JURIST

MARCH 4, 2022

A coalition of US state attorneys general Wednesday announced a nationwide investigation into whether video-sharing social media platform TikTok’s design and promotion intensify physical and mental health harms for young users and violate consumer protection laws.

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The Crime Report

JULY 20, 2023

Survivors of childhood sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in three prominent Massachusetts dioceses were interviewed by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office over two years ago, but the AG’s office failed to produce reports on the dioceses, Nancy Eve Cohen reports for New England Public Media.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2022

Women are more likely to have experienced sexual abuse in and before entering correctional facilities than men, while also having elevated mental health concerns, according to a study published by Prisoners Legal Services (PLS) of Massachusetts. The negative experiences of women in Massachusetts facilities is not unusual, statistics suggest.

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The Crime Report

JULY 26, 2021

President Joe Biden on Monday nominated criminal justice reformer Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins to be the US Attorney from Massachusetts. Rollins has pushed for progressive reforms since she took office in 2019, NBC Boston details. .

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

A coalition of US state attorneys general Thursday announced a coordinated bipartisan investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. The group comes from a broad range of states across the country, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont.

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LegalReader

JUNE 24, 2021

State Attorney General Maura Healey has hailed the ruling as yet another victory in Massachusetts' fight against climate change.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Attorneys representing current and former workers who reached a $61 million settlement in their lawsuit accusing General Electric of mismanaging their retirement savings asked a Massachusetts federal court to greenlight their request for $21.5 million in fees and expenses, citing their commitment to six years' worth of litigation.

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InHouseBlog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Becoming a burnout-proof attorney can not only help your career, it can transform your life and your relationships at home, at work and socially. According to the most recent data from the 2023 report on the NORC-University of Chicago Study of Lawyer Well-Being in Massachusetts , the problem is getting worse.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 20, 2022

On Friday, January 14, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation filed dueling briefs in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 8, 2021

This week, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed S.2995, This week, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed S.2995, The bill would place Massachusetts’ GHG reduction goals among the most ambitious in the U.S., By Amy Turner. and as of this moment it awaits Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature.

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LegalReader

JUNE 7, 2022

In order to understand how seat belt use affects your ability to recover a settlement, you must first understand how comparative negligence works in Massachusetts.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 18, 2024

Updated: A Massachusetts lawyer who mistakenly copied the opposing counsel on an email has been reprimanded for its message to a bankruptcy attorney. The Board…

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Law 360

MAY 1, 2024

Thanks to my dog Birdie, I've learned that carving out an activity different from the practice of law — like daily outdoor walks that allow you to interact with new people — can contribute to professional success by boosting creativity and mental acuity, as well as expanding your social network, says Sarah Petrie at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s (..)

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A Massachusetts federal judge sentenced a Texas man to serve three months in federal prison on Thursday for threatening a Boston, Massachusetts doctor affiliated with the national LGBTQIA+ health education center. ” On Thursday, Senior US District Judge William Young imposed the requested sentence upon Lindner.

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Law 360

MAY 29, 2024

Prosecuting a range of fraud cases despite finite resources will remain a priority for Massachusetts Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy as he enters his second year in the job, he told reporters on Wednesday in a question and answer session at his office.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

A former assistant attorney general who oversaw the investigation and prosecution of a drug-using chemist at a Massachusetts crime lab has been disbarred for failing…

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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2023

founder John Kapoor said Tuesday that the Massachusetts U.S. attorney convinced the Bureau of Prisons that he should remain in prison for an opioid kickback scheme through a "misleading diatribe" that also led his warden to change his mind about his early release request. Insys Therapeutics Inc.

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Law 360

JULY 7, 2021

The Massachusetts high court's recent ruling in Governo v. Bergeron, that lawyers could be held liable for unfair competition with a former firm, highlights important considerations for departing attorneys soliciting clients to come with them, say Mariana Korsunsky and Gary Ronan at Goulston & Storrs.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 11, 2023

should have to cover the company's $600,000 legal tab with WilmerHale and Quinn Emanuel, since it needed an experienced attorney sitting in on the engineer's trial, Analog Devices told a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday. An engineer convicted of stealing trade secrets from Analog Devices Inc.

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Law 360

JANUARY 12, 2024

million to settle a 2021 lawsuit alleging that it was overcharging Massachusetts restaurants for delivery services during the pandemic, the Massachusetts attorney general announced Friday. Grubhub has agreed to pay more than $3.6

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Mondaq

MAY 2, 2022

In 2008, the Massachusetts legislature cracked down on employers who violate the Commonwealth's wage laws by imposing mandatory treble damages and attorneys' fees for any violation,

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Attorneys general in 40 states Monday announced a $391.5 While the settlement ends the present lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated a new lawsuit against Google last month for allegedly collecting biometric data on millions of Texans without their informed consent. The post Google reaches $391.5M

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A few practical ways to handle holiday stress (without the mess) from Shawn Healy, clinical psychologist with Massachusetts Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc. The post Tiptoe Through the Holidays appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Mondaq

MAY 26, 2022

In the mid-1990s the Massachusetts Attorney General, Scott Harshbarger, made national news by suing tobacco manufacturers for, among other things, the monumental health care costs borne by.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

Chinese music student Xiaolei Wu was convicted Thursday on charges that he harassed an activist at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Wu was convicted following a four-day jury trial of one count of cyberstalking and one count of interstate transmissions of threatening communication.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2024

The Massachusetts attorney general's office told a judge Thursday that Exxon Mobil Corp. is attempting to relitigate already-barred defenses in an alleged "greenwashing" case by seeking documents from at least a dozen state agencies, including ones concerning decisions by those agencies to purchase the energy company's products.

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Law 360

MARCH 5, 2024

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday compared Analog Devices Inc.'s s pricey hiring of a Quinn Emanuel attorney to monitor its former engineer's trade secrets trial to paying "a brain surgeon to pop a pimple" in an order denying restitution for those costs.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 28, 2021

More than 40 local governments in California have taken the former approach , in addition to Seattle, while a much smaller number – three in California plus Brookline, Massachusetts – took the latter. Brookline’s attempt was later struck down by the Massachusetts attorney general. 2317 is not yet scheduled for a hearing.

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Law 360

MAY 12, 2021

A Massachusetts federal judge’s recent rebuke of the state Attorney General’s Office for refusing to respond to discovery requests in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healey highlights six important considerations for attorneys who want to avoid the dreaded benchslap, say Alison Eggers and Dallin Wilson at Seyfarth.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Following the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's recent ruling in Robinhood v. Galvin, which upheld the state's rule imposing a fiduciary duty standard on broker-dealers, the Massachusetts Securities Division will likely target in-state and out-of-state firms under the rule, say attorneys at Mintz.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

that the state attorney general's office holds include evidence of a "greenwashing" conspiracy, a Massachusetts state court instructed Thursday. Exxon Mobil Corp. must provide a stronger rationale for shielding documents held by consulting firm McKinsey & Co.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Texas authorities Monday announced a criminal investigation into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ operation which flew approximately 50 Venezuelan migrants into Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Salazar said his office has worked with several nonprofit organizations and individual attorneys helping the migrants navigate the situation.

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LegalReader

MAY 13, 2021

AG Maura Healey files lawsuit against marketing group for allegedly fueling the opioid crisis.

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Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2024

A Massachusetts state judge hinted Wednesday he's unlikely to vacate his decision in a now-settled lawsuit, in which he held that a recently implemented law forcing arbitration in certain disputes between liquor businesses is unconstitutional, as the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office urged the court to rethink the ruling.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Yet it happened again this week — and it happened not once, but in two separate cases, one in Missouri and the other in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice. In the Massachusetts case, Smith v.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This is the fourth post in this year's series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Our previous post discussed trends in tax enforcement.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

If property transfer is allowed because of joint property, identification of beneficiaries in life insurance, bank, and retirements accounts, or through a trust, the assets can then transfer directly to the heirs.

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