New England Biz Law Update

A federal judge denied a request by several employees at the largest hospital system in Massachusetts for an injunction to block the company from placing them on unpaid leave for violating the system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. But the judge on ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by Whole Foods Market employees who alleged the supermarket chain discriminated and retaliated against them when it barred them from wearing Black Lives Matter face ...

Two Washington state Native tribes have sued a group of insurance providers led by Boston-based Lexington Insurance Co., claiming the carriers have not covered claims for business losses resulting from the coronavirus. The Suquamish and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes and ...

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has been ordered to pay a $53 million criminal fine for causing a series of natural gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley that killed one person and damaged scores of homes and businesses. The utility was ...

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ordered Facebook to turn over to the state Attorney General’s Office information regarding thousands of apps that the social media company suspects of misusing users’ data. The Jan. 17 order by Judge Brian A. ...

A federal judge has ruled that a Rhode Island man’s suit against the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for what he calls “constructive expulsion” can proceed to trial. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Stearns in Boston determined that John Harnois, a ...

The Cadillac Lounge strip club in Providence, Rhode Island, has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by dancers who said the club violated federal fair labor standards by failing to pay them minimum wage. The Providence ...