/massachusetts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Massachusetts Copyright 2025 saąúĽĘ´«Ă˝. en-US Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:56:36 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2423197?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2423197 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request that the D.C. Circuit vacate a Biden-era soot rule is legally untenable and should be rejected, Democrat-led states and cities, along with health and environmental groups, told the court. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:46:29 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2423414?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2423414 A Massachusetts federal judge said she intends to rule by Friday that a group of noncitizens held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have the right to seek release on bond, saying she hopes to issue a decision before a possible surge in arrests during the holidays. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:47:53 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2423388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2423388 The city of Boston retaliated against commercial property owners that appealed their valuations to a state board by unlawfully boosting those valuations, an owner said in a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Massachusetts state court. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:39:57 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2417776?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2417776 Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:33:37 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422454 The federal government argued Wednesday that doctors lack standing to challenge the overhaul of a key federal vaccine committee that has since downgraded the COVID-19 shot, saying healthcare providers haven't been harmed by the policy shifts. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:32:57 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2408939?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2408939 Federal circuit courts in 2025 strained under a crush of Trump administration lawsuits, as judges directed animated language at litigants and even their fellow judges. And while the president only added a handful of appellate jurists, they had outsize impacts on circuit benches as they joined the cadre of conservatives seated in his first term. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:51:38 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2423144?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2423144 A Massachusetts man sentenced to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation with location monitoring after sexually abusing his children has the right to challenge the reasonableness of the duration of his tracking, the state's highest court said Wednesday, vacating a lower court's denial of his request. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:09:38 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2423148?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2423148 Massachusetts courts were replete with high-stakes cases throughout the year, with memorable lines from lawyers and judges alike, including jabs, thoughtful reflections and one defendant "blinded by love." Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:04:48 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422791?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422791 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will pay $15 million to settle allegations that its researchers used inaccurate images in grant applications and research articles, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:18:40 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422720?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422720 Sixteen states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration in Washington federal court on Tuesday in an effort to stop the U.S. government from blocking billions of dollars in congressionally approved funds meant to expand the country's electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:09:17 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422680?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422680 Hyundai and Kia have agreed to shell out $9 million and add anti-theft devices to millions of vehicles at no cost to owners as part of a settlement with 36 state attorneys general who accused the carmakers of selling vehicles lacking industry-standard anti-theft technology, according to announcements made Tuesday. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:28:04 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422707?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422707 A Massachusetts federal judge said he may strike accounts detailing the experiences of noncitizens removed to countries where they have no ties as he considers whether the federal government's third-country removal policy is unlawful. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:54:15 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422217?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422217 False Claims Act enforcement trends and legislative developments from this year signal intensifying state and federal scrutiny of private equity's growing footprint in healthcare, and the urgency of compliance, says Lisa Re at Arnold & Porter. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:25:56 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2421212?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2421212 In light of increasing state and federal action to oversee the use of artificial intelligence, companies that develop or deploy the technology should keep abreast of current and forthcoming AI laws and consider their applicability to their business activities, says Jessica Brigman at Spencer Fane. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:17:07 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422821?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422821 Last week's executive order seeking to preclude states from regulating artificial intelligence will likely have minimal impact on insurers, but the order and related congressional activities may portend a federal expectation of consistent state oversight of insurers' AI use, says Kathleen Birrane at DLA Piper. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:45:01 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2421012?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2421012 To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:23:34 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422552 A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday allowed the company behind the Roomba robot vacuum to access cash collateral, which would enable the company to operate during Chapter 11 proceedings and move to implement its prepackaged insolvency plan. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:52:39 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422260 Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge was sentenced Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court to eight years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to trafficking body parts from donated cadavers. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:57:04 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2421238?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2421238 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent $9.5 million settlement with online travel agency website Booking Holdings for so-called junk fee practices follows a larger trend of state attorneys general who have taken similar action and demonstrates the significant penalties that can follow such allegations, say attorneys at Kelley Drye. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:27:51 +0000 /massachusetts/articles/2422743?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /massachusetts/articles/2422743 A Massachusetts federal judge is weighing whether to kick Quinn Emanuel's bid for $30 million in legal fees from a former client's parent company, Nano Dimension Ltd., to state court or to the Texas bankruptcy court where the client is undergoing Chapter 11 proceedings.