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May 07, 2026
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. faces a proposed consumer class action alleging it failed to effectively safeguard private information for current and former clients after hackers claimed they stole information and sought a ransom payment.
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May 07, 2026
A man who pled to sufficient facts for drug charges will be allowed to withdraw his admission, Massachusetts' highest court said Thursday, finding that he was not properly warned about the immigration consequences of his plea.
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May 07, 2026
A First Circuit panel appeared disinclined Thursday to revive a suit alleging the federal government regularly withholds records from immigrants in deportation and asylum proceedings, with one judge saying that if the process is unfair, it would be Congress' job to fix it.
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May 07, 2026
A New York federal judge asked state enforcers on Thursday to outline the remedies they intend to seek from Live Nation, along with the discovery they expect to need, before deciding a schedule for the next steps in the antitrust case against the major live entertainment company.
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May 07, 2026
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company have lured subscribers with a "ghost network" of mental health providers who are frequently out of network, don't accept the insurance or are not taking new patients, according to a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts state court.
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May 06, 2026
Boeing has urged an Illinois federal judge to permanently toss a securities fraud suit accusing the company of misrepresenting the safety of its 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes overseas, reiterating that the Massachusetts-based investment fund cannot pursue claims purportedly assigned to it by a defunct assignor.
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May 06, 2026
A Massachusetts judge will allow a social media addiction suit brought by the state attorney general against TikTok to proceed, rejecting claims that the company is shielded by the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment.
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May 06, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday pushed back on arguments by the Trump administration that federal agency grants are subject to termination at any time based solely on a change in priorities — a situation, she suggested, that would essentially render any contracts with the government "illusory."
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May 06, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge said Wednesday she doubted she could restore humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of migrants whose legal status was recently canceled by the Trump administration for a second time.
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May 06, 2026
The First Circuit has reversed the dismissal of an indictment against an unauthorized immigrant charged with firearm possession, holding that the federal ban on unauthorized immigrants possessing firearms is consistent with the nation's tradition of firearm regulation.
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May 06, 2026
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that under state precedent, a man who was accused of a violent home invasion and other crimes but found to be incompetent to stand trial was not improperly kept incarcerated when he could not post bail.
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May 06, 2026
A judge hinted Wednesday that he could somewhat limit the topics ExxonMobil may broach in an upcoming deposition of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office as the energy giant defends itself from the commonwealth's greenwashing allegations.
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May 06, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed with a Massachusetts federal judge that a case related to a set of design patents for a bicycle warranted attorney fees being awarded to Hyper Bicycles Inc., saying the judge's finding that the case was weak and unnecessarily dragged out was supported by the evidence.
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May 06, 2026
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled indictments outlining a massive insider trading scheme that allegedly netted tens of millions of dollars using nonpublic information about mergers and acquisitions worked on by some of the nation's biggest law firms.
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May 06, 2026
Communications software company Sefas Innovation Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court accusing it of failing to safeguard the data of its clients' customers from cybercriminals, resulting in a breach of its records in April.
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May 06, 2026
Massachusetts' highest court appeared divided Wednesday as it considered whether a proposed ballot question to reenact rent control in the state should be struck down because it contains a carveout that includes religious properties.
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May 06, 2026
Massachusetts' top court on Wednesday seemed to agree that an ongoing dispute between the state attorney general and auditor over a voter-backed audit of the legislature needs to come to an end, even as justices dinged both sides for the stalemate.
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May 06, 2026
A former University of Southern California water polo coach convicted in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case missed the goal by a wide margin in his bid to secure a new trial, a Massachusetts federal judge said.
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May 05, 2026
A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.
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May 05, 2026
Recreational cannabis users hit some of the industry's largest companies — Cresco Labs, Green Thumb Industries, Verano Holdings and Curaleaf — with two sprawling lawsuits alleging the businesses overcharged for products deceptively marketed as safe and effective treatments for mental health disorders.
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May 05, 2026
A First Circuit panel on Tuesday told attorneys for both the government and a class of transgender and nonbinary people that because the class has asked to vacate a preliminary order blocking a Trump administration policy requiring that passports bear a person's sex assigned at birth, the court no longer has authority to issue an opinion.
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May 05, 2026
Santander Bank and its investment adviser unit have sued a former employee, alleging that he improperly wooed away the vast majority of his clients when he decamped for a competitor.
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May 05, 2026
A former equity principal from Jackson Lewis PC with nearly three decades of experience representing and counseling employers on labor and employment issues has joined Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC as a shareholder in its Boston office, the firm has announced.
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May 05, 2026
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and a class of shareholders are seeking judicial approval for a $6.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that the drugmaker overstated the commercial potential of a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, that was ultimately shelved.
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May 05, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge has held the wife of a fugitive Oak Management Corp. trader in contempt for trying to use her divorce case to take control of assets under the management of a receiver, who was appointed as part of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil suit.