civil litigation matters

Johansen v. SLS Invest, et. al. Our attorneys represented plaintiffs in a complex shareholder dispute. Our team defeated motions to dismiss and for summary judgment. We also successfully navigated several rounds of discovery motion practice involving complicated cross-border issues.

Holcim.  We represent Aggregate Industries, a subsidiary of LaFarge Holcim, in a class action suit brought by residents surrounding one of the company’s asphalt plants for damages allegedly caused by odors coming from the plant.  The case is pending in Suffolk Superior Court.

Zhao.  We represent Long Zhao, the daughter of the founder of Lunan Pharmaceuticals and one of its largest shareholders in a suit where the company alleges that Ms. Zhao obtained and used the company’s trade secrets and violated the computer fraud statutes.  Ms. Zhao has counterclaimed to seek to recover a multi-million verdict she obtained in a shareholder suit brought in the British Virgin Islands.  The case is pending in federal court in Massachusetts.

Nursing Homes.  We represent a consortium of nursing homes seeking to enjoin the Commonwealth from enforcing recently promulgated regulations requiring dedensification of patients in long term care facilities.  The case is pending in the Business Litigation Section of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Farahmand v. Quirk Works, Inc., d/b/a Quirk Volkswagen. In a significant win, our attorneys defeated class certification in an action concerning document preparation fees. Importantly, the Court confirmed that Quirk's advertising disclaimers are not false or deceptive under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute.

Long v. City of Malden. Our attorneys successfully sued the City of Malden after it refused to stand by a police sergeant who was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on duty.  After obtaining a jury verdict in favor of our client in May 2018, the court issued a declaratory judgment requiring the City to indemnify our client, and awarded our client attorneys’ fees.