In Parexel Int’l LLC v. PrisymID Ltd., the United States District Court of Massachusetts allowed defendant Loftware Inc.’s motion to dismiss without prejudice due to the plaintiff’s failure to properly plead a breach of contract claim needed to pierce the corporate veil. No. 23-CV-12381-ADB, 2024 WL 3471930, at *1 (D. Mass. July 19, 2024). In […]
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Because of a loophole in the Massachusetts Wiretap Statute, also known as G.L. c. 272, § 99, a recording of another person, even one alleged as illegal, is admissible evidence in a civil case. While G.L. c. 272, § 99 contains penalties such as up to five years in state prison, up to two and […]
Bobby Rudolph acted as local counsel to a California real estate developer who brought suit against two Massachusetts companies for breach of commercial leases for properties located in California. After a trial and judgment issuing in California, Bobby brought suit against the tenant and corporate guarantor of the commercial leases in Massachusetts to enforce the […]
Rudolph Friedmann partner Jonathon Friedmann recently represented a developer and his wife in a five-day jury trial in Barnstable Superior Court. The complex litigation involved nine counts against the firm’s clients, including fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unfair and deceptive practices, civil conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and Chapter 93A violations, which would have […]
by Adam J. Shafran On April 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court approved and submitted to Congress proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”). The FRCP are the procedural rules which govern every civil lawsuit brought in any federal court in the United States. These amendments, which took effect on December 1, […]
