In a recent ruling, the Land Court found that a series of email exchanges between parties did not establish a meeting of the minds and an intent to form an enforceable agreement, and therefore the email exchanges could not satisfy the Statute of Frauds. Boulay v....
In real estate, land use, and environmental cases, experts can often make or break your case. Once hired, experts are usually involved at every stage of the litigation. One of the first things an expert should do is visit the site to gain firsthand knowledge of the...
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently denied vacatur and confirmed an arbitration award despite the non-prevailing party’s allegations that the arbitral tribunal members failed to disclose that they had been seated with one another on other, unrelated...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has added to the growing body of law regarding what can and cannot appear on the envelope for a debt collection letter under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). The FDCPA, 15 U.S.C.A. §...
In Source One Financial Corporation v. Geico Indemnity Company (Memo and Order June 30, 2021), the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts allowed the motion if Geico Indemnity Company, the defendant, to dismiss, determining that Source One...
This post is part one in a series aimed at helping business litigation and family law litigation attorneys expand their arsenal of strategies for helping clients resolve their disputes. To the casual observer, the practice of business litigation and the practice of...
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently issued an opinion in Ferguson v. Maxim, finding that the parties' offer agreement to purchase a property was enforceable even though the parties failed to timely execute the purchase and sale agreement (which, Defendants had...
By Alina C. HachigianThis summer I had the opportunity to intern with Fitch Law Partners. In addition to assisting attorneys with research and deposition preparations, over the course of the summer I was able to experience law outside the office as well. I traveled to...
A recent Appeals Court case addressed that issue, affirming the trial court's judgment that found that the husband's misrepresentations about his income were egregious enough that the trial judge's use of discretion to attribute and impute income to the husband was...
An employee who filed a workers' compensation claim for a workplace injury while she was a temporary worker may file a negligence lawsuit against the company even though the company became her employer after she received workers compensation benefits for the injury...
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