/massachusetts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Massachusetts Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Mon, 07 Jul 2025 21:32:55 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361799 A group of high-end Japanese restaurants will pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that they fraudulently obtained loans meant to help small businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 21:08:26 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361710?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361710 A pregnant doctor who fears she will be denied a COVID-19 vaccination, along with a coalition of medical associations, sued Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Massachusetts federal court on Monday challenging his directive recommending against the shot for pregnant women and children. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:49:10 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361754?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361754 A Massachusetts federal judge late Monday agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration's plans to prohibit Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements, issuing a temporary restraining order just hours after Planned Parenthood sued, saying the consequences would be "catastrophic." Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:59:23 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361636 A Massachusetts federal judge declined on Monday to rethink partially tossing a former Leerink Partners employee's suit alleging she was cheated out of millions of dollars in bonuses, rejecting the worker's argument that new evidence should change the court's mind. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:34:30 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361831 A cannabis testing lab asked a Massachusetts judge on Monday to let it resume operating, nearly a week after state regulators ordered it shut down for allegedly misreporting the results of mold and yeast tests. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:25:53 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361617?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361617 The Federal Circuit on Monday declined to revive software company Egenera's $371 million patent lawsuit against Cisco, affirming lower court findings that the communications giant didn't infringe. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:29:36 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361370 A Trump administration lawyer told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday that the government's decision to revoke the visas of hundreds of college students and faculty over their pro-Palestinian speech was not viewpoint discrimination but a response to what it contends are threats to national security. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:23:26 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2358260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2358260 The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:02:36 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2332681?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2332681 Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:52:08 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2361066?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2361066 A Massachusetts federal judge will begin hearing testimony Monday in a challenge by academic organizations to the Trump administration's visa revocations and removals of noncitizen faculty and students who have expressed pro-Palestinian views, in one of the first trials over the president's second-term policies. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:34:12 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2360667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2360667 Massachusetts courts should be busy through the second half of 2025, with litigation against the Trump administration playing a starring role at both the state and federal level. Here are some of the key cases and issues that attorneys are monitoring. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:29 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2360386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2360386 The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:09:59 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2360220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2360220 The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:44:34 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2359970?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2359970 Massachusetts' top court has tackled a controversial housing initiative, the thorny issue of qualified immunity for public employees and even a high-profile murder case in the first six months of 2025. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:13:38 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2360691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2360691 A collective of 20 states said Wednesday that only Congress can change the terms of federal grants, telling a Rhode Island federal judge that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's softening of its stance on withholding funds to states that don't cooperate with immigration enforcement cannot moot their suit against the government. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:04:57 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2360580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2360580 A coalition of labor unions has told the First Circuit that the abrupt termination of Biden-era humanitarian parole programs is generating "chaos in American workplaces," as workers lose their work authorization and employers are left in the lurch. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:44:22 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2360767?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2360767 President Donald Trump announced nominations for judges on the First and Ninth circuit courts on Wednesday evening. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:07:42 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2359493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2359493 Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.