Latest Massachusetts Headlines
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Allstate Sues Former Agent Over EA Agreement in Mass. Federal Court
Oct 31 2017 // Allstate is suing one of its former agents in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging the agent breached a one-year non-compete clause by misusing Allstate’s confidential information...
Massachusetts’ Morrison Mahoney Elects Six New Partners
Oct 20 2017 // Morrison Mahoney LLP, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered law firm, has announced the election of six new partners. The partners represent a range of practice areas including appeals, insurance coverage, construction litigation,...
Mass. SJC Reverses Lower Court’s Decision in Legal Malpractice Suit
Oct 18 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has reversed a Superior Court decision in favor of a law firm in a legal malpractice suit. The plaintiff, Kiribati Seafood Company LLC, brought the legal malpractice claim against...
Windham Group Receives 1st Case in Mass. Alternate Opioid Treatment Pathway
Oct 17 2017 // Windham Group, a workers’ compensation case management company, has received the first case in Massachusetts’ Alternate Opioid Treatment Pathway (OATP) program. The state’s Department of Industrial...
Mass. Nanny Gets 15 Months for Stealing More Than $100K from Employer
Oct 12 2017 // A Massachusetts nanny who stole more than $100,000 from her employers has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Stacy Fortunato was also sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation...
New Vehicle Inspection System in Massachusetts Hits Bumps
Oct 11 2017 // October did not start out as a good month to get your car inspected in Massachusetts. Despite promises of a smooth transition, many local mechanics have been unable to perform auto inspections since the state’s...
Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Hires Stanton
Oct 10 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based provider of personal and commercial insurance products, has appointed Donna Stanton as director of business development, effective immediately. In her new role, Stanton will...
Integro Insurance Brokers Hires Buckley to Massachusetts Office
Oct 3 2017 // International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers has hired Julie Buckley as managing principal and executive broker in the healthcare practice. At Integro, Buckley will apply her more than 30...
Massachusetts’ XS Brokers Hires Buccinna to New York Office
Sep 29 2017 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance brokerage, has hired Peter Buccinna to head a new local office for the firm in East Chatham, N.Y. The hiring of Buccinna as assistant vice president and...
Massachusetts’ AG Healey Announces Data Breach Bill Following Equifax Hack
Sep 26 2017 // After bringing the nation’s first enforcement action against Equifax for its failure to protect the personal information of nearly three million Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Maura Healey announced...
East Coast Watching Effect of ‘Zombie’ Storm Jose on Maria’s Path
Sep 21 2017 // Hurricane Maria continued its thunderous roll northward as forecasters struggled to pin down a trajectory. Whether the storm makes landfall again could be determined by a zombie. That’s what former Hurricane Jose...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Mid-State Insurance Agency
Sep 19 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG), a property and casualty insurance and employee benefits broker based in Richmond, Va., has announced the acquisition of Massachusetts-based Mid-State Insurance Agency Inc. (MSIA). The transaction...
Weakening Hurricane Jose Could Graze Massachusetts Wednesday
Sep 18 2017 // A weakened Hurricane Jose could graze the Northeast as Hurricane Maria tears through the Caribbean, gaining strength and possibly heading toward the U.S. in a week. Jose will probably be downgraded to a tropical storm as...
Massachusetts’ Insurance Recovery Group Appoints James as President and CEO
Sep 14 2017 // Paul James has been appointed to the role of president and chief executive officer of Insurance Recovery Group Inc. (IRG) by David A. Jollin, IRG’s chairman of the board. IRG is a national subrogation, second injury...
Massachusetts Pot Regulatory Board Set With Naming of Three More Members
Sep 6 2017 // The board responsible for regulating marijuana in Massachusetts is now in place after the selection of three more members. Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday appointed Britte McBride, a former assistant...
Declarations
Sep 4 2017 // Campus Guns “College campuses as gun-free zones present an environment where murderers, rapists and other criminals may commit crimes without fear of being harmed by their victims.” — An NRA lobbyist who...
Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group CEO to Retire in 2018
Sep 1 2017 // Hospitality Insurance Group President and CEO John W. Tympanick has announced his 2018 retirement after 26 years with the Southborough, Mass.-based company. “After 26 years helping...
Massachusetts Police Warn of Social Media Scams After Record Powerball Win
Sep 1 2017 // Police in Massachusetts are warning of fake social media accounts that have popped up after a woman won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot. Chicopee police say fake accounts are being created on Twitter, Facebook and...
Massachusetts Man Arrested for Allegedly Running Motor Vehicle Theft Scheme
Aug 31 2017 // An Avon, Mass., man has been arrested and arraigned in connection with allegedly running a major motor vehicle theft scheme. Authorities arrested Jose Sostre on Tuesday in Avon. Following his arrest, Sostre was arraigned...
Massachusetts Prosecutors Seek $13M in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
Aug 29 2017 // Boston federal prosecutors are seeking more than $13 million from a Massachusetts pharmacy co-founder who was sentenced to prison in a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more. The...
