Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Staffers Allege that Employer Ignored COVID Precautions in Massachusetts
May 21 2021 // A Massachusetts man claims that a national addiction treatment program with offices in Pittsfield and Cummington failed to take precautions to protect him, fellow staff members, as well as residential clients from COVID-19...
Ex-Bank Official in Massachusetts Gets Year in Prison for $1.5M Embezzlement
May 17 2021 // A former Bank of America manager who pleaded guilty to embezzling $1.5 million from a company that did business with the bank and using some of the money to buy a luxury Porsche SUV has been sentenced to a year in prison,...
Massachusetts Health Boards Overwhelmed, Unready to Protect Workers
May 14 2021 // With federal regulators missing from the field and state leaders scrambling to manage the COVID-19 crisis, Massachusetts’ 351 overtaxed local boards of health were unwittingly thrust into a new role last year –...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ John P. Riley Insurance
May 12 2021 // Kaplansky Insurance has acquired its third independent agency of 2021, John P. Riley Insurance. The purchase of the Dorchester, Massachusetts-based business marks Kaplansky’s 37th acquisition overall. John P. Riley...
Massachusetts Sues Marketing Firm for Role in Opioid Crisis
May 11 2021 // Massachusetts’ top prosecutor on Thursday sued a global marketing company that she alleges played a role in fueling the opioid epidemic. State Attorney General Maura Healey said Publicis Health designed and deployed...
AssuredPartners Acquires Massachusetts’ Lehrer & Madden Insurance Agency
May 5 2021 // AssuredPartners, Inc. has acquired Lehrer & Madden Insurance Agency Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts. Lehrer & Madden is AssuredPartners’ first acquisition in May and its 17th acquisition in 2021. The team will...
Openly Expands Homeowners Insurance Platform into Massachusetts
Apr 26 2021 // Homeowners insurance platform Openly has made its services available in its home state of Massachusetts. Independent insurance agents in Massachusetts can now access Openly’s coverage and obtain quotes in...
Massachusetts Eye and Ear to Pay $2.6M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Apr 22 2021 // Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. and the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc., collectively referred to as Massachusetts Eye and Ear, have agreed to pay...
Massachusetts Shoe Company Exec to Plead Guilty to Embezzling $30M
Apr 20 2021 // A former top executive at a Massachusetts-based shoe manufacturer has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling $30 million from the company, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Richard Hajjar, 64, the former chief financial...
Owner, Builder of Solar Array Fined for Polluting Massachusetts Brook
Apr 20 2021 // A New Jersey solar energy company and utility Eversource have agreed to pay up to $310,000 in state fines to Massachusetts for allegedly violating state environmental laws that led to pollution of a brook and other...
Massachusetts Regulators Seek to Revoke Robinhood’s License; Brokerage Sues
Apr 16 2021 // Massachusetts regulators on Thursday sought the revocation of Robinhood’s broker-dealer license after charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits, while the online...
Hub International Acquires Massachusetts’ IBG Financial Partners
Apr 15 2021 // Hub International Limited, a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired IBG Financial Partners LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, IBG is a team of retirement...
Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Acquires Specialty Insurance Solutions
Apr 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Massachusetts-based national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS), expanding capabilities in its national student health...
Judge Lets Massachusetts Claims Over Uber, Lyft Driver Classification Proceed
Mar 26 2021 // A Massachusetts judge on Thursday denied a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general challenging Uber’s and Lyft’s classification of drivers as independent contractors instead of employees...
Two Workers Injured in 30-Foot Fall Off Slippery Roof in Massachusetts
Mar 24 2021 // Two workers fell about 30 feet off the roof of a duplex under construction in Massachusetts early Friday and were flown to hospitals, authorities said The Mashpee Fire Department responded to the call around 8:30 a.m.,...
Massachusetts Seeks Input on Use of Gas Explosions Settlement Money
Mar 22 2021 // Massachusetts is asking residents and businesses in three communities affected by a series of natural gas explosions and fires in September 2018 how to spend some of the money from a settlement with the utility found...
Massachusetts Court Says Associate Professor at Christian College Is Not a Minister
Mar 22 2021 // An associate professor at a Christian liberal arts college is not considered a minister and is therefore protected from discrimination during her employment, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has found. Typically, the...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to Conduct Safety Inspections
Mar 19 2021 // The MBTA is temporarily pulling some of its newer subway cars out of service so it can conduct safety inspections after a derailment this week. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it was pulling its next...
Mass. Court Says Associate Professor at Christian College Is Not a Minister
Mar 9 2021 // An associate professor at a Christian liberal arts college is not considered a minister and is therefore protected from discrimination during her employment, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has found. Typically, the...
Construction Worker Killed in Massachusetts When Garage Stairwell Collapses
Mar 8 2021 // One construction worker was killed and a second was critically injured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning when a section of the concrete stairwell in a city-owned parking garage collapsed, authorities...
