Consumer Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions
August 1, 2016 / January 11, 2023 by Don Frederico
In 2014, we posted about the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Bellermann v. Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co. In that case, plaintiffs sought relief under the Massachusetts consumer protection statute, G.L. c. 93A, because of the defendant utility’s alleged failure properly to prepare and plan for a major winter storm, and its allegedly […]
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October 31, 2014 / January 12, 2023 by mindgrub
In December 2008, a major ice storm caused massive and lengthy power outages in several towns in Massachusetts. Twelve residential and business customers of Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light...
Class Arbitration Massachusetts Decisions
August 1, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
We have written several times in this blog about what we perceived as the inconsisteny between the Massachusetts decisions in the Feeney v. Dell case and the SCOTUS decision in Concepcion....
Arbitration Class Arbitration Massachusetts Decisions Supreme Court
July 1, 2013 / February 26, 2019 by mindgrub
Just over two years ago, the Supreme Court issued its decision in AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act preempted a state rule that class action waivers...
Arbitration Class Arbitration Consumer Class Actions Employment Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions
June 17, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued two long-awaited decisions concerning the enforceability of class action waivers in arbitration agreements. Feeney v. Dell, Inc. (...
March 16, 2013 / January 10, 2023 by mindgrub
The patchwork of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions construing our consumer protection statute (Chapter 93A) has created a great deal of confusion, particularly over the last dec...
Arbitration Consumer Class Actions Massachusetts Decisions
May 9, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to re-review a case involving the enforceability of class action waivers in arbitration provisions in light of last term's United States S...
