Dauman v. Redstone
Oct 7, 2016
Status conference to discuss the implementation of a tentative settlement struck in August.
Aug 27, 2016
At the urging of a Probate and Family Court judge, parties battling over the future of Sumner Redstone's $40 billion media empire took a break from a Friday pre-trial hearing and returned announcing they’d made strides toward a deal that could ult...
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Jun 30, 2016
The Redstones attorneys argued in a packed-to-capacity courtroom that Judge George Phelan should dismiss the lawsuit filed by Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman and longtime director George Abrams, who Sumner recently removed from the board o...
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Acushnet Company v. Beam Inc
May 31, 2016
Bench trial in Suffolk County Superior Court's Business Litigation in a tax liability dispute stemming from the $1.2 billion sale of golf company Acushnet to Fila Korea by Fortune Brands, now operating as Beam Inc. Click here for more in-depth cov...
Oct 19, 2015
A trial began Monday in a long-running class action filed in 1998 on behalf of nearly 200,000 Massachusetts smokers seeking up to $609 million from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA for allegedly duping them by falsely claiming that Marlboro Light b...
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Aug 19, 2014
In this pelvic mesh product liability suit, plaintiff was the recipient of defendant's Obtryx pelvic mesh device to treat stress incontinence. Plaintiff claims that the product's defective design and defendant's failure to warn plaintiff's physici...
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Apr 2, 2014
Plaintiffs claim that defendants undervalued Rue La La, an Internet "private sales" business, in order to avoid triggering an earnout clause in a merger agreement.
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Danilo Lopes v. John Beland, et al
Jan 23, 2014
Plaintiff was imprisoned in a facility which placed only one prisoner in each cell. Later, he was transferred to multiple facilities, attempting to place him with a cellmate despite his protests. He was punished through disciplinary actions. Plain...
Nov 8, 2013
Jose Rosario claims his conviction is invalid on the basis that his due process rights were violated during confinement and conviction. Rosario claims this violation occurred when the state prosecutor neglected to a cooperation agreement with one ...
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Nov 4, 2013
In this business defamation proceeding, Plaintiff P.J. Riley & Co. alleged that while working at Logan International Airport as a sub-contractor, the company URS Corporation defamed the plaintiff after the issuance of a stop-work order. The ...
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Oct 17, 2013
Worlds Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Activision Publishing, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Activisions World of Warcraft ...
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