Connecticut

Ace Equipment Sales, Inc., et al. v. Thomas Buccino, et al. (Connecticut Supreme Court)
Property Rights of Owner of Artificial Pond

Durkin v. Intevac, Inc. (Connecticut Supreme Court)
Fighting to Preserve the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens in Connecticut

Kelo et al. v. City of New London (United States Supreme Court)

Testing the "Public Use" Requirement of the Fifth Amendment's Eminent Domain Power

Santini v. Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service (United States Supreme Court)
Fighting Regulatory Takings

Smedley v. State of Connecticut (Connecticut Supreme Court)
Opposing Double Compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act

Vacco V. Microsoft Corp. (Connecticut Appellate Court)
Challenging the Ability of Indirect Purchasers to Sue for Antitrust Violations Under Connecticut's Consumer Protection Act

Wachovia Bank, NA v. Burke (United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)
Opposing Duplicative State Regulation of a National Bank Subsidiary

Maine

Bisbing v. Maine Medical Center (Maine Supreme Judicial Court)
Reducing Penalties on Employers in Good Faith Disputes with Employees

Conservation Law Foundation v. Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection (Maine Law Court)

Retroactive Invalidity of State Permitting Process

Estados Unidos de Mexico v. DeCoster (First Circuit)
Contesting Parens Patriae Standing of Foreign Nation in Civil Rights Employment Case

FPL Maine Hydro LLC v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia)
Whether a Particular Stream in Maine is Navigable and Subject to FERC Jurisdiction

Gator.com Corp. v. L.L. Bean, Inc. (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
Opposing Nationwide Long-Arm General Jurisdiction Based on "Significant" Internet Presence

Great Northern Paper, Inc. v. Penobscot Nation (Maine Law Court)
Urging that Indian Tribes are Subject to Maine's Freedom of Access Act When Acting in a Municipal Capacity

Kittery Retail Ventures LLC v. Town of Kittery (Maine Supreme Judicial Court and United States Supreme Court)
Protecting Landowners against Targeted Downzoning

S.D. Warren Company v. Maine Department of Environmental Protection (United States Supreme Court)
Seeking Reversal of a Holding that the Passage of River Water Through a Hydroelectric Dam Creates a "Discharge" Triggering the Federal Clean Water Act's Requirement for State Water Quality Certification


Massachusetts

Abramian v. Harvard University (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Clarifying “Pretext Only” in Massachusetts Employment Discrimination Cases 

Berkshire Armored Car Services, Inc. v. Sovereign Bank of New England (Massachusetts Superior Court)
Whether a Business Can Be Liable for Tortious Interference Merely By Choosing not to Contract with Another Business

Biogen IDEC MA Inc. v. Cahill, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts (Suffolk Superior Court, Business Litigation Session)
Urging Rejection of "Emergency" Regulations Promulgated by the Massachusetts Treasurer that in Effect Negate the Business-To-Business Exemption Under the Massachusetts Abandoned Property Statute

Campbell v. General Dynamics (Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit)
Is Simple email Notice Sufficient to Make an Arbitration Policy Binding on Employees?

Central Steels Supply Co. v. Planning Board of Somerville, 447 Mass. 333, 850 N.E.2nd 1051 (2006)
Arguing that a Redevelopment Authority May Not Rely on 20-Year-Old Factual Findings to Expand the Scope and Time Limits on an Urban Redevelopment Zone

Chan v. PRI Automation, Inc (U.S.D.C. Massachusetts)
Arguing the Constitutionality of the Lead Plaintiff Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Chandler v. County Comm'rs of Nantucket (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Use of the State’s Highway Eminent Domain Process to Take Property for Unrelated Purposes

Chicago Ins. Co. v. Lappin (Massachusetts Appeals Court)
Opposing Expansion of Insurance Companies’ Liability for Attorney’s Fees to Claimants of the Insured

Ciardi v. BASF A.G. (Massachusetts Appeals Court)
Challenging Ability of Indirect Purchasers to Sue for Antitrust Violations Under the Consumer Protection Act

Clemmer v. Cullinane (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Opposing Claims Brought in Massachusetts against Delaware Corporations That Could Not Be Brought in Delaware

Cuddyer v. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Retaining a Meaningful Statute of Limitations in Hostile Work Environment Cases

Dahill v. Boston Police Department (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Urging Uniformity in Determining Whether an Employee is Disabled

Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Attorney General (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Whether the Massachusetts Wage Act Requires an Employer to Pay Employees for Unused Vacation Time When the Employer’s Written Vacation Policy Expressly Disclaims such Payments

Elena Hall v. Department of Environmental Protection (Massachusetts DEP Office of Administrative Appeals)
Opposing the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's Use of a Recently Drawn "Historic" Mean High-Tide Line to Define Coastal Property Boundaries in Provincetown, Massachusetts

FMR Corp. v. Commissioner (First Circuit)
Proper Tax Treatment of Mutual Fund “Launching” Expenses

Fredette v. Simpson (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Co-employee Immunity under the Massachusetts Workers Compensation Act

Giovanella v. Town of Ashland (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Arguing that Regulatory Taking Analysis Should Focus on That Portion of a Property That Is Actually Affected by the Regulatory Change in Order to Measure the True Cost of the Regulation to the Property Owner

Goodrow v. Lane Bryant (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Achieving Uniformity in the Calculation of Overtime Pay

Greater Boston Real Estate Board v. Massachusetts Dept. of Telecommunications (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Limiting Regulators' Ability to Expand Their Jurisdiction Beyond Statutory Definition

Hanlon v. Commonwealth Mut. Ins. Co. (Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division)
Expansion of Consumer Protection Act to Rate Setting

Harhen v. Brown (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Reinstating the Business Judgment Rule in Massachusetts

Harrison v. NetCentric Corp. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Choice of Law in Corporate Governance

Hershenow v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company (Massachusetts Appeals Court)
Opposing Statutory Damages and Attorneys' Fees Under Mass. G.L. c. 93A When the Consumer Has Not Been Damaged

Humphrey v. Byron, 447 Mass. 322, 850 N.E.2d 1044 (2006)
Arguing Against Extending to Massachusetts Commercial Landlords the Same Duty of Care That Is Owed to Residential Tenants

Keene v. Brigham & Women's Hospital (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Abrogation of the Statutory Cap On Charitable Tort Liability as a Discovery Sanction

Kitras and Decoulos v. Town of Clerk of Aquinnah (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Fighting for Mandamus Relief from Planning Board's Failure to Act on Request for Subdivision Approval

Knight v. Avon Products, Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Evidence in Age Discrimination Cases under Mass. Gen. L. c. 151B

Kuwaiti Danish Computer Co. v. Digital Equipment Corp. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Confining the Scope of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute to Massachusetts-Based Transactions

Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky v. Harvard (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Limiting the Ability of Opposing Counsel to Contact Present Employees

Morrison v. Toys "R" Us (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Whether a Company not in the Insurance Business Can Be Sued for Unfair Claim Settlement Practices

National Foreign Trade Council v. Crosby (United States Supreme Court)
Challenging Massachusetts’ "Burma" Sanctions

National Lumber Co. v. LeFrancois Construction Co. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Protecting the Rights of Mechanic’s Lien Holders

Patriarca v. Center for Living and Working Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Propriety of Counsel’s Ex Parte Communications with Opposing Party’s Former Employees

Phelan v. The May Department Stores Co. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

Protecting a Business's Legitimate Interest in Protecting its Financial Integrity, Maintaining Workplace Safety, and Ensuring Compliance with the Law

Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate, Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

Upholding Property Owners' Right to Relocate Commissioned Artwork

Queler v. Skowron (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Preserving Condominium Unit Owners’ Expectations

Rogers Machinery Co., Inc. v. Washington County (United States Supreme Court) 
Agencia La Esperanza Corp. v. Orange County Board of Supervisors (United States Supreme Court)
Restricting Development Impact Fees to Actual Impact

Estate of Rubin v. Town of Norton (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts)
Securing Due Process for Property Developers

Stanford v. Harvard College (Massachusetts Superior Court)
Challenging the Propriety of Ex Parte Interviews of Current Employees by Opposing Counsel

Stephens v. Global NAPs (Massachusetts Appeals Court)
Opposing the Extension of Employer Liability under the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act Beyond the Act's Eight-Week Maternity Leave Requirement

Stonehill College v. MCAD and three other cases (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Defending Respondents' Rights to Jury Trials under the Massachusetts Antidiscrimination Law

Sullivan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Proposing an Appropriate Standard of Proof for an Employment Discrimination Claim Based on a Lay-Off Pursuant to a Reduction in Force

Swift v. Autozone, Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

Protecting Retail Employers from Double Overtime Payments

Taygeta v. Varian Corp. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Statute of Limitation and "Discovery Rule" Applicability to Claims for Property Damage Due to Environmental Contamination

Thomas v. EDI Specialists, Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Whether a Massachusetts Employer Sued for Discrimination Can Seek Contribution from the Employee Committing the Discriminatory Acts

Tobin v. Liberty Mutual Insurance (United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit)

Urging Clarification Than An Employer Is Not Required To Modify A Salesperson's Essential Function Of Generating New Business AS a Reasonable Accommodation To His Disability

Town of Sudbury v. Scott (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Whether a Town Validly Exercised Its Right of First Refusal to Purchase Land Taxed as Agricultural

Trio Algarvio, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Whether the State May Use the Public Trust Doctrine to Charge Filling Fees to Owners of Property

Twomey v. Commissioner of Food and Agriculture (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Scope of Agricultural Preservation Restrictions

Ward v. Massachusetts Health Research Institute, Inc. (First Circuit)
Urging that Timely Attendance During Work Hours is an Essential Function of Employee’s Job

White v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mass., Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Opposing a New Theory of Tort Liability for Employers

Patricia Zackular v. Grant Wilber, Inc. (Massachusetts Appeals Court)
Whether There Is a Duty to Warn of an Open and Obvious Danger

Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Wellesley v. Ardemore Apartments Limited Partnership (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
Challenging Retroactive Imposition of Permanent Housing Subsidy Requirement

New Hampshire

Caterpillar Inc. v. New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (Untied States Supreme Court)
Challenging Taxation of Intangible Income from Foreign Subsidiaries

Dupont v. Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc. (New Hampshire Supreme Court)
Contesting an Employer's Liability for Criminal Conduct by an Employee

Appeal of Lockheed Martin Corp. (New Hampshire Supreme Court)
Employee Whose Preexisting Condition is “Aggravated” by Exposure to Co-Workers is Not Entitled to Worker’s Compensation Benefits

McDill v. Environamics Corporation (New Hampshire Supreme Court)
Urging Admissibility of “After-Acquired” Evidence of Employee Misconduct 

Morgenstern v. Town of Rye (New Hampshire Supreme Court)
Fighting Regulatory Takings

In the Matter of Unnamed Applicant (New Hampshire Supreme Court)
Defending In-House Counsel


Rhode Island

Bessette v. AVCO Financial Services, Inc. (First Circuit)
No Implied Right of Action Under the Bankruptcy Code’s Reaffirmation Provisions

Gem Plumbing v. Rossi; F.C.C., Inc. v. Reuter (Rhode Island Supreme Court)
Upholding the Constitutionality of the Mechanics' Lien Law in Rhode Island

Governor Almond v. Rhode Island Lottery Commission (Rhode Island Supreme Court)
Fighting for Separation of Powers

Haldane v. Hasbro, Inc. (Rhode Island Supreme Court)
Whether a Company Has the Right to Observe the Destructive Testing of its Own Products and Obtain the Results

Palazzolo v. Rhode Island (United States Supreme Court/Rhode Island Supreme and Superior Courts)
Fighting Regulatory Takings

Rathbun v. Autozone, Inc. (First Circuit)

Urging Consistency in Rhode Island Employment Statutes of Limitation

Women and Infants’ Hospital Inc. v. Department of Labor & Training (Rhode Island Supreme Court)
Challenging the Payment of Unemployment Compensation to Striking Workers


Vermont
 

Conservation Law Foundation v. Hannaford Bros., Inc. (United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)

Protecting Against an Unwarranted Extension of the NPDES Permitting Process

Egri v. US Airways, Inc. (Vermont Supreme Court)
Urging the Application of the Three Year Statute of Limitations to Violations of the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act

Fleece on Earth v. Vermont Department of Labor (Vermont Supreme Court)
Defending Independent Contractors in Vermont