Fallon sues local manufacturer after N95 mask venture goes south expand Shawmut CEO James Wyner (right) speaks with Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Gov. Charlie Baker and developer Joe Fallon at a March ...

The Fallon Co. and Shawmut Corp. joined together in 2020 to start producing the masks at a time when the equipment was hard to find. But the partnership broke down into finger-pointing and litigation.

Signs urging everyone to mask up have largely disappeared from places like grocery stores and schools in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. But they remain in many medical offices, and a ...