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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday February 15, 2025 ( 7 items )  

AG Campbell Stands With Transgender Military Members In Challenge To President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Stands With Transgender Military Members In Challenge To President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and 19 other attorneys general today filed a "friend of the court," or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Trump's executive order banning transg  more

AG Nessel Secures Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of Executive Order Attempting to Limit Birthright Citizenship
LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Secures Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of Executive Order Attempting to Limit Birthright Citizenship LANSING - Today, Judge Leo T. Sorokin in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, ordered a preliminary injunction enjoining the Trump administration from implementing and enforcing the President's executive order that attempted to limit birthrigh  more

AI Model Deciphers the Code in Proteins That Tells Them Where to Go
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to go Whitehead Institute and CSAIL researchers created a machine-learning model to predict and generate protein localization, with implications for understanding and remedying disease. By Greta Friar, Whitehead Institute Proteins are the workhorses that keep our cells running, and there are many thousa  more

Client Xilio Therapeutics Enters Collaboration With AbbVie to Develop Novel T Cell Therapies Worth Up to $2.1 Billion
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Client Xilio Therapeutics Enters Collaboration with AbbVie to Develop Novel T Cell Therapies Worth Up to $2.1 Billion Ropes & Gray advised Xilio Therapeutics in a strategic collaboration and option agreement with AbbVie to discover and develop tumor-activated immunotherapies, including masked T cell engagers, in a deal worth up to $2.1 billion. The masking aspect is designed to allow the molecule   more

Foley Hoag, Partners Recognized in Inaugural WIPR U.S. Patents Ranking
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Foley Hoag, Partners Recognized in Inaugural WIPR USA Patents Ranking World IP Review (WIPR) has recognized Foley Hoag LLP and its Patent, Trade Secrets & Related Rights Litigation practice and three partners in its inaugural USA Patents Rankings for 2025. The guide identifies the go-to firms and attorneys for prosecution, litigation and strategic work in the U.S. This year, WIPR listed Foley Hoag as a  more

Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches New Tool to Assist Veterans with Financial Benefits
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches New Tool to Assist Veterans with Financial Benefits Boston -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration is today unveiling its new MassVets Benefit Estimator, designed to help veterans and their families quickly determine their eligibility for monthly financial assistance. As a newly established secretariat, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Vet  more

IDC: India's Wearable Device Market Declined YoY for the First Time, Falling by 11.3% in 2024
NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 15 [Category: BizConsulting] -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, posted the following news release: * * * IDC: India's Wearable Device Market Declined YoY for the First Time, Falling by 11.3% in 2024 India's wearable device market declined for the first time in 2024 by 11.3% YoY. Smartwatch shipments fall sharply by 34.4%, while earwear shows modest growth of 3.8%. INDIA, February 14, 2025 - According to Internati  more