Litigation
Prince Lobel actively practices in all Massachusetts courts, both state and federal, as well as elsewhere in New England. The Litigation Practice Group consists of lawyers with expertise in many different specialty areas, including both civil and criminal matters. Our attorneys also appear regularly before administrative agencies and in arbitration cases. We provide personalized, cost-effective services and handle litigation matters aggressively, carefully and efficiently.
Our trial lawyers bring substantial experience and expertise to virtually every type of business case, including complex business disputes, intellectual property cases including trade secrets, trademark and copyright, noncompetition agreements, business torts including claims under the Massachusetts unfair practices statute, chapter 93A, white collar criminal matters, disputes arising out of the purchase and sale of businesses and real estate, complex product liability and personal injury matters, and matters arising under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, independent government authorities, telecommunications and media companies, financial institutions, lenders, loan servicers, closely held and family businesses, real estate developers, small business and individual clients. The depth and diversity of our litigation experience provides us with the ability to tailor our approach to the needs of each client and to the demands of each case.
We recognize that some cases require alternative dispute resolution to reach a quick and favorable resolution, while other cases require comprehensive discovery, trial and appellate work. We have broad and deep experience in every phase of trial work throughout the United States and Puerto Rico as well as a strong record in mediation and arbitration proceedings.
We are accustomed to working closely with in-house corporate counsel, and we routinely establish budgets for litigation matters and closely monitor litigation costs. Our attorneys understand that litigation can exact a heavy toll on our clients, whether they are plaintiffs or defendants, and we do everything we can to accommodate business needs while, at the same time, providing vigorous legal representation. Among our basic principles is that whenever possible, cases should be settled at the earliest possible time. However, we recognize that some cases can’t be settled – and those we are ready and able to try, using all the tools of our trade, including technology, to present our client’s position in the most favorable way.
For more information on Prince Lobel’s Litigation Practice Group, please contact Group Chair William A. Worth at wworth@PrinceLobel.com or 617 456 8005.
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Representative Matters
- Won a defense verdict in a wrongful death case based upon a claim that the telephone company was negligent in its response to 9-1-1 calls
- Prevailed at trial and appeal on behalf of wireless carrier against a municipality which had effectively prohibited the carrier from remedying its coverage gap within the municipalities
- Prevailed at summary judgment on behalf of a creditor against a claimant who contended that the creditor had violated the claimant’s rights of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Recouped hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial losses that our client paid to retiring employees as a result of the miscalculation of pension estimates that the defendant, an actuarial and pension administration specialist, had prepared on its behalf
- Successfully defended a products liability suit against an auto manufacturer by obtaining summary judgment
- Prevailed in an arbitration on behalf of an equipment manufacturer on claims of breach of warranty and defective design brought by a customer seeking contract rescission and recovery of lost profits
- Succeeded on summary judgment in a wrongful death claim against a utility where the plaintiff claimed that the company negligently placed its utility pole
- Prevailed at trial and appeal on behalf of a commercial property owner in an environmental contamination case, allowing our client to receive clean-up costs and lost rentals incurred as a result of subsurface gasoline migration from a gas station
- Defended the Governor of Puerto Rico against a First Amendment claim brought by a leading Puerto Rico newspaper
- Defeated an appeal by an abutter from a zoning decision in favor of a real estate developer, allowing the developer to go forward with a multimillion dollar development project
- Represented a prominent financial services company in an employee whistleblower case in the United States Department of Labor and in federal court. First, Prince Lobel was able to get the DOL matter dismissed through an aggressive and novel approach to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Next, Prince Lobel strategically attacked the federal court complaint, and at the same time amassed a myriad of evidence to negate the whistleblower allegation. The result was that Prince Lobel was able to create a favorable atmosphere to successfully resolve the case for Prince Lobel's client
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