Recent Decisions

Feeney v. Dell Computer Corp. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Seeking to Enforce Class-Action Waivers in Consumer Arbitration Contracts

Warfield v. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (MA Supreme Judicial Court)

• Preventing Employees from Evading Arbitral Commitments by Suing Fellow Employees Individually

Herman v. Admit One Ticket Agency (MA Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Consumer Protection Claims Where the Plaintiff Has Suffered No Actual Injury

Silva v. Rent-A-Center, Inc. (MA Supreme Judicial Court)

• Supporting Rent-to-Own Businesses and the Consumers They Serve

Elec. Data Sys. Corp. v. Office of the Attorney General (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Defending Employers’ Vacation Rights

DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc. (MA Supreme Judicial Court)

• Arguing for the Application of Rule 23 Class Certification Standards to Employment Class Actions Under G. L. c. 149, § 150

IMS Health Inc. v. Ayotte (U.S. Supreme Court)

• Supporting Businesses' First Amendment Rights to Buy and Sell Information for Commercial Purposes

Biogen IDEC MA Inc. v. Cahill, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts (Massachusetts Appeals Court)

• Preserving the Business-to-Business Exemption under the Massachusetts Abandoned Property Act

U.S. ex rel. Dawn Barrett v. CIGNA Corporation (U.S. District Court, D. Mass.)

• Seeking Recognition of a Government Knowledge Defense to Qui Tam Whistleblower Claims

Pending Cases

IMS Health Inc. v. Sorrell (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)

• Supporting Businesses' First Amendment Rights to Buy and Sell Information for Commercial Purposes

SEC v. Tambone (First Circuit Court of Appeals)

• Opposing Judicial Expansion of Primary Liability for Securities Fraud

Town of Canton v. Paiewonsky, et. al. (MA Supreme Judicial Court)

• Supporting the Statutory Requirement that a Legal Challenge to a Final Environmental Impact Report Must Be Promptly and Timely Brought

Brown & Brown, Inc. v. Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut Supreme Court)

• Preventing Disclosure of Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Business Information to Competitors

Defontes v. Dell Computer Corp. (Rhode Island Supreme Court)

• Enforcing Class-Action Waivers in Consumer Arbitration Contracts

Haddad v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Seeking Standards for the Award of Front Pay and Punitive Damages in Employment Discrimination Cases

McGonagle v. The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. (Massachusetts Appeals Court)

• Opposing Expansion of Consumer Protection Liability to Violations of Statutes Unrelated to Consumer Protection

Hall v. Department of Environmental Protection (Massachusetts Division of Administrative Law Appeals)

• Opposing Regulatory Encroachment on Coastal Property Rights

Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection  (U.S. Supreme Court)

• Protecting Individual Property Rights from Uncompensated Judicial Takings

Tuttle v. New Hampshire (NH Supreme Court)

• Fighting New Hampshire’s Effort to Transfer to the State’s General Fund Monies Wholly Derived from the Contributions of Private Individuals

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