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Healey plan aims to limit 'out of control' youth social media use
15+ hour, 37+ min ago (726+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk Healey plan aims to limit "out of control" youth social media use Gov. Maura T. Healey speaks at a press conference about social media legislation on April 14, 2026, in the State House. (ELLA…...
Trump administration's rush to roll back environmental rules hits MAHA wall
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (982+ words) Legal Innovation Awards & Summit Trump administration's rush to roll back environmental rules hits MAHA wall The Washington Post//April 14, 2026// The Environmental Protection Agency is sitting on dozens of approvals for uses of "forever chemicals" at the direction of Administrator Lee…...
Ex-U. S. Attorney Rollins pursuing run for Suffolk DA
6+ day, 3+ hour 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…...
Accord gives governor full control of downsized Cannabis Commission
1+ week, 1+ day ago (493+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk Accord gives governor full control of downsized Cannabis Commission Bill doubles legal marijuana possession limit to two ounces State House News Service//April 6, 2026// The current Cannabis Control Commission will be dissolved…...
Governor's Council confirms 4 nominees
1+ week, 6+ day ago (557+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk Governor's Council confirms 4 nominees Probate & Family Court judge narrowly approved on rare 4-3 vote Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//April 1, 2026// The Governor's Council on April 1 agreed to seat two new judges on the…...
U. S. exempts Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (477+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk U. S. exempts Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species Reuters via Reuters Connect//March 31, 2026// A federal panel, convened for the first time in more than three decades, voted unanimously on March…...
Trump defends White House ballroom as 'shed' for secret complex
2+ week, 1+ day ago (529+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect//March 31, 2026// President Donald Trump says an important part of the $400 million ballroom he is building for the White House is a "massive military complex" underneath…...
Trump administration investigating admission policies at some medical schools
2+ week, 2+ day ago (451+ words) Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: How Law Firms Can Navigate Risk Reuters via Reuters Connect//March 29, 2026// The Trump administration has opened investigations into admissions policies at some major medical schools, marking its latest crackdown against top U. S. educational institutions. The investigation would focus…...
Trump administration to pay $1 B to stop two East Coast wind farms
2+ week, 6+ day ago (548+ words) Court rules AI use can waive privilege: What lawyers need to know Trump administration to pay $1 B to stop two East Coast wind farms The Washington Post//March 25, 2026// The Trump administration reached an agreement to pay $1 billion to French energy…...
AG lodges challenge to EPA decision on greenhouse gas regulation
3+ week, 5+ day ago (289+ words) State House News Service//March 20, 2026// Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell pledged that she would "see them in court" when the Trump administration rescinded the 2009 policy that underpins essentially all federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, and on March 19 moved with her…...