In a decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court today, the Court affirmed the Firm's trial court win for its cranberry grower client. The Massachusetts Superior Court previously ruled that the Town of Halifax's requirement of a permit for earth removal related to the...
Business Litigation
Complete Win for Cranberry Grower in Challenge to Municipal Permitting Scheme
As reported in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly this week, the firm won a complete victory overturning not only the permit and conditions imposed on its client, but an order that the underlying municipal bylaw is invalid as applied to the cranberry grower's agricultural...
Court rules that firm’s case seeking over $80 million on behalf of biotech co. against billionaire Paul Fireman can proceed to trial.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reported this week on the firm’s summary judgment win on behalf of its biotech client. The company alleged in its Superior Court complaint that the CEO and his father-in-law Paul Fireman misled the Board about ongoing sale efforts to dupe...
Firm’s Vineyard Collection Success Noted in Local Press
The local press reported on the Firm’s efforts in representing a class of employees who obtained a more than $1 million judgment against an employer for mishandling their retirement fund. The Firm was brought in to assist in the complex collection efforts involving...
LA Times Interviews Nick Rosenberg on Eagles “Hotel California” Case
The LA Times interviewed Nick Rosenberg for an article on the recent indictment of three people involved in the sale of rock and roll memorabilia, alleged to have illegally tried to sell stolen original lyric sheets for the classic Eagles album Hotel California. The...
Nick Rosenberg Argues Wage Case at Supreme Judicial Court
On November 8, 2018, Nick Rosenberg argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on behalf of Gardner & Rosenberg clients representing a class of terminated employees. The case involves the question of whether claims for pay upon an employee’s...
Gardner & Rosenberg “SLAPPS” Back for Clients
In two recent cases, Gardner & Rosenberg won motions to dismiss under the so-called Anti-SLAPP statute. The law is designed to prevent lawsuits brought to stifle participation in petitioning activities to the government. The statute is a powerful shield against...
Massachusetts Appeals Court Sides With Gardner & Rosenberg On Enforceability of Settlement Memo
The Massachusetts Appeals Court sided with Gardner & Rosenberg and overturned a Superior Court decision that had found a settlement memo enforceable. The Appeals Court agreed with Gardner & Rosenberg’s arguments on behalf of its client that the memo was not...