/massachusetts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Massachusetts Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Fri, 16 May 2025 23:17:28 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2341374?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2341374 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into the "Gold Card" visa program, the hospitality sector's reaction to tariffs, and the path from in-house attorney to private practice.  Fri, 16 May 2025 14:57:37 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2341357?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2341357 The First Circuit has upheld the guilty pleas of three parents in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scheme, finding that a past ruling in the long-running case undercut their bids to unwind the convictions. Fri, 16 May 2025 14:52:03 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2341343?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2341343 A Rhode Island federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from cutting off billions of dollars in funding to state public health programs, determining the abrupt grant terminations likely violated congressional authority over spending. Fri, 16 May 2025 14:21:43 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2341300?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2341300 A Boston federal judge blocked a U.S. Department of Energy policy capping research costs, saying the suit was "far from identical" to another case in which the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to education grant cuts. Fri, 16 May 2025 13:40:42 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2341283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2341283 Shields Health Group Inc., which runs dozens of MRI and surgical centers around New England, has agreed to pay around $15 million to resolve claims in a proposed class action stemming from a data breach that compromised the personal information of over 2 million people. Fri, 16 May 2025 13:31:21 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340862?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340862 Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon has resolved a dispute with a contractor that oversaw construction and maintenance for her $2 million sustainable Vermont retreat, which featured a geothermal heating system she claimed was less efficient due to missing insulation, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court. Fri, 16 May 2025 11:22:21 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2339525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2339525 A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies. Thu, 15 May 2025 23:35:31 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2341008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2341008 U.S. Supreme Court justices conducted a searching inquiry Thursday regarding the Trump administration's quest to curtail sweeping injunctions against its agenda, sometimes sounding sympathetic but also wary of alternative remedies and the White House's willingness to accept any future courtroom losses. Thu, 15 May 2025 22:56:33 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2341026?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2341026 A former Harvard University student has voluntarily dismissed his suit over the Ivy League school's handling of antisemitic incidents on campus, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed Thursday in Massachusetts federal court. Thu, 15 May 2025 22:43:15 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340799 A Massachusetts federal judge has granted final approval to National Student Clearinghouse's proposed $9.95 million settlement resolving allegations that the student data company's lax security practices exposed Social Security numbers and personal information in the hack of Progress Software's MOVEit file transfer tool. Thu, 15 May 2025 20:07:07 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340966?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340966 The head of a Massachusetts medical device company pled guilty Thursday to a false statements charge days before he was set to face a jury over claims that he and another executive bribed surgeons with sham consulting deals to get them to use the company's spinal implants. Thu, 15 May 2025 19:42:32 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340889?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340889 A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed eager Thursday to limit lower courts' use of universal injunctions generally, but several justices voiced concerns about the effect such a ruling would have on lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order that aims to limit birthright citizenship. Thu, 15 May 2025 18:28:02 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340701?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340701 A Massachusetts town will shell out about $102,000 to end claims that it failed to pay overtime to nearly 120 firefighters, as a federal court gave the deal its final sign-off Thursday. Thu, 15 May 2025 18:13:36 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340924 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday accused the owner of a Rhode Island-based investment firm in a complaint of using misleading statements to solicit about $2.5 million from investors and misappropriating much of it to enrich himself and pay back earlier investors. Thu, 15 May 2025 18:12:00 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340555?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340555 Apple pulled a bait-and-switch on phone buyers when it promised that new artificial intelligence features would be available on the iPhone 16, despite knowing it hadn't yet developed those features, according to a sprawling proposed class action that brings claims under consumer protection laws in all 50 states. Thu, 15 May 2025 17:38:50 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340976?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340976 A Harvard Medical School researcher and Russian national taken into custody by immigration officers who found frog embryos in her luggage three months ago will be returned to Massachusetts to face a smuggling charge, a Louisiana federal judge ordered on Thursday. Thu, 15 May 2025 17:02:00 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2315231?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2315231 Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors. Thu, 15 May 2025 16:49:00 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340593?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340593 The U.S. State Department is fighting a request to expand to thousands of people a Massachusetts federal court's preliminary ruling ordering the government to issue or renew passports to six transgender or nonbinary people to reflect their gender identity. Thu, 15 May 2025 16:30:43 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340939?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340939 A Vermont federal judge on Thursday said he will require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide at least 48 hours' notice to his court of any future plan to detain Tufts University doctoral student RĂĽmeysa Ă–ztĂĽrk, after her lawyers expressed concern that the government could attempt an end-run around his bail order. Thu, 15 May 2025 15:27:10 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2340605?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2340605 A group of immigrants facing deportation to countries where they have no prior ties and may be at risk of harm urged a Massachusetts federal judge to add the U.S. Department of Defense as a defendant in their pending class action, a move the government says is unnecessary.