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A Boston software company’s third-party Amazon seller platform does not deliver on its promise to increase sales by driving web traffic to product listings offered by merchants paying for the service, according to a newly filed lawsuit in U.S. District Court. The lawsuit filed Nov. 2 involves claims brought by Virginia-based Williams & Douglas, Inc.

Where two plaintiffs, alleging that the defendant violated G.L.c. 93A by renewing the plaintiffs’ remote cloud-based services at higher prices than the ones they had initially agreed to, have moved for class certification, that motion should be denied because the plaintiffs have failed to satisfy the requirements for class certification articulated in Rules 23(a) and

(belchonock/Deposit Photos) The Appeals Court has upheld an award of double damages for an insurance carrier’s mishandling of dram shop claims brought by a contestant who allegedly suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fight that broke out at a beer pong tournament. According to court records, plaintiff William Terry suffered serious injuries in a

Where the holders of commercial liability insurance policy were held liable for counsel fees under G.L.c. 93A, §9(4), a policy provision covering damages caused by bodily injury does not cover the award of fees. A contrary ruling in Superior Court is reversed. “Paul and Jane Poirier's commercial liability insurance policy covered ‘sums that the insured

Where a defendant has been held liable under G.L.c. 93A for hiring employees who used to work for the plaintiff, an award of $12 million in compensatory damages and $18 million in punitive damages should be upheld because the defendant failed to meet its burden of proving that its unfair trade practices did not occur

Where a plaintiff vessel owner has asserted a G.L.c. 93A claim alleging that the defendants provided faulty repairs in 2018 to the vessel, resulting in engine failure in 2020, that claim should be dismissed because the plaintiff has not sufficiently alleged that the defendants knew or should have known that the repairs to the vessel’s

It is not uncommon for business litigation matters in Massachusetts to include claims under Chapter 93A. The regular inclusion of Chapter 93A claims is understandable as a potentially significant leverage point in any litigation.

It is not uncommon for business litigation matters in Massachusetts to include claims under Chapter 93A. The regular inclusion of Chapter 93A claims is understandable as a potentially significant leverage point in any litigation.