A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss by Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company and the Commerce Insurance Company in a civil RICO case. PSD represents a large plaintiffs’ law firm. The firm brought claims against the insurance companies asserting that they improperly imposed prohibitions on healthcare providers’ cooperation with insurance claims by patients. […]
Read MoreIn a hotly contested RICO case, a PSD client won a motion to compel on several grounds. In the process, the federal court ruled that Plaintiffs Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company and the Commerce Insurance Company violated the Order governing an e-discovery protocol. Specifically, these insurance carriers did not allow their vendor to participate […]
Read MoreOn August 31, 2018, PSD resolved an international child abduction case in favor of its client, a father in Brazil. In so doing, PSD reunited its client, Carlos Ferrari, with his young daughter. About a year earlier, the 5-year old girl’s mother had taken her from Brazil to Massachusetts. At the time, Carlos understood the […]
Read MorePSD Boston and New York class action lawyers won their opposition to a motion to dismiss before Chancellor Bouchard in the Delaware Chancery Court. PSD represents a medical device innovator, Ken Carr, who is the corporate founder of a medical device technology company. Carr suffered dilution of his holdings and the effects of a blown […]
Read MoreBoston probate litigation lawyer wons a trust contest. PSD founding partner Peter Duffy won dismissal of all claims by a beneficiary to change a family trust. Specifically the petitioner sought to treat as an heir, under the trust, a man he adopted as an adult. Adopted Adult Son The petitioner sought to permit his adopted son—whom he […]
Read MoreFalse Claims Act Lawyers Move to Dismiss Boston false claims act lawyers, led by Barry Pollack, won dismissal of qui tam case in Maryland. On March 6, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed a qui tam action brought by a former employee against a PSD client. The plaintiff claimed that […]
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