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May 29, 2025
Judge Orders Immigration Parole Programs To Resume

A Massachusetts federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume processing applications for parole and benefits filed by noncitizens already in the U.S. under certain categorical parole programs, saying it's necessary to prevent irreparable harm.
May 29, 2025
JetBlue Fights American's NEA Suit, Pivots To United Deal

JetBlue has told a Texas federal judge that American Airlines' lawsuit seeking to recover $1 million in alleged unpaid payments related to their now-scrapped codeshare agreement covering New York and Boston is preempted by federal law and potentially conflicts with a Massachusetts federal judge's antitrust ruling.
May 29, 2025
Mass. Justices Revive Atty's Suit Against 'Spiteful' Colleagues

Massachusetts' highest court Thursday revived part of a lawsuit brought by a former appellate court staff attorney who said he was intentionally undermined by supervisors, finding that he had made a reasonable showing that two of the three original defendants had demonstrated actual malice toward him.
May 29, 2025
GAO Denies Protest Over DHS Technical Assistance Deal

A Virginia company protesting a blanket purchase agreement the U.S. Department of Homeland Security established for technical assistance for emergency response operations failed to show the agency did not appropriately consider its lower-cost proposal, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.
May 29, 2025
Judge Keeps Block On Trump's Harvard Foreign Student Ban

A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday said she will issue a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from ending Harvard University's ability to accept international students, even as the government moved to withdraw its original notice of termination and called the case "moot."
May 28, 2025
16 States Sue Trump Admin Over Cuts To Science Grants

A coalition of 16 state attorneys general have sued the Trump administration in New York federal court on Wednesday to stop it from cutting millions of dollars in grant funds from the National Science Foundation for scientific research and programs aimed at enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and environmental justice.
May 28, 2025
1st Circ. Revives Hedge Fund Priest's SEC Fee Bid

A Greek Orthodox priest and hedge fund founder who partially defeated an SEC suit at trial will have his request the agency pay his attorney fees reconsidered following a First Circuit ruling that a lower court should consider the gap between the SEC's requested relief and the relief it obtained.
May 28, 2025
Regeneron Urges Judge In FCA Kickback Suit To Set Trial Date

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday pressed a Massachusetts federal judge to ready a long-running False Claims Act suit for a jury and reject the government's second bid for a pretrial win under a different legal theory following a First Circuit setback.
May 28, 2025
Cannabis Cos. Eye High Court Review After 1st Circ. Decision

The First Circuit's decision upholding the dismissal of a splashy federal case challenging the national ban on marijuana was all but inevitable given the controlling case law on the issue, which can only be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court, legal experts and cannabis attorneys told Law360.
May 28, 2025
DOJ Tells Justices American Airlines Can't Renew JetBlue Pact

The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court that the First Circuit correctly determined that American Airlines failed to prove at trial that its codeshare agreement with JetBlue in Boston and New York had procompetitive benefits, and the carrier's attempt to revive the alliance is moot anyway.
May 28, 2025
Vt. Judge To Order Release Of Harvard Researcher

A Vermont federal judge on Wednesday said a Harvard Medical School researcher and Russian national accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States is entitled to release from immigration custody while she challenges her detention.
May 28, 2025
Groups Claim Mass. Offshore Wind Will Harm Views, Wildlife

Opponents of a permitted offshore wind project that would provide power to Massachusetts have sued in D.C. federal court, arguing turbines would bring problems for marine life and disrupt views on the historic islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
May 28, 2025
Harvard To Give Slave Photos To Museum, Ending Legal Battle

Harvard University on Wednesday settled a suit over the ownership of photographs of enslaved people taken for a racist 1850 study, agreeing to transfer the images to a museum and to pay an undisclosed sum to a woman who says she is a descendant of the subjects.
May 27, 2025
1st Circ. Won't Revive Challenge To Federal Cannabis Ban

The First Circuit on Tuesday refused to resurrect a suit challenging the long-standing federal prohibition of cannabis, rejecting the argument that the circumstances underlying a U.S. Supreme Court decision on cannabis policy had changed so much in the last 20 years that the precedent was no longer relevant.
May 27, 2025
Bluebird Bio Beats Investor Suit Over FDA Cancer Warning

Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Bluebird Bio Inc. has beaten a shareholder suit accusing it of misleading investors about the likelihood of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision requiring a "black box warning" on one of its products due to the cancer risk it posed.
May 27, 2025
Immigrants Say Feds Can't Escape Challenge To TPS Vacaturs

Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants on Tuesday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject the Trump administration's push to scrap their lawsuit challenging its authority to undo temporary protected status extensions allowing them to live and work in the U.S.
May 27, 2025
Renaissance Fair Co. Says Landlord Planned 'Knock-Off' Event

The operator of a New England Renaissance fair has accused its landlord of stalling on a long-term lease extension in order to plan a "knock-off version" of the event.
May 27, 2025
1st Circ. Axes NLRB's Northeastern Police Bargaining Order

The First Circuit quashed a National Labor Relations Board decision ordering Northeastern University in Boston to negotiate with a union representing campus police department employees, determining the board strayed from precedent when finding sergeants are not supervisors under federal labor law.
May 27, 2025
Mass. Pot Regulator Enters Battle Over Town's Hosting Fees

Massachusetts' cannabis regulator is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a group of marijuana retailers in state court, alleging a town unlawfully pocketed approximately $6 million in community impact fees.
May 27, 2025
Justices Will Consider Judges' Limits Under First Step Act

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear arguments in a case that could determine how much discretion trial judges have when considering whether to reduce defendants' sentences聽under the First Step Act.
May 27, 2025
Feds Ask Justices To Lift Due Process Order For Migrants

The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a Massachusetts federal judge's order requiring the government to provide due process to deportees sent to countries where they have no ties, arguing that the ruling is "wreaking havoc" on the removal process.
May 23, 2025
Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.
May 23, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Opp Zones, SFR Sector, NYC Casinos

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority 鈥� including how the "Big, Beautiful Bill" would tweak rules for opportunity zones, the prognosis for the single-family rental sector, and a look at the seven remaining bids for casino licenses in New York City.
May 23, 2025
Trump Says 'It's Time For Nuclear' And Orders New Reactors

President Donald Trump said Friday that he wants to revive the nation's nuclear power industry to serve defense and artificial intelligence needs, and ordered the U.S. Department of Energy to "eliminate or expedite" environmental reviews so new reactors can come online more quickly.
May 23, 2025
Trump Admin Must Restore 'Censored' Harvard Docs' Articles

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to restore articles penned by two Harvard Medical School researchers that contained terms like "transgender" and "LGBTQ," calling their removal a "textbook example of viewpoint discrimination."

Expert Analysis

What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends 鈥� from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges 鈥� providing clues for what鈥檚 to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
Series

Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen聽at聽Greenwald Doherty.
Cos. Must Brace For New PFAS Regulations And Litigation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed adding over 100 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the Toxic Release Inventory 鈥� and with increasing scrutiny of PFAS from the states and the plaintiffs bar as well, companies should take steps to reduce risks in this area, say attorneys at Dechert.
Opinion

6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer鈥檚 market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business 鈥� but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
AV Compliance Is Still A State-By-State Slog 鈥� For Now

While the incoming Trump administration has hinted at new federal regulations governing autonomous vehicles, for now, AV manufacturers must take a state-by-state approach to compliance with safety requirements 鈥� paying particular attention to states that require express authorization for AV operation, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a 鈥渟liding scale鈥� approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
How Litigation, Supply Chains Buffeted Offshore Wind In 2024

U.S. offshore wind developers continue to face a range of challenges 鈥� including litigation brought by local communities and interest groups, ongoing supply chain issues, and a lack of interconnection and transmission infrastructure 鈥� in addition to uncertainty surrounding federal energy policy under the second Trump administration, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.
Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

Cases can appear complex for several reasons 鈥� due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources 鈥� but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
Permitting, Offtake Among Offshore Wind Challenges In 2024

Although federal offshore wind development started to pick up this year, many challenges to the industry became apparent as well 鈥� including slow federal permitting, the pitfalls of restarting permits after changes in project status, and the difficulties of negotiating economically viable offtake agreements, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.
Series

Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

For attorneys 鈥� new ones especially 鈥� there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
Expect More State Scrutiny Of PE In Healthcare M&A

While a California bill that called for increased antitrust scrutiny of many healthcare private equity transactions was recently vetoed by the governor, state legislatures are likely to continue introducing similar laws, particularly if the Trump administration eases federal enforcement, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
What Lawyers Can Learn From High School AI Suit

A pending Massachusetts lawsuit regarding artificial intelligence use in an academic setting underscores the need for attorneys to educate themselves on AI technology and tools that affect their clients so they can advise on establishing clear expectations and limits around the permissible use of AI, say attorneys at Hinckley Allen.
Series

Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer 鈥� and a better person 鈥� because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.