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Latest News in Massachusetts
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March 16, 2026
Stellantis Escapes Vehicle Inventory 'Channel Stuffing' Suit
Automaker Stellantis and former executives beat a proposed securities class action accusing them of so-called channel-stuffing, after a New York federal judge found none of the suit's alleged misstatements were material, and the investors failed to plead the executives had a motive to defraud or knowingly committed the alleged wrongdoings.
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March 16, 2026
Trump Admin Wants Student Loan Forgiveness Suits Tossed
The Trump administration on Monday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to toss a pair of lawsuits challenging a change to eligibility requirements for student loan forgiveness, calling the potential repercussions from the new rule "speculative."
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March 16, 2026
States Sue Over Trump Cuts To Housing Bias Programs
A group of 15 states and the District of Columbia claimed on Monday that the Trump administration is undermining their enforcement of fair housing laws by threatening to cut off funding from local government programs that enforce fair housing protections for people who are discriminated against for traits such as their sexual orientation.
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March 16, 2026
Migrants' Names Shielded In Martha's Vineyard Flight Suit
A Massachusetts federal court issued an order Monday shielding the names of three Venezuelan asylum seekers in a proposed class action alleging Florida officials lured them onto flights to Martha's Vineyard, finding good cause exists to protect them from public scrutiny.
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March 16, 2026
A Reliable Liability Shield For Government-Sponsored R&D
The Federal Circuit's decision in Arlton v. AeroVironment last month confirms that the Section 1498 liability-shifting framework applies well beyond production contracts, providing powerful assurance that contractors performing government-directed work are shielded from patent infringement liability, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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
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- 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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