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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday November 27, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Goodwin Named to Global Restructuring Review's GRR 100 for the Fifth Consecutive Year
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Named to Global Restructuring Review's GRR 100 for the Fifth Consecutive Year * Global Restructuring Review has once again recognized Goodwin as a top firm in the 2025 edition of the GRR 100. The annual guide recognizes the world's leading law firms for cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. GRR 100 highlighted Goodwin's extensive history, global expa  more

Maria Gonzalez Calvet and Ryan Rohlfsen to Speak at ACI's 42nd Annual FCPA Conference
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Maria Gonzalez Calvet and Ryan Rohlfsen to Speak at ACI's 42nd Annual FCPA Conference * Maria Gonzalez Calvet and Ryan Rohlfsen, co-chairs of the anti-corruption and international risk practice and former members of the U.S. Department of Justice's specialized Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit, will speak at the American Conference Institute's (ACI) 42nd Annual Confe  more

Markey Urges Trump to Refrain from Resuming Nuclear Testing
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Urges Trump to Refrain from Resuming Nuclear Testing * Letter Text (PDF) Boston (November 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today wrote to President Trump, urging him to refrain from restarting the United States' nuclear testing program. To do so, he writes, would be a "mistake of radioactive  more

Millions stranded as conflict and aid cuts in South Sudan drive surge in suffering -- Oxfam
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Millions stranded as conflict and aid cuts in South Sudan drive surge in suffering -- Oxfam * Donors provided lowest aid funding ever in 2025, since country created in 2011 Almost 6 million people - nearly half of the population - in South Sudan are experiencing acute hunger, with little access to clean water or sanitation as funding cuts have stripped away vital humanitarian s  more

Pressley Calls for Equity as Trump Admin. Implements New Child Savings Accounts
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Calls for Equity as Trump Admin. Implements New Child Savings Accounts * A Champion of Baby Bonds, Pressley Urges IRS to Ensure 'Trump Accounts' Don't Exacerbate Wealth Gap, Worsen Inequality BOSTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, wrote to the Trump Administration calling for equitable, comprehensive guidance on the implementati  more

UML Certifies First Faculty in Technology Enhanced Active Learning
LOWELL, Massachusetts, Nov. 27 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news: * * * UML Certifies First Faculty in Technology Enhanced Active Learning Collaboration with WolfVision Advances Innovation in Teaching and Classroom Design By Ed Brennen Associate Teaching Professor Cecil Joseph remembers the first time he taught physics in one of UMass Lowell's Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) classrooms. Instead of facing rows of students in fixed seats, he  more