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MCAD’s last minute withdrawal of amicus brief rankles plaintiffs’ counsel

Representatives of a manufacturer who were allegedly owed sales commissions by an electronics company that went bankrupt could not sue the private equity firm that owned a majority stake in the company, a Superior Court judge in Massachusetts has decided.

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JAMS fails to shut down contractor’s website

Kenneth Flynn is no lawyer, but he’s not afraid to go toe to toe with them. A construction company owner, Flynn recently found himself jousting with California attorneys representing Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services Inc., better known as JAMS, in ...

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Severance pay excluded from retirement plan

An employer was justified in subtracting an executive’s $5 million lump-sum severance payment from his wages for purposes of calculating his retirement benefits, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled.

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Goodwin Procter not disqualified from patent case

A law firm representing the plaintiffs in a patent infringement suit was not subject to disqualification based on the fact that two of its partners, while associated with a different firm in 2004, had a one-day meeting with the defendant ...

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Fund manager can’t be sued for failure to disclose dispute

An investor who lost $7 million investing in a hedge fund could not sue the fund’s operator under the Uniform Securities Act for failing to disclose in the fund’s prospectus that he had been previously involved in a residential landlord-tenant ...

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