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  • May 08, 2025

    Solicitor General Urges Justices To Let Immigrant Parole End

    Solicitor General D. John Sauer on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to halt a Boston federal judge's order blocking the Trump administration from ending the parole status of nearly half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

  • May 08, 2025

    Nike, Patent Owner End Dispute Over Sports Bra Pockets

    Nike Inc. has resolved its dispute with a patent owner that accused the sportswear giant of infringing a patent with a sports bra that has built-in pockets, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.

  • May 08, 2025

    Wayfair Beats Software Engineer's Age Bias Suit

    A Massachusetts state jury has cleared Wayfair in a discrimination case brought by a 53-year-old software engineer who was terminated in the early months of the pandemic after he requested flexibility to care for his school-age children.

  • May 08, 2025

    Judge Asks DOJ To Define DEI In Health Grant Case

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. Department of Justice lawyers to provide the Trump administration's definitions of diversity, equity and inclusion, saying he needs to know so he can consider whether that is a valid basis for pausing federal health research grants.

  • May 08, 2025

    RI Urges 1st Circ. Not To Remand Pot Residency Rule Fight

    Rhode Island's cannabis regulator on Thursday urged the First Circuit not to remand a dismissed challenge to the state's marijuana licensing program, accusing the Florida entrepreneur who made that bid of attempting an "end-run around the appellate process."

  • May 08, 2025

    Cooley Adds VC Partner In Boston To Startup Practice

    Cooley LLP has brought on a veteran emerging companies and venture capital attorney in Boston, deepening its bench in one of the country's most competitive innovation hubs.

  • May 07, 2025

    HUD Blocked From Withholding Grants Over DEI Policies

    A Washington federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from forcing New York City, Boston, San Francisco and Seattle's county to adhere to policies against diversity, equity and inclusion or risk losing federal funds for homeless services, saying the strings attached are likely unconstitutional.

  • May 07, 2025

    Senate Backs Bid To Scrap Biden-Era OCC Bank Merger Rule

    Senators voted Wednesday to repeal the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Biden-era revamp of its bank merger review standards, advancing an effort to undo a rule that banks criticized as creating more complication and uncertainty for their deals.

  • May 07, 2025

    Judge Warns Feds Impending Libya Flights Would Defy Order

    The federal government's reported plan to imminently deport migrants to Libya "would clearly violate" a court order requiring that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security provide due process protections for immigrants facing deportation to countries where they have no prior ties, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  • May 07, 2025

    CVS Hid Prescription Discounts From Medicaid, States Allege

    CVS failed to disclose to state Medicaid programs that it was offering discounts on prescriptions to cash-paying customers, violating regulations aimed at assuring that government insurance programs pay the lowest possible price for drugs, the attorneys general of four states said in a complaint unsealed Wednesday.

  • May 07, 2025

    Feds Seek Ax Of Haiti, Venezuela TPS Vacatur Challenge

    The Trump administration has called on a Massachusetts federal judge to dismiss litigation brought by immigrants from Haiti and Venezuela seeking to block the government from vacating their temporary protected status, saying the court lacks jurisdiction over their claims.

  • May 07, 2025

    Insulet Pursues EOFlow's Finances After $60M Ruling

    A Massachusetts federal judge has ordered a Korean wearable insulin patch maker to respond to discovery requests as Insulet Corp. looks to collect a nearly $60 million trade secrets judgment, including information concerning an ongoing arbitration with Medtronic PLC stemming from a nixed acquisition deal.

  • May 07, 2025

    Mass. Justices Skeptical Of Ex-Senator's Immunity Claim

    Justices on Massachusetts' highest court appeared skeptical Wednesday of arguments by a former state senator that he has legislative immunity against charges that he made his Statehouse staff work on his reelection campaigns.

  • May 07, 2025

    Boston Judge Tosses Mastercard Payments Monopoly Claims

    Payments giant Mastercard Inc. no longer faces a cross-platform tap & pay mobile wallet company's monopolization claims after a Massachusetts federal judge found, among other things, that Mastercard doesn't actually dominate the relevant market.

  • May 07, 2025

    Boarding School Not Covered In Sex Abuse Suit, Insurer Says

    An insurer for a private boarding school told a Massachusetts federal court it owes no coverage to the school and its former head for a civil lawsuit accusing a former teacher of sexually abusing students, pointing to separate exclusions barring coverage for abuse and known wrongful acts.

  • May 07, 2025

    Feds Must Return Detained Student To Vt., 2nd Circ. Says

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday ordered that detained Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk be returned to Vermont from Louisiana while a district court weighs her claims that the government jailed her for expressing pro-Palestinian views.

  • May 07, 2025

    Mass. Justices May Bless Use Of High Bail To Block Removal

    Justices on Massachusetts' highest court appeared reluctant on Wednesday to second-guess a lower court's decision to dramatically increase the bail of a defendant facing imminent deportation solely to keep him in the state for trial.

  • May 07, 2025

    Orrick Hires Boston Duo For Life Sciences Practice

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has added a pair of life sciences and tech company advisors from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC as Boston partners, the firm said Wednesday.

  • May 07, 2025

    Mass. Federal Judges Vote To Extend US Atty's Appointment

    Federal judges in Massachusetts have voted to extend U.S. Attorney Leah Foley's tenure as the top federal prosecutor in the state, after her Inauguration Day appointment by the Department of Justice had been slated to elapse, according to a Wednesday filing.

  • May 07, 2025

    Bimbo Bakeries Accused Of Misclassifying Drivers

    A pair of New England drivers who deliver Sara Lee and other branded baked goods said Tuesday in a proposed class action that Bimbo Bakeries violates Massachusetts law by treating them as independent contractors rather than employees.

  • May 07, 2025

    Payroll Company Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

    A payroll company failed to safeguard personal data and allowed Social Security numbers to be stolen in a hack last year, according to a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts federal court.

  • May 06, 2025

    Cerence Sues Microsoft Over Text-To-Speech Tech Use

    Massachusetts-based artificial intelligence company Cerence Inc. on Tuesday sued Microsoft and a Microsoft subsidiary in Delaware federal court alleging copyright infringement and accusing them of selling licenses to Cerence's text-to-speech technology without permission.

  • May 06, 2025

    Haemonetics Sues Terumo Over Plasma Tech Patents

    A Massachusetts-based developer of blood- and plasma-related medical technology has accused a Colorado-based competitor of infringing four of its plasma collection patents with two variations of a donation system that got approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2022 and 2024.

  • May 06, 2025

    2nd Circ. Suggests Students Can Challenge Detention In Court

    A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday voiced doubts about the U.S. Department of Justice's position that immigrant detainees cannot immediately file constitutional challenges in district courts, amid arguments by lawyers for two students that such a policy amounts to suspending the Great Writ. 

  • May 06, 2025

    State Officials Say Ƶ Is Holding Up $4.2M Redress Checks

    Officials from a dozen states have accused the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of ghosting them on a $4.2 million redress plan for former students of a shuttered sales-training firm, saying the agency has not cut any checks and is not answering them.

Expert Analysis

  • Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes

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    Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.

  • Series

    Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

  • How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

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    Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment

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    Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.

  • Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity

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    Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.

  • Employer Lessons From Mass. 'Bonus Not Wages' Ruling

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    In Nunez v. Syncsort, a Massachusetts state appeals court recently held that a terminated employee’s retention bonus did not count as wages under the state’s Wage Act, illustrating the nuanced ways “wages” are defined by state statutes and courts, say attorneys at Segal McCambridge.

  • Opinion

    Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules

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    The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

  • The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO

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    The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.

  • Series

    Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.

  • Budding Lessons From Landmark Plant Seed Patent Battle

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    The Corteva v. Inari case involving intellectual property rights in genetically modified plants is now proceeding through discovery and potentially to trial, and will raise critical questions that could have a major impact on the agriculture technology industry, say Tate Tischner and Andrew Zappia at Troutman Pepper.

  • Useful Product Doctrine May Not Shield Against PFAS Liability

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    Courts have recognized that companies transferring hazardous recycled materials can defeat liability under environmental laws by showing they were selling a useful product — but new laws in California and elsewhere restricting the sale of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances may change the legal landscape, says Kyle Girouard at Dickinson Wright.

  • SEC Fine Shows Risks Of Nonpublic Info In X, LinkedIn Posts

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced a settlement with DraftKings over charges arising from posting material nonpublic information on the CEO's social media accounts, highlighting that information posted to company websites and social media sites does not automatically qualify as "publicly disclosed" for purposes of Regulation FD, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • Opinion

    Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits

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    With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.

  • How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program

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    During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.

  • Series

    Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.

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