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Nov 24, 2025
SJC to weigh Telecommunications Act preemption in cell tower dispute
Residents challenge Pittsfield Board of Health’s reversal of a cease-and-desist order on a Verizon tower; SJC to decide if the federal Telecommunications Act preempts local health actions.
Jun 30, 2025
SCOTUS upholds FCC ‘universal service’ funding scheme
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the FCC’s universal service fund does not violate the Constitution’s nondelegation doctrine, reversing the 5th Circuit.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
