Recent Decisions

Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc. (United States Supreme Court)

• Supporting Parties' Freedom to Contract for Judicial Review of the Merits of Arbitral Decisions

Scott v. NG US1, Inc. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Expansion of the Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil

Moelis v. Berkshire Life Insurance Co. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Inappropriate Class Actions

Bell Atlantic Mobile of Masschusetts Corporation, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Revenue (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Inequitable Tax Treatment of Mobile Telephone Companies

Kwaak v. Pfizer Inc. (Massachusetts Appeals Court)

• Opposing Class Certification under Chapter 93A Based on Purchases of a Deceptively Advertised Product Where No Injury is Alleged

Fronk v. Fowler (Massachusetts Appeals Court)

• Supporting Parties' Right to Control the Scope of Commercial Relationships

Pending Cases

Costain v. Sunbury Primary Care (Maine Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Expansion of Whistleblower Protection in Maine

Salvas v. Wal-Mart Stores (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Inappropriate Class Actions

Thurdin v. SEI Boston, LLC (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Supporting Small Business

MMWEC v. MASSPOWER (Massachusetts Appeals Court)

• Upholding Parties' Contract Rights

Cienega Gardens v. United States (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)

• Opposing Regulatory Takings Without Just Compensation

State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, Inc. (Rhode Island Supreme Court)

• Opposing Expansion of Public Nuisance Liability

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 Statute

Woburn Board of Appeals v. Housing Appeals Committee (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Supporting Construction of Affordable Housing for the Massachusetts Work Force

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

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

Iannacchino v. Ford Motor Company (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Consumer Protection Claims When the Consumer Suffers No Injury

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

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

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

• Opposing Regulatory Encroachment on Coastal Property Rights

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