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The company that operates Market Basket has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims it mismanaged its retirement plan for employees by making super-conservative investments. Demoulas Super Markets Inc. has also agreed to change the way it manages its plan, according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court in Boston earlier this month….

Another lawsuit has been filed against Boston Sports Clubs after the company repeatedly failed to honor cancellation requests and to stop charging for unwanted memberships during the coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday. The complaint against parent company Town Sports International LLC was filed Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court. The complaint alleges that the company “misled its…

President Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his campaign’s effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania.

A sitting priest is among the four accusers in a new sexual abuse lawsuit filed against the Vatican this week.

Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison. The family filed the lawsuit against the prison system last week, two years after Bulger, 89, was…

A veteran animated television scriptwriter sued Walt Disney Co. Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging the company incorporated elements he created for the original “Muppet Babies” series in the 1980s into its 2018 reboot without permission.

McDonald’s on Friday asked a judge to dismiss the racial discrimination lawsuit filed by former franchisees, arguing that it wants every operator in its system to thrive. The company also said that the complaint from 52 Black plaintiffs relies on “vague and conclusory allegations” and fails to provide viable claims of intentional race discrimination, breach of contract and fraud. McDonald’s also...

Gov. Chris Sununu is suing Massachusetts for launching what he called a “direct attack,” on the “New Hampshire advantage,” by taxing the income of residents who no longer commute to the Bay State for work due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Massachusetts cannot balance its budget on the backs of our citizens, punish our workers for making the decision to work…

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu officially filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of Massachusetts for taxing the income of residents who no longer commute to the Bay State for work.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is filing a lawsuit against Massachusetts Monday over income tax for Granite State residents who work for Bay State companies.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he plans to take Massachusetts to the U.S. Supreme Court after their Department of Revenue published a final rule imposing state income tax on Granite State residents who are working at home for companies in the Bay State.

Although a decision has yet to be made, a judge on Wednesday heard arguments by the Boston Teacher’s Union’s saying schools aren’t safe for in-person learning.

A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program sued the Ivy League school on Friday over its refusal to pay his legal defense costs, accusing it of “turning its back on a dedicated faculty member.” Charles Lieber, who was chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology, was arrested in January at his…

President Donald Trump’s campaign is suing Philadelphia over city officials preventing campaign representatives from watching people registering to vote or filling out mail-in ballots in election offices there

A lawsuit filed by the Satanic Temple alleges that an advertising company unfairly refused to display some billboards promoting a ritual offered by the group to help people bypass abortion rules in some states. The group, based in Salem, Massachusetts, announced Wednesday that it has sued Lamar Advertising in Arkansas state court. The suit accuses the Louisiana-based company of religious…

A New Hampshire man who suffered serious spinal injuries when a stage diver landed on his head during a concert in New Jersey has reached a $2 million settlement with the show’s organizer. Jason Kooken, 46, of Exeter, was injured at an April 2017 punk music festival staged at Convention Hall in Asbury Park. His lawsuit claimed that security working…

Lawyers for a British newspaper publisher being sued by the Duchess of Sussex are alleging that she made personal information public by cooperating with the authors of a book about her and Prince Harry.

Lawyers for a British newspaper publisher being sued by the Duchess of Sussex are alleging that she made personal information public by cooperating with the authors of a book about her and Prince Harry

Town Sports International, which owns Boston Sports Club, New York Sports Club and other gyms, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday morning.

Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Massachusetts highest court is poised to decide whether Gov. Charlie Baker’s string of executive orders were a legally appropriate response to contain the highly infectious virus or if he overstepped the authority outlined in the law. An attorney representing business owners and religious leaders who sued the Baker administration argued in court...