The necessity of preserving issues for appeal can be a trap for the unwary, leaving litigants without recourse if they fail to take proper steps to preserve a particular argument.

In Board of Overseers v. Brown, the Law Court addressed the timeliness of an appeal following a "motion for clarification" of a judgment. In doing so, the Law Court drew an interesting...

In a case that sheds some light on how the court handles allegations of subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act, the First Circuit on May 4th reversed the dismissal of a class action complaint asserting claims of anticompetitive acts.

Just before the holidays, Judge Singal issued an order de-certifying a class in Loef v. First American Title Insurance Company.

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision in the case of Genesis Healthcare Corporation v. Laura Symczyk.

Earlier in 2023, we launched our New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, as a tool to analyze class action litigation trends in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

Earlier this month, Boston University prevailed in one of the few surviving Boston-based COVID-19 tuition refund class action suits. The U.S. District Court in Boston granted BU's Motion for Summary Judgment...

On June 23, 2023, in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, the Supreme Court resolved a deeply divided circuit court split and ruled that a district court must stay its proceedings...

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, a case that we have summarized in prior blog posts.

In an interesting parallel to the developments in the Maine Law Court that indicate a revival of state constitutional interpretation, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a noteworthy...

In a new wave of privacy litigation, plaintiffs have recently filed dozens of class action lawsuits in state and federal courts, primarily in California, seeking damages for alleged...

In Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC, the First Circuit recently reversed a lower court's dismissal of class action claims brought by former pharmacy patients alleging that their sensitive...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) filed a third-party lawsuit against a contractor's performance bond surety ("Surety")...

On October 4, 2023, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a historic tax relief package titled, "An Act to improve the Commonwealth's competitiveness, affordability, and equity."

Signed into law in 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, defined "marriage" for purposes of federal law as a union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and "spouse" as a person of the opposite sex.

A weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House.

A few weeks ago I read a blog post by a contributor to Forbes, expressing concern that the Supreme Court is "trying to impose substantial restrictions on class actions."

This week I had the privilege of serving as a panelist at the ABA's 16th Annual National Institute on Class Actions.

In this second installment, we focus on the role of state attorneys general in enforcing U.S. consumer data privacy laws. For our most recent previous article, click here.

Weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House.