One fallout of the Coronavirus pandemic is a national wave of class action lawsuits against universities, including some schools located in New England. To read more about the cases and our thoughts about the universities’ defenses, please see this client alert we published today.
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Pierce Atwood is pleased to present this class action blog with a focus on decisions of the state and federal courts within the boundaries of the First Circuit. With decades of national class action experience and offices in every First Circuit state, our goal is to serve as a primary resource for companies that face class litigation in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, as well as to provide timely information about significant class action developments, strategies and trends on a national level.
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First Class Defense is authored by John Aromando, Katy Rand, Josh Dunlap, Gavin McCarthy, Mark Rosen, Katherine Kayatta, Melanie Conroy, former Pierce Atwood partner, Don Frederico, and other members of the Litigation team at Pierce Atwood LLP.
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