Former property manager's overtime and wage claims against her former employer dismissed as time-barred and derivative. Retaliation claim also fails on summary judgment.
HVAC technician's onsite software installation and system testing work qualifies as prevailing wage construction work, despite occurring after physical component installation.
Investment banking dispute over whether consultant earned fees for sourcing acquisition financing. Summary judgment granted on success fee claim; denied on advisory fee claim.
Judgment assignment valid despite assignee's prior representation of debtor; no confidential information misused; no public policy violation.
Employment practices liability insurer's duty to defend does not include obligation to prosecute affirmative counterclaims on behalf of insured.
Court distributes 6.8 million dollars in residual settlement funds from tobacco lawsuit to Massachusetts IOLTA Committee and public health organizations, declining funding to organization with attorney connection.
Court certifies class action for unpaid overtime and Sunday pay violations against inside sales company, rejecting defendant's statute of limitations argument.
Sellers lack standing to enforce buyer's payment obligations to holding company they created, though independent misrepresentation claims may proceed.
Private needle distribution program does not violate statutes regulating needle sales or authorizing state-approved exchange programs.
SJC vacates judgment protecting animal health certificate information from public disclosure; narrows public safety exemption; rejects heightened deference to records custodian.
