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Ex-U. S. Attorney Rollins pursuing run for Suffolk DA
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (276+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit Ex-U. S. Attorney Rollins pursuing run for Suffolk DA Former U. S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//April 9, 2026// Former U. S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins has pulled nomination papers for her old post as Suffolk County district attorney, GBH News…...
Law school clinic rolls out AI tools to help resolve uncontested divorces
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (739+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit Law school clinic rolls out AI tools to help resolve uncontested divorces Pat Murphy//April 9, 2026// A local law school clinic has built an AI-fueled platform aimed at helping parties who can't afford an attorney to resolve…...
1st Circuit rejects trade secrets claim in Zip By damages case
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1752+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit 1st Circuit rejects trade secrets claim in Zip By damages case Kris Olson//April 8, 2026// A trial judge properly reversed a jury's award of $1 million in exemplary damages where the plaintiff company did not own the confidential information…...
Juvenile denied credit for time in DYS custody
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (197+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit Juvenile denied credit for time in DYS custody Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//April 8, 2026// The Supreme Judicial Court has denied a defendant's request to have the time he spent as a juvenile in a secure Department of…...
Jurisdiction " Remote employment " Purposeful availment
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (215+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit Jurisdiction " Remote employment " Purposeful availment Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//April 7, 2026// Where a Massachusetts plaintiff has alleged nonpayment of wages, the complaint should be dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction, as the two Florida-based defendants did not…...
Products liability " "One-Chip Challenge
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (550+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//April 7, 2026// Where a wrongful death action has been brought involving the "One-Chip Challenge," the plaintiff has alleged sufficient facts as to her theory of defective design but has failed to allege sufficient…...
Farwell's DNA found on strap used to kill Sandra Birchmore, prosecutors say
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (561+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit Farwell's DNA found on strap used to kill Sandra Birchmore, prosecutors say USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect//April 7, 2026// Federal prosecutors on April 6 revealed new evidence in the case against Matthew Farwell, a former Stoughton police…...
SJC appoints new jury commissioner
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (192+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit SJC appoints new jury commissioner Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//April 7, 2026// The Supreme Judicial Court on April 7 announced the appointment of a lawyer from the Attorney General's Office as the new jury commissioner. Sheila Creaton Kelly succeeds…...
U. S. Supreme Court allows dismissal of contempt case against Steve Bannon
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (678+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk U. S. Supreme Court allows dismissal of contempt case against Steve Bannon Reuters via Reuters Connect//April 7, 2026// The U. S. Supreme Court cleared the way on April 6 for the Department of Justice to move forward…...
Ex-employees get jury trial on "age-biased" rehiring program
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1415+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk Ex-employees get jury trial on "age-biased" rehiring program Pat Murphy//April 7, 2026// Former employees of a Boston pharmaceutical company are entitled to a jury trial on disparate-impact age discrimination claims alleging that…...