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May 11, 2026
The breadth of a decade-long insider trading scheme prosecutors say was fueled by stolen BigLaw merger information should jolt firms to reexamine their practices to close gaps in internal security, experts told Law360, even if totally eliminating bad actors is nearly impossible.
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May 08, 2026
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to shift companies to semiannual reporting, how data center backlash is playing out in nondisclosure agreements and the ebbs and flows of asset classes in quarter one.
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May 08, 2026
Recent suits by a social media user and two state attorneys general in their bids to hold Meta and other tech giants accountable for the allegedly addictive nature of their platforms have brought to the forefront a potentially lucrative strategy for more broadly regulating online harms, as the First Amendment and other roadblocks continue to stymie legislative efforts.
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May 08, 2026
A Washington federal judge on Friday hinted that she lacks jurisdiction over a multistate challenge to the federal government's cancellation of a solar energy project grant program, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent indicating that a bid to reinstate the funding would belong in the Court of Federal Claims.
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May 08, 2026
A former Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz attorney who later worked for investment bank LionTree LLC is an unindicted co-conspirator in a sweeping alleged insider trading scheme that involved stolen information from several prominent law firms, according to a review of publicly available information.
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May 08, 2026
A former vice president of a New England auto dealership group that sold for $1.34 billion last year says former owner Herb Chambers broke a promise to pay him a $10 million "closing bonus" upon the sale of the company, according to a complaint filed Friday in Massachusetts state court.
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May 08, 2026
Venture-backed biotechnology firm Odyssey Therapeutics began trading publicly Friday after raising $279 million in its initial public offering, making it the latest biotech to hit the public markets over the last few weeks.
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May 08, 2026
The Trump administration asked a Massachusetts federal judge to dismiss challenges to the president's executive order limiting mail-in voting, saying it's premature to challenge the directive before any concrete steps are taken to implement it.
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May 08, 2026
The lead assistant federal prosecutor for Rhode Island's civil division is under investigation for allegedly withholding information in an immigration case, according to an order from the Ocean State's top federal judge.
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May 08, 2026
Massachusetts' intermediate-level appeals court Friday revived a dispute over who is entitled to the Charles Schwab individual retirement account of the late founder of Anna's Taqueria, a popular Boston-area Mexican restaurant chain.
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May 08, 2026
The owners of a Massachusetts home did not provide enough evidence in their analyses of comparable properties to lower the home's valuation for property tax purposes, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board said.
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May 07, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge found himself in what he said was a "difficult position" in allowing an unusual defense to be advanced in a patent infringement case related to blood pumps in light of criticism of the defense from the Federal Circuit.
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May 07, 2026
Democratic U.S. senators are calling on the "Big Three" credit bureaus to explain how they're adapting their consumer credit scoring and reporting to account for buy-now-pay-later products, citing concerns about inconsistent tracking of a fast-growing source of everyday purchase financing.
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May 07, 2026
The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee has called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to provide more information about the company's reported plans to introduce stablecoin-based payment features for its users, accusing it of a "deeply troubling" lack of transparency about the project.
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May 07, 2026
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. faces a proposed consumer class action alleging it failed to effectively safeguard private information for current and former clients after hackers claimed they stole information and sought a ransom payment.
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May 07, 2026
A man who pled to sufficient facts for drug charges will be allowed to withdraw his admission, Massachusetts' highest court said Thursday, finding that he was not properly warned about the immigration consequences of his plea.
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May 07, 2026
A First Circuit panel appeared disinclined Thursday to revive a suit alleging the federal government regularly withholds records from immigrants in deportation and asylum proceedings, with one judge saying that if the process is unfair, it would be Congress' job to fix it.
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May 07, 2026
A New York federal judge asked state enforcers on Thursday to outline the remedies they intend to seek from Live Nation, along with the discovery they expect to need, before deciding a schedule for the next steps in the antitrust case against the major live entertainment company.
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May 07, 2026
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company have lured subscribers with a "ghost network" of mental health providers who are frequently out of network, don't accept the insurance or are not taking new patients, according to a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts state court.
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May 06, 2026
Boeing has urged an Illinois federal judge to permanently toss a securities fraud suit accusing the company of misrepresenting the safety of its 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes overseas, reiterating that the Massachusetts-based investment fund cannot pursue claims purportedly assigned to it by a defunct assignor.
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May 06, 2026
A Massachusetts judge will allow a social media addiction suit brought by the state attorney general against TikTok to proceed, rejecting claims that the company is shielded by the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment.
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May 06, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday pushed back on arguments by the Trump administration that federal agency grants are subject to termination at any time based solely on a change in priorities — a situation, she suggested, that would essentially render any contracts with the government "illusory."
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May 06, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge said Wednesday she doubted she could restore humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of migrants whose legal status was recently canceled by the Trump administration for a second time.
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May 06, 2026
The First Circuit has reversed the dismissal of an indictment against an unauthorized immigrant charged with firearm possession, holding that the federal ban on unauthorized immigrants possessing firearms is consistent with the nation's tradition of firearm regulation.
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May 06, 2026
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that under state precedent, a man who was accused of a violent home invasion and other crimes but found to be incompetent to stand trial was not improperly kept incarcerated when he could not post bail.