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Massachusetts high court upholds state fiduciary rule covering brokers

Decision strikes blow against online brokerage Robinhood but is hailed as a 'Fenway Park Red Sox grand slam home run' by fiduciary advocate.

Welch's Says Licensee Broke Contract To Sell Competing Fruit

Nature's Touch Frozen Foods LLC has a contract with Welch's to sell the company's licensed products, with the expectation that it will not sell competitive products and will pay royalties to Welch's, but the frozen food company is instead selling competing private label products.

Supreme Court ruling could spell the death of ‘equity theft’ in Mass.

Massachusetts allows municipalities to keep millions of dollars in equity in such cases, far exceeding what property owners actually owed in taxes, penalties, and interest. But a US Supreme Court ruling last week deemed the practice, which critics call “home equity theft,” unconstitutional and casts doubt on what is done in Massachusetts.