Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen

SRBC periodically issues Law Alerts to inform its clients and friends about important developments in the law. These Alerts are, of course, not intended to be a substitute for legal advice about a particular case or issue. Each Alert identifies an SRBC attorney who can be contacted for more information about the issue presented.

July 01, 2008 -

SJC Considers Successor Liability After Asset Sale

When a corporation sells its assets to another, the general rule in Massachusetts is that the seller's liabilities are not automatically transferred with the assets. The buyer may, of course, agree to assume...
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July 01, 2008 -

First Circuit Allows Nonsignatories to Enforce Arbitration Clause

The First Circuit recently considered an effort by a party to an international commercial agreement with an arbitration clause to block arbitration of a dispute with two nonsignatories, a subsidiary and a corpo...
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April 17, 2007 -

Premises Liability Alert: SJC Eases Burden on Premises Plaintiffs

In a recent decision (Sheehan v. Roche Brothers Supermarkets, Inc., April 17, 2007), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court joined a national trend away from the traditional restrictive approach...
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November 18, 2006 -

Insurance Law Alert: Recovery of Attorney's Fees in Coverage Case

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that an insured is not entitled to recover his attorney's fees where he prevails in a coverage action involving the insurer's duty to indemnify, but not the dut...
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September 12, 2006 -

Product Liability Alert: The Sophisticated-User Defense

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has now explicitly adopted the “sophisticated user doctrine” as an affirmative defense, which may relieve a product manufacturer of any duty to warn of a product’s laten...
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