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Recent Wins
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...
Gardner & Rosenberg Wins Dismissal of Citizen Suit
A group of south shore residents brought an action to enjoin our client's operation of its generations-old cranberry farm. We argued that it is well-established that the citizens lack standing to enforce earth removal regulations and other laws enforced by state and...
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...
Over $5 Million Recovered for Car Salespeople
Gardner and Rosenberg this month settled two more class actions against Massachusetts car dealers for failing to properly pay overtime and Sunday pay. One case settled for $580,000, and the other for $850,000. In the last 2 years, the firm has recovered well over $5...
Federal Court Approves $790,000 Settlement Gardner & Rosenberg Secured for Laid Off NECCO Factory Workers.
Today the US Bankruptcy Court granted final approval to a $790,000 class action settlement Gardner & Rosenberg secured for former employees of New England Confectionary Company (“NECCO”). The workers alleged that the purchasers of NECCO violated the federal “Worker...
Gardner & Rosenberg Secures Reversal from Appeals Court in Pro Bono Case. Department of Correction Ordered to Provide Winter Clothing to Sick, Elderly Inmates.
Gardner & Rosenberg served as pro bono counsel to two elderly inmates forced to walk great distances outside every day during the winter for meals and dialysis treatment. The DOC refused to provide the inmates winter clothing. The Superior Court had sided with the...
Gardner & Rosenberg Secures Payment for European Client in $3 Million Dispute.
Gardner & Rosenberg serves as national counsel to a large European technology company in disputes with its customers across the United States. We have assisted several large cases, and helped secure millions in recovery.
Court Approves $1 Million Settlement Gardner & Rosenberg Obtained for Class of Retail Employees.
Gardner & Rosenberg brought a class action on behalf of retail workers against the owners of the Restaurant Depot stores in Massachusetts. The named plaintiff alleged he was not properly paid for work performed on Sundays. The court today granted final approval of the...
Arbitrator Awards Over $300,000 to Gardner & Rosenberg Client Over Breach of Severance Agreement.
Gardner & Rosenberg represents a former executive at a large international company. The company refused to pay over $300,000 of the executive’s severance, claiming that it had made a mistake when drafting the severance agreement. Private arbitrators rarely grant...
SJC Seeks Amicus Briefs in Gardner Rosenberg Wage Case
Gardner & Rosenberg represents a class of over 200 employees terminated without notice when the maternity and parenting education and services company they worker for suddenly shut its doors in 2014. The company never paid the employees “back...
Latest News
Gardner & Rosenberg Takes on Takings Cases
The Firm is pursuing cases for owners and heirs to recover the value of properties taken in town tax lien foreclosures. Cities and Towns in Massachusetts have historically, and purportedly pursuant to state law, retained the full value of property taken in tax...
Josh Gardner and Nick Rosenberg Named to Boston Super Lawyers
Josh Gardner and Nick Rosenberg have again been selected as top-rated lawyers in the 2023 Boston Edition of Super Lawyers. Josh Gardner was selected for his Class Action practice and Nick Rosenberg in Business Litigation. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is...
Josh Gardner Quoted in Article on Class Action Settlements
Josh Gardner was quoted in an article concerning a recent Massachusetts class action. Drawing on his extensive experience with class action practice, Josh discussed why defendants’ efforts to pick off named plaintiffs rarely works: “Named plaintiffs in consumer,...
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...
Josh Gardner and Nick Rosenberg Named to Boston Super Lawyers
Josh Gardner and Nick Rosenberg have again been selected as top-rated lawyers in the 2021 Boston Edition of Super Lawyers. Josh Gardner was selected for his Class Action practice and Nick Rosenberg in Business Litigation. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is...
Sarah Lanese Joins Gardner & Rosenberg
The Firm is pleased to have Sarah Lanese join the litigation team. Sarah completed law school in Massachusetts and worked as a public defender and in private practice handling criminal matters, before heading to the west coast. There she gained civil litigation...
NECCO Candy Shuts Down Without Notice, Gardner & Rosenberg Files WARN Claim on Behalf of Employees
This week, local Revere, Mass. company New England Confectionery Company, Inc. (“Necco”), longtime maker of iconic candies, abruptly closed its doors, leaving its employees without jobs and without much in the way of notice. Gardner & Rosenberg PC today...