Boston
• Immigrant Orgs Sue Trump Over Birthright Citizenship Order
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Real Estate Recap: Trump Policy Priorities, Natural Disasters
• P&G Accused Of 'Greenwashing' And Making 'Frankenforests'
• Pot Labs Say Mass. Co. Sold Dud Test Devices In $286M Suit
• Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
• 1st Circ. Revives Biotech Worker's COVID-19 Vax Challenge
• EBay Can't Appeal Punitive Damages Ruling In Stalking Case
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson Thacher, Covington
• Ex-Pol's Atty Chided For Early Morning Sentencing Memo
• Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape
• Vanguard To Pay SEC, States $106M Over Surprise Tax Bills
• IP Forecast: Mass. Court To Hear Inequitable Conduct Fight
• Boiler Co. Blamed For Carbon Monoxide Deaths In $18M Suit
• Deal Ends Suit Over Deportation Of US Citizens' Spouses
• Mass. Bookkeeper Gets 2 Years For Embezzlement
• S&C-Led Symbotic Buys Walmart's AI-Based Robotics Biz
• 'Complete Lack Of Respect' For Privilege DQs NH Prosecutor
• Military Leaves Extended Fired Cop's Probation, Court Says
• Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts
• 1st Circ. Vacates Most Of Atty's Marijuana Bribe Conviction
• Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• GE Investors' $362.5M Settlement Gets Initial Greenlight
• Man Who Sued Ex-Girlfriend Over Nude Photo Keeps Trial Win
• Block Pays Regulators $80M Over Cash App AML Compliance
• Former IRS Litigator Joins Jones Day In Boston
• Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation
• A Federal Insurance Mandate For Private Aviation Is Overdue
• No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
• Nutter Hires New Partner For Boston Real Estate Team
• Mass. Justices Bolster Local Enforcement Of Tobacco Laws
• Mass. Atty Charged In $2.5M Embezzlement Schemes
• Boston Lawyers Accused Of Bungling Exec's Bias Claim
• Sig Sauer Settles Gun Defect Suit With Injured Mass. Officer
• Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
• Boston Globe Can't Ditch Exec's Wrongful Firing Suit
• Jones Day-Led Wabtec Paying $1.8B For Evident Tech Unit
• Curaleaf's Ex-CEO Wants Out Of Ex-VP's Pay, Sex Bias Suit
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Cape Cod Restaurants' Ordinance Case
• MIT Bio Lab Can't Use Anti-SLAPP To Duck Defamation Suit
• Mass. AG Says Insulin Makers, Middlemen Colluded On Costs
• Feds Ask 2 Years For Ex-Pol On Tax, Pandemic Aid Charges
• Insurer Drops Dispute Over Private Equity Firm's Deals
• Black Musician Beaten By White Nationalists Awarded $2.75M
• 5 Firms Steer Up-To-$750M Sale Of Life Molecular Imaging
• Acting USPTO Chief Won't Review Seed IP Challenge Denial
• Lilly To Buy Scorpion Cancer Program For Up To $2.5B
• FedEx Drivers Rip Company's 'Desperate' Bid To Duck OT Suit
• $13.4M Suit Against Insurer For Conn. Death Verdict Paused
• Ex-Benefytt Affiliate Violated Consumer Laws, Suit Says
• Justices Pass On Challenge To Mass. Offshore Wind Project
• Real Estate Recap: REIT Activism, Enviro Policy, Power Woes
• GSK Hits Back At Moderna Counterclaims In Patent Feud
• Blue State AGs Urge Walmart To Reinstate DEI Initiatives
• New Pirate Loot Claims Lodged In Chancery
• Patent Partner Leaves Kilpatrick Townsend For K&L Gates
• SEC's $93M Win Not Backed By Proof, Adviser Tells 1st Circ.
• Couple Says EBay, Top Brass Can't Duck Trial In Stalking Suit
• 1st Circ. Questions Reach Of Anti-Torture Law In Civil Cases
• Ex-McKinsey Partner Admits To Obstructing Purdue Probe
• 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
• DraftKings Says Fired Worker 'Has No Legal Path' Forward
• Trump, Tariffs And Tech: The Right To Repair In 2025
• Mass. Hospital, Insurer Settle Pandemic Coverage Row
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
• SharkNinja Customer Sues For $3.75M After Blender Explodes
• MoFo Taps Goodwin Duo To Grow Exec Comp, Benefits Team
• Beer Sales Rep Can't Show Lasting Harm From Noncompete
• Wind Power Substation Is Quiet Enough, Mass. Justices Say
• Edward Jones Fined $17M Over Customer Transition Fees
• Departing Mass. US Atty Predicts Similar Goals For Successor
• Feds Say Official Used City Cash For Steak Tips, Studio Time
• Boston Scientific Paying Up To $664M For Bolt Medical
• Mortgage Cos. Fined $20M Over Cybersecurity Breach
• Divisive Mass. Housing Law Can Stand With Administrative Fix
• Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• HHS Fines Mass. Health Firm $80K Over Ransomware Attack
• Hockey Pro Says Ex-Teammates Stole 'Moms Who Puck' TM
• Developer Says Mass. Stalling $15M Brownfields Tax Credit
• DOJ Ropes Landlords Into RealPage Antitrust Case
• Judge Looks To Finally Resolve Mass. 'Right To Repair' Suit
• Religious Schools Ask 1st Circ. To Gut 'Poison Pill' Law
• Crop Drone Maker Stiffed Executive On Pay, Suit Says
• Mass. US Atty To Depart Role Before Trump's Inauguration
• SEC Seeks To Bar Milbank Probe From Dialysis Execs' Trial
• Breyer's 1st Circ. Visit A 'Very Cool' Opportunity For Attys
• FCC Warns Of $2.3M Pirate Radio Fine In Boston
• KKR Pushes Fuji Soft To Pursue Legal Action Against Bain
• Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
• Ex-Sunstein Partner Says Firm Sat On Payments For Months
• Real Estate Recap: All Eyes On '25
• Vizgen Loses Antitrust Claims Against 10x In Biotech IP Fight
• Aetna Says Takeda Inked Deal To Block Generics, Keep Profits
• Fla. Gov't Contractor Agrees To Pay $1M Over Rigging Bids
• Mass. Justices Affirm $29M Award In Leg Amputation Suit
• Lyft, Home Health Agency Sued Over Fatal Crash
• Consultants Should Be Aware Of DOJ's Potential New Reach
• Bank's Refund Doesn't End Proposed Class Action Over Fees
• Missed Deadline Bars Startup Investors' Conspiracy Claims
• Biogen Not On Hook For Disruptions Caused By Landlord
• Insurers Ordered To Pay $165M For Deceptive Marketing
• Influencer Marketing Biz Later Buys Mavely In $250M Deal
• Eye Drug Study Blindsided Pharma Co. Investors, Suit Says
• Dyson, SharkNinja Put Down Blades In Sprawling Patent Fight
• Retired Justice Breyer To Sit On 1st Circ. As Visiting Judge
• Sig Sauer Wants Other Firings Kept Out Of Gun Defect Trial
• Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ex-Defender Asks 4th Circ. To Force Back Harvard Profs, Attys
• Dartmouth Men's Basketball Players End Unionization Push
• Mass. Atty Accused Of Botching Bias Case, Misleading Client
• Insurer Shorting Autism Provider On Required Care, Suit Says
• 'Trained Lawyer' Can't Undo Guilty Plea In 'Varsity Blues'
• Five Massachusetts Cases To Watch In 2025
• An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
• Trump Begins 2nd Term With At Least 45 Judge Seats To Fill
• The Hottest Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking In 2025
• Trademark Cases To Watch In 2025
• Transportation Cases To Watch In 2025