On April 29, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Labcorp v. Davis, in which it considered the question of whether Article III standing must be determined for all members of the class, including uninjured members, at…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Rhode Island’s 2026 budget bill contains a "Non-Owner-Occupied Property Tax Act," which is popularly referred to as the “Taylor Swift Tax.” This law imposes a new statewide tax on non-owner-occupied residential properties with…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
In a case of significant interest to the legal community and especially to Nantucket property owners, the Land Court recently issued its long-awaited decision in Ward v. Town of Nantucket (pdf) (Ward II), concerning the…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Servs., the U.S. Supreme Court recently settled a circuit split and held that the Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule, which was applied only to plaintiffs from majority groups—commonly…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On May 29, 2025, in a fast-moving case involving President Trump’s authority to issue tariffs using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily stayed a…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade
On January 31, 2025, in Campos v. TJX Companies, Inc., No. 24-cv-11067, the District of Massachusetts granted a motion to dismiss a class action due to the plaintiff’s lack of standing. The court concluded that the named…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Privacy
Last week, in an important decision for land-use and development lawyers, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled in Palmer Renewable Energy, LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Springfield that permit extensions granted by the…
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/ Administrative Law, Construction Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The first months of 2025 have brought a number of notable developments in TCPA litigation and compliance, kicking off with the eleventh-hour announcement by the FCC on January 24 that it would postpone the effective date of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
Social media influencing is an estimated $30 billion annual global industry, with brands increasingly electing to partner with influencers over traditional marketing channels.
But, while social media and influencer marketing…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at eliminating enforcement of “disparate impact” discrimination claims, asserting that the disparate impact liability theory—used by courts for over five…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
As we discussed in our February alert, the Maine Legislature continues to consider bills that would further limit or eliminate Maine’s Net Energy Billing (NEB) program..…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Energy & Utilities
The beginning of the second Trump administration has left employers asking myriad questions with respect to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Are there plans to eliminate OSHA? Will inspections and…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
The Law Court recently issued a decision in Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative v. Board of Environmental Protection that contains an enlightening discussion of what an agency must consider—as opposed to what an agency may…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On April 9, 2025, President Trump walked back his April 2, 2025 announcement of increased global tariffs (see our client alert here). Under the April 9 Executive Order, the country-specific tariffs — except those on the People’s…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
On March 28, 2025, Mass. Governor Maura Healy signed an emergency law extending the COVID-19 remote and hybrid meeting authorizations for public meetings of local boards and committees until June 30, 2027. The law, Chapter 2 of…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics
