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September 23, 2025
1st Circ. Revives Fired Airport Worker's Retaliation Suit
A First Circuit panel has reinstated a retaliation claim against a Massachusetts-based regional airline accused of wrongfully firing an injured worker several months after he reported his injury to Puerto Rico's workers' compensation program.
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September 23, 2025
How Attys Are Riding The Mass. Biotech 'Roller Coaster'
The first half of 2025 saw the Massachusetts biotech industry post bleak numbers, including a dip in venture capital funding and merger activity, leaving attorneys looking for creative ways to help companies with fewer public and private dollars.
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September 23, 2025
Feds Illegally Denying Immigrant Bond Hearings, Suit Says
The Trump administration is deliberately misclassifying immigrants marked for removal proceedings in an effort to illegally skirt their right to a bond hearing, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court.
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September 23, 2025
1st Circ. Won't Let Citizens Bank Escape Escrow Interest Suit
The First Circuit has revived a proposed class action accusing Citizens Bank of violating Rhode Island law by not making interest payments for mortgage escrow accounts, ruling the action must be reinstated in part because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down after the case was dismissed.
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September 23, 2025
Star Chef Didn't Violate 'Vague' Pact With Boston, Judge Says
A Massachusetts state court has ruled that a "vague" agreement between celebrity chef Barbara Lynch and the city of Boston to escrow proceeds from the sale of her flagship No. 9 Park restaurant while the city seeks to collect her unpaid taxes doesn't prevent Lynch from using the funds to pay other creditors.
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September 22, 2025
$100K H-1B Fee Will Likely Hurt Both US And Foreign Workers
The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, which took effect on Sunday with little advance notice, blindsided immigration attorneys who told Law360 that it could ultimately hurt domestic workers by driving U.S. companies to do business elsewhere.
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September 22, 2025
Harvard Beats Suit Over Instructor's Vaccine-Refusal Firing
Harvard University beat a suit by a former medical school instructor who claimed he was wrongly fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine, as a federal judge ruled his dismissal was automatically triggered when he was terminated by a Harvard-affiliated hospital.
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September 22, 2025
Ex-Boston Transit Cop Spared Prison In Beating Coverup
A federal judge on Monday, "with some reservations," spared a former Boston transit police sergeant from prison time for his alleged role in trying to cover up the 2018 beating of a homeless man by an officer.
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September 22, 2025
Amex Can't Push 'Illusory' Arbitration Over 'Anti-Steering' Rule
A putative class of businesses does not have to arbitrate claims that American Express violated antitrust laws by effectively preventing merchants that accept credit cards from incentivizing customers to use lower-fee cards, after a Massachusetts federal court ruled it will not "close its eyes" to the "illusory" arbitration agreement.
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September 22, 2025
NextEra Dodges Antitrust Claims In $1B Power Line Fight
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday dismissed claims that NextEra Energy violated antitrust law in efforts to delay construction of a $1 billion transmission line, saying developer Avangrid Inc. failed to show how NextEra's actions limited competition in New England electricity markets.
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September 22, 2025
NLRB Judge Says Pot Workers' Axing Wasn't Union Reprisal
A National Labor Relations Board judge cleared cannabis seller Curaleaf of claims that it answered an organizing drive by canning two workers but found it committed other labor violations, including more strictly enforcing attendance rules after workers demanded union recognition.
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September 22, 2025
Boston Activist Admits Defrauding Donors, Gov't
A Boston anti-violence activist once hailed as a rising civic leader admitted Monday in a federal courtroom to using thousands of dollars in donations and grants to her nonprofit for personal expenses like meals and travel, defrauding a pandemic-era unemployment program, and other charges.
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September 22, 2025
Judge Rules Revolution Wind Can Restart Wind Farm Work
A D.C. federal judge gave Revolution Wind the green light to restart work on its billion-dollar wind farm off the Rhode Island coast Monday, halting a stop work order issued by the Trump administration last month, two years after the project got federal approval from the Biden administration.
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September 19, 2025
Trump Tags H-1B Visa Apps With $100,000 Fee
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to impose a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, framing it as a "restriction on entry" necessary to stem the entry of high-skilled foreign workers, particularly in science and technology fields.
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September 19, 2025
IBS Drug Buyers Win Class Cert. In Takeda Antitrust Case
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday certified buyer classes in litigation alleging Takeda Pharmaceutical broke antitrust law by cutting a pay-for-delay deal with Par Pharmaceuticals to keep a generic version of Takeda's anti-constipation drug Amitiza off the market for several years.
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September 19, 2025
Split Mass. Appeals Court Upholds Cocaine Conviction
A man who was convicted of drug dealing after tossing cocaine and cash while fleeing police can't have the evidence against him suppressed despite arguing that he had been illegally detained by officers, Massachusetts' intermediate-level appeals court affirmed Friday in a closely split full-court decision.
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September 19, 2025
Pot Cos. Not Covered In Death Suit, Berkshire Hathaway Says
A Berkshire Hathaway unit has no duty to defend a group of cannabis companies in an underlying suit over a worker's death, the insurer told a Florida federal court Friday, arguing that the suit does not allege that the companies were the employers of the worker as required to trigger coverage.
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September 19, 2025
Mass. Trash Hauler, Union End 82-Day Strike With 5-Year Deal
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 25 and trash hauler Republic Services announced Friday that they have agreed to a new five-year contract, ending an 82-day strike that sparked multiple lawsuits and left more than a dozen greater Boston communities as well as commercial customers with limited or no trash collection for most of the summer.
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September 19, 2025
Boston Jury Awards $83M Asbestos Verdict Against Art Clay Co.
A Boston jury has returned an $83 million verdict in favor of a woman who died from mesothelioma against a ceramic art clay company, which her lawyers believe to be the largest asbestos award delivered in the state.
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September 19, 2025
Fla. Entrepreneur Urges 1st Circ. To Remand RI Pot Regs Suit
A Florida entrepreneur on Friday urged the First Circuit to remand to Rhode Island federal court his constitutional challenge to Rhode Island's cannabis retail licensure scheme, now that the cannabis regulations at issue have been made public and the license application process is open.
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September 19, 2025
Moderna Wants Fed. Circ. Reversal Of Vax Patent Invalidation
Moderna has told the Federal Circuit that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board got it wrong when it found that the success of the inventions behind two of its COVID-19 vaccine patents challenged by Pfizer and BioNTech didn't outweigh the evidence they were invalid as obvious.
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September 19, 2025
NFL Warns Arb. Ruling Could Disrupt Sports Dispute Process
The NFL has asked the Second Circuit for a rehearing on its finding that the league provides arbitration "in name only" because its process lacks neutrality, arguing that the decision will disrupt long-standing procedures across professional sports and undermine a league's authority to resolve disputes.
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September 19, 2025
Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts
In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.
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September 19, 2025
Trump Asks High Court To Lift Block On Trans Passport Ban
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift a nationwide order requiring the U.S. Department of State to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary individuals that reflect their gender identity, arguing the mandate wrongly compels the government to express speech it disagrees with.
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September 19, 2025
Firm Says Newsmax Wants 'Haircut' On Fees In Dominion Suit
Todd & Weld LLP said Newsmax has refused to pay outstanding billings for the Boston-based boutique's work in defending the cable news channel from a Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit.
Expert Analysis
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Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally
As kids head back to school, the time is ripe for lawyers who are parents to consider how they can incorporate their parenting skills to build a deep, meaningful and sustainable legal practice, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Series
Teaching Trial Advocacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Teaching trial advocacy skills to other lawyers makes us better litigators because it makes us question our default methods, connect to young attorneys with new perspectives and focus on the needs of the real people at the heart of every trial, say Reuben Guttman, Veronica Finkelstein and Joleen Youngers.
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MIT Bros.' Crypto Charges Provide Fraud Test Case For Gov't
As U.S. v. Peraire-Bueno, involving cryptocurrency fraud charges against brothers who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, moves forward after surviving a motion to dismiss, the case provides an early example of how the government might use the federal fraud statutes to regulate decentralized networks, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Texas AUSA To BigLaw
As I learned when I transitioned from an assistant U.S. attorney to a BigLaw partner, the move from government to private practice is not without its hurdles, but it offers immense potential for growth and the opportunity to use highly transferable skills developed in public service, says Jeffery Vaden at Bracewell.
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Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.
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Coaching Cheerleading Makes Me A Better Lawyer
At first glance, cheerleading and litigation may seem like worlds apart, but both require precision, adaptability, leadership and the ability to stay composed under pressure — all of which have sharpened how I approach my work in the emotionally complex world of mass torts and personal injury, says Rashanda Bruce at Robins Kaplan.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
Preparing lawyers for the nuances of a transactional practice is not a strong suit for most law schools, but, in practice, there are six principles that can help young M&A lawyers become seasoned, trusted deal advisers, says Chuck Morton at Venable.
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From Clerkship To Law Firm: 5 Transition Tips For Associates
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Transitioning from a judicial clerkship to an associate position at a law firm may seem daunting, but by using knowledge gained while clerking, being mindful of key differences and taking advantage of professional development opportunities, these attorneys can flourish in private practice, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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NY Bill Would Complicate Labor Law Amid NLRB Uncertainty
The New York Legislature passed a bill that, if enacted, would grant state agencies the power to enforce federal labor law, potentially causing significant challenges for employers as they could be subject to both state and federal regulators depending on the National Labor Relations Board's operational status, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.
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Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.
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What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.
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Rebuttal
BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.
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Environmental Justice Is Alive And Well At The State Level
Even as the Trump administration has rolled back federal environmental justice policies, many states continue to prioritize it, with new regulations, strengthened enforcement of existing rules and ongoing private litigation — so companies must stay alert to how state-level EJ enforcement may affect their operations, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.