Massachusetts Conversion Law
<h1> United States of America v. James Thelwell-Mullen </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Machinegun </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Machinegun </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to unlaw... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Edward Nathan Gale </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Ghost Guns and Machinegun Conversion Devices </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Springfield Man Sentenced for Distributing Ghost Guns and Machinegun Conversion Devices</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Edwa... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Abhijit Das, a/k/a “Beej†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Election Campaign Act Violations and False Statements </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former U.S. Congressional Candidate Sentenced for Federal Election Campaign Act Violations and False Statements</h2></center></b></b> </... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - MA)<h1> United States of America v. Benjamin Hunter-Blake </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearms Charges </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Springfield Man was Sentenced to Over Nine Years in Prison for Firearms Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal ... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - MA)United States of America v. Saieed Jean Texeira-Nieves
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing the district court's denial of his motion for compassionate release. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> We briefly rehearse the relevant facts and travel of the <br> case. In 2018, Puerto Rico police arrested the defendant during <br> a traffic stop. He was dri... More...
$0 (01-21-2022 - MA)United States of America v. Angel Rafael Contreras-Delgado
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a machine gun charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Because this appeal follows a guilty plea, we draw the <br> facts from the change-of-plea colloquy, the undisputed portions of <br> the PSR, and the transcript of the sentencing hearing. United <br> States v. Arias-Mercedes, 901 F.... More...
$0 (12-27-2021 - MA)United States of America, e4x rel Banigan & Templin v. PHARMERICA, INC.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - False Claims Act lawyer represented defendant charged with defending PharMerica, Inc of defrauded the government claim. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> "The FCA prohibits the knowing submission of false or <br> fraudulent claims to the United States." United States ex rel. <br> Poteet v. Bahler Med., Inc., 619 F.3d 104, 107 (1st Cir. 2010)... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - MA)United States of America v. HANNAH PATCH
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with maintaining a drug involved premises charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> This sentencing appeal turns not <br> on what the record shows but, rather, on what the record fails to <br> show. The paucity of the evidence on the critical issue requires <br> us to vacate the defendant's sente... More...
$0 (10-17-2021 - MA)United States of America v. FRANCISCO OSCAR GRULLON, a/k/a Frank
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with participating in a massive scheme to defraud the federal government by falsifying tax returns charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The Scheme<br> <br> Beginning in October 2011, Grullon, a native of the <br> Dominican Republic who immigrated to the United States when he was <br> nine, c... More...
$0 (08-21-2021 - MA)UNITED STATES v. IDALIA MALDONADO-PEÑA
<center><h2><font color="red"> Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, cocaine base (aka crack), marijuana, and prescription pill charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> These appeals arise from the drug conspiracy and <br> distribution convictions of five members of a vast drug trafficking <br> organization. Operating pri... More...
$0 (07-15-2021 - MA)United States of America v. Fulvio Flete-Garcia, a/k/a Fubio, a/ka/ Israel Pagan Torres
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/moakley_federal_courthouse.jpg?itok=In13o9q9"><br> </center><br> <br> Having identified defendant-appellant Fulvio Flete-Garcia as the architect of a massive swindle, the government charged him with a litany of fraud-based crimes. Following four days of trial, Flete-Garcia threw... More...
$0 (05-23-2019 - MA)John Brotherston v. Putnam Investments, LLC
Plaintiffs John Brotherston and<br> Joan Glancy are two former employees of Putnam Investments, LLC<br> who participated in Putnam's defined-contribution 401(k)<br> retirement plan (the "Plan"). They brought this lawsuit on behalf<br> of a now-certified class of other participants in the Plan, and on<br> behalf of the Plan itself pursuant to the civil enforcement<br> provision of the Employee Reti... More...
$0 (10-22-2018 - MA)United States of America v. Hector Antonio Cruz-Mercedes
<center><br> <h2><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/courthouse.jpg"><br> <P><br> District of Massachusetts Federal Courthouse - Boston, Massachusetts<br> </h2><br> </center><br> Boston, MA - Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Property, Identity Theft, Money Laundering<br> <br> A citizen of the Dominican Republic and former resident of New York... More...
$0 (09-15-2018 - MA)United States of America v. Richard Weed
Richard Weed, a securities lawyer,<br> wrote false opinion letters so that his two co-conspirators could<br> sell stock to the public in a "pump and dump" scheme.1 In<br> connection with this conduct, he was convicted of securities fraud,<br> wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit both. Following the jury's<br> guilty verdict, Weed moved for a judgment of acquittal. He argued<br> that the evidence w... More...
$0 (10-11-2017 - MA)<b>ZVI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC vs. FRANKLIN LEVY & another</b>
Except where indicated, the following facts are not in dispute. Brendan Higgins, Joshua Huggard, and <br> Jordan Tobins were members and managers of numerous limited liability companies operating a small chain of pizzerias known as The Upper Crust. On April 5, 2012, Higgins, Huggard, and The Upper Crust, all of whom were represented by Levy and his firm, L & W, filed a civil lawsuit against Tob... More...
$0 (10-06-2016 - MA)Brissette v. Ryan
After a Superior Court trial in this legal <br> malpractice case, a jury found that the primary defendant, <br> Edward J. Ryan, Jr., was negligent in his representation of the <br> plaintiff, Marie D. Brissette, and awarded damages to her in the<br> amount of $100,000 against Ryan and his law firm, Ryan, <br> Boudreau, Randall, Kirkpatrick & Baker, LLP (law firm) <br> (collectively, defendants).2 ... More...
$0 (10-31-2015 - MA)United States of America v. Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA)
BOSTON, MA – Federal Court Says Long Wharf Pavilion May Not Be Converted into a Restaurant<br> <br> A federal court in Boston rejected efforts by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to convert an open-air pavilion on the end of Long Wharf into a restaurant. Siding with the National Park Service (Park Service), the court held that the end of Long Wharf is protected by a federal law requirin... More...
$0 (08-27-2015 - MA)United States of America v. Ryan Morris
Federal law mandates a<br> minimum ten-year prison sentence for a convicted member of a drug<br> conspiracy responsible for more than 280 grams of crack. 21<br> U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)(iii); 846. So far as it matters to this<br> appeal, the district court made a finding of drug quantity, by a<br> preponderance of the evidence: that the admitted conspirator Ryan<br> Morris was personally respo... More...
$0 (05-07-2015 - MA)South Commons Condominium Association v. Charlie Arment Trucking, Inc.
On June 1, 2011, a devastating<br> tornado struck the City of Springfield, Massachusetts. The twister<br> ripped through the downtown area and caused a great deal of damage.<br> Among the buildings affected were the South Commons Condominiums.<br> This appeal concerns the lawsuit the owners of those buildings<br> brought against the City, its officials, and one of its<br> contractors.1<br> The own... More...
$0 (12-23-2014 - MA)Richard Feingold v. John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA)
Richard Feingold sued John Hancock Life Insurance Company and John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company (collectively, "Hancock") in a putative class action for damages said to arise from Hancock's adherence to contractual terms requiring that Hancock be given notice of the death of its insureds before death benefits are paid out to beneficiaries. Specifically, Hancock is said to have an obliga... More...
$0 (05-27-2014 - MA)Kevin Fabricio Claros Cantarero v. Eric H. Holder
Kevin Fabricio Claros Cantarero ("Claros"), a citizen and native of El Salvador, is an ex-member of a violent criminal street gang based in the United States. Claiming that he would face persecution and torture on account of his former gang membership if repatriated, Claros applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). An Immigration Judge... More...
$0 (10-31-2013 - MA)N.E. Physical Therapy Plus, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
After being billed by the plaintiff, N.E. Physical Therapy Plus, Inc. (NEPT), for certain medically necessary chiropractic services provided to the passenger of its insured, the defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual), maintained that the cost of those services was unreasonably high and thus refused to pay the full amount invoiced. [FN1] At the ensuing trial on the dispute, Li... More...
$0 (09-13-2013 - MA)Elizabeth Manning v. Boston Medical Center
Plaintiffs Elizabeth Manning, Lisa Rivers, Rhonda Williams, and Reva McCarthy bring this wage-and-hour action against defendants Boston Medical Center Corporation ("BMC"), Elaine Ullian, and James Canavan. Current and former BMC employees, plaintiffs allege that defendants deprived them of their wages through the use of timekeeping policies and employment practices that required them to work thro... More...
$0 (08-01-2013 - MA)Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield v. City of Springfield
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield (RCB) challenges the district court's grant of summary judgment to the City of Springfield (City) and dismissal of RCB's constitutional and statutory claims against enforcement of a City ordinance that created a single-parcel historic district encompassing a church owned by RCB. Under the ordinance, RCB cannot make any changes that affect the exterior of t... More...
$0 (07-22-2013 - MA)Evergreen Partnering Group, Inc. v. Pactiv Corporation
Plaintiff Evergreen Partnering Group, Inc. ("Evergreen") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing its Second Amended Complaint ("complaint"). The complaint alleges that defendants-appellees, polystyrene food service packaging manufacturers and two trade associations, refused in concert to deal with Evergreen in a recycling business m... More...
$0 (06-19-2013 - MA)Douglas O. Nystedt, Jr. v. Eugene A. Nigro
This case requires us to explore the parameters of the doctrine of quasi-judicial immunity. The underlying litigation is a will contest turned conspiracy case. The plaintiff prevailed in probate court, but only after two and a half years of pretrial discovery and legal wrangling. All the while, the estate's assets waned and the legal fees waxed.<br> <br> In the end, the plaintiff, althou... More...
$0 (11-20-2012 - MA)Back Bay Spas, Inc. v. 441 Stuart Marketing, LLC
Appellant Back Bay Spas, Inc. ("Back Bay"), seeks specific performance of a contract -- termed the "Letter Agreement" -- giving it the right to purchase the space it occupies in a building slated for conversion to condominium units. Three factors complicate the scenario: (1) the other party to the Letter Agreement needed the written consent of its mortgage bank for the sale, but no such writing e... More...
$0 (08-16-2012 - MA)Patricia Cavallaro v. UMass Memorial Healthcare, Inc.
This appeal embraces two of the many private lawsuits brought against healthcare providers throughout the country by a single law firm. These two suits, like others of the same pattern, allege that various hospital employees who work for the particular hospital or hospital group have been deprived of compensation for work performed during their meal break, for work performed before and after shift... More...
$0 (04-18-2012 - MA)Ashleigh Pruell v. Caritas Christi
In September 2009, Ashleigh Pruell and Amy Gordon filed this putative class action in Massachusetts Superior Court against named hospitals in the Caritas Christi hospital network and two of its senior executives (collectively, "Caritas"). Pruell and Gordon, employees of Caritas, purport to represent a class of over 12,000 Caritas hospital employees and claim that they and other class members were ... More...
$0 (07-14-2011 - MA)Jerome Renaudin v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
This appeal involves two groups of former employees of Salomon Smith Barney and its predecessors and affiliates who, like many similarly situated plaintiffs before them, participated in a deferred compensation plan known as the Capital Accumulation Plan (CAP). For the most part, the plaintiffs' claims rehash unsuccessful claims brought by the plaintiffs in In re Citigroup, Inc. Capital Accumulatio... More...
$0 (07-13-2011 - MA)Don DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc.
In September 2005, American Airlines, Inc. ("American") began charging passengers a fee of $2 for each bag checked with porters who provide curbside service (called "skycaps") at Boston's Logan Airport. Arguing that passengers mistook the fee for a mandatory gratuity for the skycaps and stopped tipping, several porters brought suit against American; the present appeal is a product of that litigati... More...
$0 (05-20-2011 - MA)Take It Away, Incorporated v. Home Depot, Inc.
Three principals organized the appellant, Take It Away, Inc., to act as a broker in a contemplated business of supplying dumpsters that do-it-yourselfers could rent from the appellee, The Home Depot, Inc., and like retailers. In a document called a "teaser,†mailed to a Home Depot official in 1997, Take It Away hopefully described itself as a "Nationwide Association†of waste haulers a... More...
$0 (04-15-2010 - MA)Haddad Motor Group, Inc. v. Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, P.C.
Haddad Motor Group ("HMG"), a car dealership in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, sued its former accounting firm, Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, P.C. ("KASH"), and one of the partners, Peter Hogan ("Hogan"), over allegedly negligent tax advice. HMG recovered damages and attorneys' fees. The accountants' appeal is now before us. We summarize the background events and the proceedings, drawing primari... More...
$0 (04-21-2010 - MA)Cianbro Corporation v. George H. Dean
We are called upon to determine whether an in rem maritime lien should be allowed against the vessels BENNO C. SCHMIDT and ENERGY SERVICE 9001 ("the Vessels") in favor of Defendant-Appellant George H. Dean, Inc., d/b/a Dean Steel ("Dean Steel"). This claim is challenged by Plaintiff-Appellee Cianbro Corporation ("Cianbro"), and Plaintiff-Intervenors Hornbeck Offshore Services and Hornbeck Offshor... More...
$0 (02-22-2010 - MA)Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary v. QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc.
These appeals require us to grapple with the metes and bounds of Massachusetts unjust enrichment and restitution law. Like many such cases, the present case involves one party's conferral of a valuable benefit during ongoing contract negotiations, followed by an irreparable breach in the bargaining process. What makes this case unusual is that its subject matter -- the development of a blockbuster... More...
$0 (01-16-2009 - MA)Paul S. Giragosian v. Frederick Ryan and Town of Arlington, MA
Appellant Paul Giragosian owned and operated a gun shop in Arlington, Massachusetts for approximately thirty-one years. In March 2007, Arlington's Chief of Police, Frederick Ryan, revoked and forfeited appellant's licenses to carry and sell firearms. Subsequently, appellant filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit in federal district court alleging that Ryan and the Town of Arlington violated his rights u... More...
$0 (11-10-2008 - MA)Rosalind Herman, etc. v. Rudy K. Meiselman, etc., et al.
Appellants Rosalind Herman, Gregg Caplitz and Financial Resources Network, Inc. ("FRNI") filed suit in Massachusetts state court against appellees Rudy K. Meiselman and various members of his family. The suit stemmed from Meiselman's employment with FRNI and his participation in a profit-sharing plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). Meiselman removed the matter ... More...
$0 (09-10-2008 - MA)Trans-Spec Truck Service, Inc. v. Caterpillar, Inc.
This case requires us to apply the accrual and statute of limitations provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of Massachusetts to breach of warranty claims brought by Trans-Spec Truck Service ("Trans-Spec") against Caterpillar, Inc. Trans-Spec purchased twenty-two heavy-duty, custom-built trucks powered by Caterpillar engines. More than four and a half years after it took delivery of the trucks,... More...
$0 (05-01-2008 - MA)Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System v. Boston Scientific Corporation, et al.
This securities case was brought against Boston Scientific, a publicly traded manufacturer of medical devices based in Natick, Massachusetts. The appeal concerns dismissal of claims based on the company's launch of a new product, the drug-eluting TAXUS coronary stent, and its eventual recalls. Plaintiff, a Mississippi pension fund and purchaser of Boston Scientific stock, alleges that company exec... More...
$0 (04-22-2008 - MA)William J. Pasquina v. Maurie F. Cunningham
This bankruptcy case requires us to decide whether the post-petition sale of the debtor's home, for which he had obtained a homestead exemption under the law of Massachusetts protecting it from creditors, causes the proceeds of the sale to lose their exempt status under the Bankruptcy Code and become subject to pre-petition, nondischargeable debt. We conclude that the proceeds from the sale of the... More...
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