Recent Decisions

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

• Opposing Inappropriate Class Actions

Commonwealth v. Fremont Investment & Loan (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Opposing the Retroactive Application of Concepts of Unfairness in Consumer Actions

Saab v. Massachusetts CVS Pharmacy LLC (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)

• Preserving the Exclusivity of Workers' Compensation Remedies

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

• Supporting Small Business

MMWEC v. MASSPOWER (Massachusetts Appeals Court)

• Upholding Parties' Contract Rights

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

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

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

• Enforcing Class-Action Waivers in Consumer Arbitration Contracts

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

• Upholding Employers’ Contract Rights

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

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

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

IMS Health Inc. v. Sorrell (U.S. District Court, D. Vt.)

• Supporting First Amendment Rights to Engage in Business-to-Business Information Transfers

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

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

• Opposing Regulatory Encroachment on Coastal Property Rights

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

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