Allison Dunn

November 14, 2024 | Law.com

"[The] plaintiffs have described several respects in which artificial citric acid differs from natural citric acid. Dismissal on this basis is thus inappropriate," U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland said, clearing the way for a products liability suit to proceed against Kraft Heinz for marketing its macaroni and cheese product as having no preservatives.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

November 13, 2024 | Law.com

"I will always remember that the appeals that I hear and the decisions that we make have real-life consequences—not just on the parties or the litigants—but also on the trial court judges and how the decisions affect them on the front lines," Middlesex County Juvenile Court Judge Gloria Tan said regarding her nomination to the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

November 12, 2024 | Law.com

"You shouldn't necessarily assume that when you're in front of any of us that we have a clue of what you're talking about," U.S. District Chief Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell told attorneys on the evolution of electronically stored information.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

November 11, 2024 | Law.com

"We now join the modern trend adopted by the majority of jurisdictions that have considered the issue and retire the concept of fault in this context; where, as here, the planned wedding does not ensue and the engagement is ended, the engagement ring must be returned to the donor regardless of fault," Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt wrote on behalf of the Massachusetts court.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

November 05, 2024 | Law.com

"We think this is a very favorable resolution of misclassification and deduction claims under the Massachusetts Wage Act, which provides significant relief to the 47 class members involved," Olena Savytska of Lichten & Liss-Riordan said of the $795,000 settlement on behalf of delivery drivers misclassified as independent contractors.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

November 01, 2024 | Law.com

"[A]s a simple matter of fact, there have not been any pure criminal defense lawyers on the appeals or SJC [since] 2002. That's a statistic that the criminal defense bar is aware of and people remind me of that," said Chauncey Wood, a criminal defense attorney nominated to the Massachusetts Appeals Court bench.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

October 30, 2024 | Law.com

"Nothing in Rule 8(b) permits a party to refuse to respond to an allegation because it purportedly is a 'legal conclusion' or 'speaks for itself,'" wrote U.S. District Judge Gorton for the District of Massachusetts.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

October 28, 2024 | Law.com

"The threat to Jury-X is no longer theoretical—defendants' use of Jury-X's trade secrets has resulted in direct loss of Jury-X's clients. Clients choosing Tandem, when they have historically used Jury-X, shows the similarities in both company's services," according to the trade secrets lawsuit filed by the plaintiff's attorneys with Fox Rothschild.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

October 23, 2024 | Law.com

"Every day we're advancing and with AI here and coming, I think we're going to have all kinds of challenges," the chief justice nominee told the panel.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

October 17, 2024 | Law.com

"There is evidence sufficient to satisfy this court that [defendant] has systematically misused the corporate form to thwart collection of judgments awarded to plaintiff," the judge said.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read