Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Boston biotech giant Biogen, believes that greater Boston has the premier gathering of scientists in medicine in the world. Addressing today’s gathering of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, he claimed that nations contend commercially based on
Court Grants Summary Judgment in Kickback-Based FCA Case, Holding Relator Failed to Prove Remuneration or Willfulness
The District of Massachusetts recently granted summary judgment to Janssen Biotech, Inc. (“Janssen”) in a declined False Claims Act qui tam. The relator alleged that Janssen gave physician practices free services to induce them to prescribe its infusible drugs, Remicade
Escaping Flatland: Biological World Models and the Laplace Engine
Cambridge, MA – MIT Media Lab – EmTech Future. More than two centuries ago, the French polymath Pierre-Simon Laplace conceptualized a powerful scientific thought experiment that would become known to history as Laplace’s Demon. If an intellect could know the
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Thurston Group Acquires Pixel Health
Thurston Group has acquired Pixel Health, according to a news release and a company announcement.
Pixel Health, founded in 2001 and based in Holyoke, Massachusetts, provides IT consulting and managed IT services to hospitals and large physician groups.
US judge blocks Trump administration’s attempt to fine migrants who fail to willingly deport
US District Judge George O’Toole in Boston on Monday issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from assessing and collecting fines of up to $1.8 million on migrants who fail to willingly leave the US after receiving final deportation orders.
Massachusetts AG Bars Debt Collectors and Secures Approximately $52 Million in Consumer Debt Relief
Massachusetts AG secures $52 million in consumer debt relief and permanently bars three affiliated debt collection companies from operating in the state.
Updates on the Massachusetts Wage Act
Systems of Systems: Engineering Clean Baseload Power for the Digital Beast
Cambridge, MA – MIT Media Lab – EmTech Future. As the world wrestles with record-shattering global temperatures, a sobering technological contradiction has taken center stage: the rapid expansion of modern artificial intelligence is running on an immense supply of fossil
Increased H-1B Scrutiny: $100,000 Fee Extended and New Employer Layoff Considerations Announced
On September 18, 2026, President Trump issued two related measures affecting the H-1B program—a Proclamation extending the $100,000 H-1B fee to certain H-1B workers and an Executive Order directing federal agencies to strengthen H-1B oversight, including by considering employers’ recent
Stern on the Law of Belligerent Occupation in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Rephael Stern, Boston University School of Law, has posted Inventing Israel’s Legal Space, which is forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law:The law of belligerent occupation has long taken center stage in legal debates