/massachusetts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Massachusetts Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:03:19 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2332540?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2332540 Crypto exchange Coinbase on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to firm up privacy rights around digital information stored with third parties, backing a petition by a Coinbase user who's challenging the Internal Revenue Service's seizure of his account records. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:54 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2332675?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2332675 Sports betting company DraftKings Inc. told a Pennsylvania federal judge Wednesday that she was wrong to allow an MLB players organization's suit over unlicensed use of athletes' likenesses to proceed, arguing that the Third Circuit should weigh in on potentially novel legal issues that could quickly end the case. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:12:17 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2332603?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2332603 A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday amended his order requiring that deportees receive meaningful due process before being removed to countries where they have no prior ties to explicitly state that the government cannot escape the requirement by transferring custody to the U.S. Department of Defense or another agency. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:53:31 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2332432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2332432 Enforcers opened high stakes court proceedings against Meta Platforms and Google for monopolization claims that could force the tech giants to sell pieces of the companies, while also moving ahead with several challenges and reviews of pending deals in other industries. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ looks at the major merger review developments from April. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:23:59 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331895?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331895 A Massachusetts state court judge on Tuesday tossed whistleblower, contract and wrongful termination claims brought by a doctor who alleged that Boston Medical Center ousted him in retaliation for his expert witness testimony contradicting his colleagues in child abuse cases. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:59:57 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2332036?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2332036 In the wake of the Trump administration's newly imposed tariffs, retailers facing significant supply chain cost increases may be considering adding a tariff fee to offset these costs, but doing so risks violating state drip pricing bans, say attorneys at Benesch. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:14:40 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2332369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2332369 An executive departing a Boston contract research lab allegedly downloaded confidential and proprietary documents before he left to join a competing business in a move that breached his noncompete contract, according to a trade secrets lawsuit filed Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:18 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2329525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2329525 Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:05:32 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331453?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331453 Apple has agreed in principle to settle a suit brought by a startup company owned by two Harvard professors who claimed the tech giant infringed patents related to cameras that can render night vision images. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:50:34 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331915?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331915 A Wisconsin state judge faces an uphill battle in defending against federal criminal allegations that she helped a man evade immigration officials at a Wisconsin courthouse, but she may be able to stake out a defense in arguing the government can't prove intent, experts told ¼«ËÙÈü³µ.  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:45:50 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331906?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331906 American Honda Motor Co. urged a California federal judge Monday to throw out an amended proposed class action alleging some of the automaker's vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking are unsafe, arguing the claims are meritless because the owner's manuals disclose the possibility of false activations of the braking system. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:18:22 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331735?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331735 The U.S. Government Accountability Office will look into whether the Trump administration's aggressive downsizing efforts have rendered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unfit for duty, agreeing to a review sought by Democratic lawmakers. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:53:31 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331943 A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday ruled that he will allow academic organizations to pursue their "novel" First Amendment claims against the Trump administration over the deportation of noncitizen faculty and students who expressed pro-Palestinian views. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:52:26 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331768 Two dozen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging layoffs and $400 million in funding cuts to the national volunteer agency AmeriCorps, alleging the Trump administration is trampling over Congress' authority by trying to dismantle the agency. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:49:30 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331415?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331415 In several recent court challenges, the U.S. Department of Labor has indicated its intent to revoke the 2024 independent contractor rule, sending a clear signal that it will not defend the Biden-era rule on the merits in anticipation of further rulemaking, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:38:52 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331815?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331815 A former C-suite executive and head of salmon accounts at a Boston-area seafood distributor spent months emailing sensitive trade secrets from his work account to a Norwegian competitor before joining it to launch a rival business in the U.S., according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.  Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:34:00 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331640?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331640 A class of immigrants has urged the First Circuit to reject the Trump administration's attempt to lift an order restricting deportations to countries where they have no prior ties, saying federal law does not bar injunctions concerning protection under the Convention Against Torture. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:51:30 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331825?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331825 A Boston law firm says another firm that served as co-lead counsel in a salmon purchaser antitrust case is refusing to honor a referral fee agreement for 15% of the attorney costs in the Florida litigation, according to a federal complaint filed Monday in Massachusetts. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:42:53 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331865?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331865 An associate at a small law firm outside Boston secretly worked to help another firm set up a competing zoning and land use practice while still on its payroll, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts state court. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:30:39 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2331407?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2331407 A federal judge in Seattle threw out a Las Vegas investment company's lawsuit accusing four businessmen of a $42 million fraud scheme, saying on Monday that the firm hasn't shown a "substantial part" of the allegations occurred in western Washington.