Noncompete Litigation in the Massachusetts Courts: 2005 Year in Review (Part I)
Noncompete Agreements. Our firm used to write “year in review” articles [link], and I decided it was time for a reprise. Here is a year-in-review summary of the most significant Massachsetts state...
View ArticleMassachusetts Business Court Sanctions Company for Pursuing Frivolous Case to...
Noncompete Agreements. If I had a dollar for every time a client who had been sued asked me if they could recover attorney’s fees or damages if they won, I’d have, well, probably hundreds of dollars....
View ArticleWhat Did You Say Your Trade Secrets Were?
Trade Secrets, Procedure. Warning: if you’re seeking discovery in a trade secret case in the Suffolk Business Litigation Session make sure that you have (a) provided the court with a detailed...
View ArticleA New Twist on Forum Selection: The BLS
Business Litigation Session. The July 17, 2006 issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has an article suggesting that some attorneys are agreeing in contracts that claims arising from those contracts...
View ArticleCovenant Not-to-Compete Not Enforceable Against English-Challenged Russian...
It’s a bad day when your client wants you to enforce a noncompete agreement against a $10/hour Russian immigrant with “a very limited command of English,” who sends most of her earnings back to her son...
View ArticleJudge Gants Issues Decision on Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege When...
Litigation. Lawyers love to argue about attorney-client privilege. What could be juicier than to find out what your adversary in litigation said to his or her attorney, believing it to be covered by...
View ArticleJudge Van Gestel to Retire at Year End
At a Boston Bar Association lunch program today, Judge Allan Van Gestel informed the audience that he would not put himself on the “recall” list at the end of this year. In other words, at the age of...
View ArticleAs Allen van Gestel's Tenure at Head of Business Session Draws to a Close,...
The Globe article begins: Judge Allan van Gestel dismisses the buzz that is making its away around Boston’s legal community that he is stepping down from the state’s business court that he shaped so...
View ArticleJudge Ralph Gants: SJC’s Gain Will Be BLS’s Loss
Today’s Boston Globe reports that Governor Deval Patrick will nominate Superior Court Judge Ralph Gants to the seat on the Supreme Judicial Court now vacated by Justice John Greaney. This is a great...
View ArticleThe Road Goes on Forever, But the Lawsuits Never End: ConnectU, Facebook,...
The ConnectU/Facebook legal saga is truly astounding. Imagine a mature Oak tree. Now give the it properties of Kudzu vine (the “vine that ate the South”). Each branch of this tree is another lawsuit...
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