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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday February 08, 2025 ( 13 items )  

'Substantial green prize' lies ahead for UK as it decarbonizes economy, says DNV
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 6 [Category: BizConsulting] -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, posted the following news: * * * 'Substantial green prize' lies ahead for UK as it decarbonizes economy, says DNV The UK's energy transition will deliver a cleaner, more efficient, and less expensive energy system, according to DNV's 2025 UK Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) report. SHARE: * Forecasted progress of the UK'  more

AG Campbell Challenges DOGE's Unauthorized Access To Americans' Private Data
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Challenges DOGE's Unauthorized Access To Americans' Private Data BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration's decision to grant the Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE"), led by Elon Musk, access to the private and sensitive financia  more

AG Campbell Files New Motions To Stop Trump Administration From Unlawfully Withholding Essential Federal Funding
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Files New Motions To Stop Trump Administration From Unlawfully Withholding Essential Federal Funding BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today co-led 22 other attorneys general in filing a preliminary injunction motion in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump Administration for actions that froze nearly $3 trillion in federal fundi  more

Attorney General Platkin Attends Federal Court Hearing in Litigation on Unconstitutional Trump Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship
TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 7 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Platkin Attends Federal Court Hearing in Litigation on Unconstitutional Trump Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship For Immediate Release: February 7, 2025 Office of the Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General BOSTON - New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today traveled to Boston for a key hearing in his challenge to   more

Foley Hoag Debt Finance 2024 Highlights and 2025 Outlook
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag's Debt Finance practice demonstrated strong performance throughout 2024, serving clients across diverse sectors including renewable energy, technology, life sciences, cannabis, and private equity. The practice's 2024 accomplishments span multiple areas of debt financing, including: * Public company debt financings * Fund finance capital call subscription facilities * Private fund secured lending t  more

Foley Hoag Represents BlueWave in $118.2 Million Debt and Tax Equity Raise
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag represented BlueWave, a leading solar developer, builder, owner, and operator in the Northeast U.S., in a major financing round of $118.2 million to support its community solar portfolio in Maine. The BlueWave project portfolio consists of four unique solar sites that are qualified for Maine's Net Energy Billing program, which enables community solar projects to provide utility bill savings to Maine   more

Goodwin Advises ]init[ AG on the Financing of the Acquisition of HBSN Group
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin has advised ]init[ AG, a portfolio company of Rivean Capital ("Rivean Capital") and EMERAM Capital Partners ("EMERAM"), on the financing of the acquisition of HBSN Group ("HBSN"). Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, ]init[ is a leading German IT services provider focusing on digitization projects in the public sector as well as in the regulated private sector. The company's end-to-end services offeri  more

Greenberg Traurig's Andrew (A.J.) Tibbetts Speaks on Generative AI Legal Trends at Tech Industry Risk Forum
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Andrew (A.J.) Tibbetts, an Intellectual Property & Technology shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Boston office, was a featured speaker on the panel, "Generative AI - Exposures, Legal Trends, Coverages & Insurance Implications," at the Technology Industry Risk Forum's gathering, Feb. 4, San Francisco. Speaking to an audience of risk managers for top technology firms, Tibbetts   more

MIT: Physicists Measure a Key Aspect of Superconductivity in 'Magic-Angle' Graphene
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Superconducting materials are similar to the carpool lane in a congested interstate. Like commuters who ride together, electrons that pair up can bypass the regular traffic, m  more

MIT: Study in India Shows Kids Use Different Math Skills at Work Vs. School
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Students can excel at mental math in marketplace jobs but struggle with formal math in the classroom, and vice versa. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News In India, many kids who work in retail markets have good math skills: They can quickly perform a range of calculations to complete transactions. But as a new study shows, these kids often perform much worse o  more

Pega Selected to Deliver Digital Platform for UK's Armed Forces Recruiting Service
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release: * * * Pega Selected to Deliver Digital Platform for UK's Armed Forces Recruiting Service READING, UK - 6 February, 2025 - Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the Enterprise Transformation Company, today announced under the Prime Contract awarded to Serco Plc it has been selected to form part of Team Serco to deliver the digital platform for the UK's Armed Forc  more

Ropes & Gray Represents Bain Capital in Its $3.3 Billion Acquisition of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray is representing Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm, in its agreement to acquire Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation in a carve-out transaction from Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation. The investment is being led by Bain Capital's Private Equity teams in Asia and North America together with the firm's Life Sciences team and values the business at approximately Yen510 billi  more

Surgeon General Urges Updating Health Warning Labels on Alcohol Products to Reflect Cancer Risk
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Surgeon General Urges Updating Health Warning Labels on Alcohol Products to Reflect Cancer Risk BU alcohol researcher applauds effort, says warning labels will better educate public to risks By Alene Bouranova An advisory issued last month by the US Surgeon General warns of the explicit link between alcohol consumption and cancer and calls for measures for increasing awareness of alcohol's contribution to ca  more