Thursday - December 25, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday December 25, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Ayer Company Agrees to Pay Over $1.3 Million to Resolve Allegations of PPP Loan Fraud
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Ayer Company Agrees to Pay Over $1.3 Million to Resolve Allegations of PPP Loan Fraud * BOSTON - Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc. (Cambrooke), a company headquartered in Ayer, Mass., has agreed to pay $1,360,819.04 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was not eligible.   more

In Corporate Counsel, Health Care Partners Examine Survey Results on Value of AI for Regulatory Monitoring
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Corporate Counsel, Health Care Partners Examine Survey Results on Value of AI for Regulatory Monitoring * In a Corporate Counsel and Law.com article, health care partners Ben Wilson, Christine Moundas and Michael Lampert examined the results of an AI adoption and governance survey conducted by Ropes & Gray and Corporate Counsel. The study results found that regulatory   more

Senators Markey and Warren Demand Access to Classified Information Cited by Trump Administration in Suspension of Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Project
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Markey and Warren Demand Access to Classified Information Cited by Trump Administration in Suspension of Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Project * LETTER Boston (December 23, 2026) - Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today demanded access to the Department of Defense classified reports that the Department of Interior cited in its decision to announce a pau  more