Recent Decisions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Global NAPs v. Awiszus et al. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing Expansion of Employer Liability under the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act

Fifth Estate Tower, LLC v. Green Mountain Realty Corp. (New Hampshire Supreme Court)

• Protecting a Business’s First Amendment Right to Criticize a Competing Business on an Issue of Public Concern

Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Ins. v. Morrison et al. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Protecting Freedom of Contract in the Allocation of Liability Risks in Real Estate Leases

U.S. v. Textron, Inc.  (United States Supreme Court) 

• Seeking Reversal of an Erroneous Narrowing of the Work Product Doctrine

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