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Many of our employment engagements call for counsel, discretion, negotiation and
tactical decision-making. We brought numerous such engagements to a successful
close in 2010 on behalf of executives, professionals and other employees in a
variety of industries.
In an action in Massachusetts Superior Court matter involving claims that a bank also named as a professional trustee improperly transferred $10 million in securities from a joint account into a trust, on plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in 2010, the Court ordered the bank to cease paying its counsel fees out of the trust where the account owner brought claims of misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, rescission and unfair and deceptive trade practices in violation of M. G. L. c. 93A against the bank.
Following trial in the Massachusetts Probate Court in June 2010, the Court ordered a guardian to refund $425,000.00 to the estate of the decedent where, following the death of the principal, the guardian had: (a) improperly funded a (d)(4)(A) trust of which she was trustee; and (b) made certain other transfers of assets belonging to the estate without court approval.
The Massachusetts Superior Court granted summary judgment in 2009 in favor of our client, who held a power of appointment under her deceased husband’s will, finding that the exercise of the power was proper and that the instrument was plain on its face.
In 2009, the Massachusetts Superior Court granted summary judgment in favor of our client in an age discrimination claim under M. G. L. c. 151B and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, upheld on appeal.
In Federal District Court, we obtained an order enforcing a two-year non-competition agreement, seven months after the employee’s separation, where the employee had been generously compensated upon his departure, re-affirmed his non-competition obligations upon separation and then misused confidential information belonging to the employer and attempted to conceal his competitive activity.

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