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Latest News in Massachusetts
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May 08, 2024
AGs Blast Federal Data Privacy Law's Proposed State Override
California joined attorneys general from more than a dozen other states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to urge Congress to ensure that proposed federal data privacy legislation sets a "floor, not a ceiling" that would preserve more stringent protections states have enacted and allow them to add new laws to address rapid technological developments.
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May 08, 2024
Teva Must Face Bulk Of Asthma Inhaler Antitrust Suit
A Massachusetts federal judge largely refused Tuesday to toss antitrust claims accusing Teva of a decadelong anticompetitive scheme to delay generic competition for its blockbuster QVAR asthma inhalers, finding it plausible that Teva paid off a would-be rival and forcibly switched doctors and patients to a new product.
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May 08, 2024
Labaton, Boston Pension Win Bid to Lead NYCB Investor Suit
A New York magistrate judge appointed Boston's municipal pension plan and its attorneys from Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP to lead a proposed securities class action against New York Community Bancorp Inc. after the pension plan successfully showed that the plaintiff with the greatest losses bought their shares too late.
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May 08, 2024
Prison Officer Gets 2 Years For Bribes Linked To Rajaratnam
A former federal corrections officer in Massachusetts who accepted bribes and a loan from a billionaire inmate, reportedly the convicted insider trader Raj Rajaratnam, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for engaging in what a Boston federal judge called "corruption of the most dangerous sort."
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May 08, 2024
Cannabis Law Firm Accused Of $5M Error In Pot Shop Deal
A cannabis retailer has sued Vicente LLP in Massachusetts state court, alleging the law firm negligently drafted an amendment to a purchase agreement that prevented the company from recovering nearly $5 million in damages when the deal fell through.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
- Massachusetts Business Development Corporation
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Massachusetts Department of Transportation
- Massachusetts Division of Insurance
- Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
- Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller
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- Class actions
- Environmental suits
- Labor and employment issues
- Intellectual property cases
- Product liability and consumer protection disputes
- Securities disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures involving companies headquartered in Massachusetts
- Real estate deals
- PROFILES
- Nominations, appointments, and elections of judges and agency officials in Massachusetts
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of Massachusetts judges, litigators, and firms
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