Decisions issued in 2025 marked a notable inflection point in Chapter 93A litigation. Courts embraced a framework grounded in regulatory text, contractual structure and administrable rules. For companies operating in or from…
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/ Business Torts, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
A review of the year’s most impactful privacy, data breach, arbitration, and technology-driven class action rulings from the First Circuit and the District of Massachusetts…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sent warning letters to 10 companies advising them of possible violations of its Consumer Review Rule (the “Rule”), which became effective in 2024 and prohibits certain unfair and…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New England District is phasing out regional general permits (RGPs) and replacing them with standardized nationwide permits (NWPs).
RGPs are issued on a state-by-state basis by a division…
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/ Environmental Law
Many Maine municipalities conducted property revaluations last year, resulting in large increases in the assessed values of many properties, and now is the time for the critical first step in challenging a property tax…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
The First Circuit recently affirmed a District of Massachusetts decision granting summary judgment in litigation arising from a 2018 data breach involving protected health information (PHI). In Axis Insurance Co. v. Barracuda…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On October 3, 2025, The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that made immediate changes to the regulation governing the longstanding federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) rule…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Transportation
Earlier this fall, the District of Massachusetts issued another notable decision in the growing wave of privacy litigation that, as discussed, raises difficult questions concerning standing, jurisdiction, and statutory…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Privacy
On November 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released a pre-publication proposed rule to revise yet again the definition of “waters of the United States”…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Last year we issued an alert that scammers had come up with a new twist on old scam to collect data and unnecessary payments from owners of state registered businesses…
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/ Business Organizations, Consumer Protection
On July 1, 2025, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law “An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Accrual of Earned Paid Leave,” which updates the number of hours of earned paid leave an employee can carry over and accumulate…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a recent blog post, we explained how Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC has become a touchstone for courts analyzing Article III standing in data breach class actions, citing Shea v. American International College as a…
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/ Civil Procedure, Education Law, Privacy
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a pre-publication copy (and press release) of its proposed rule to significantly reduce the scope of PFAS reporting under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The First Circuit’s 2023 decision in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC has become a touchstone for courts analyzing Article III standing in data breach class actions. In a previous post, we discussed why Webb revived a…
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/ Civil Procedure, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Maine currently conforms to the Internal Revenue Code in effect as of December 31, 2024. As a result, none of the numerous federal tax changes enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) have been incorporated in Maine tax…
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/ Administrative Law, Taxation
