Mass. Appeals Court Clarifies Chapter 93A Violations In Landlord-Tenant Dispute

The Appeals Court of Massachusetts recently took up another summary process action concerning landlord-tenant rights and Chapter 93A violations in Hayastan Indus., Inc. v. Guz. In a summary decision1, the court affirmed a liability finding against a landlord for Chapter 93A violations under several distinct theories.

Plaintiff, a corporate entity, purchased a manufactured home and the lot it resided on from the bank after defendants defaulted on their loan. Plaintiff then brought a summary process action in the Housing […]

By | January 22nd, 2025 ||

Pre-UPC National Litigation Does Not Bar Withdrawal Of Patent Opt-Outs, Rules Court Of Appeal

Multijurisdictional patent disputes have increasingly featured litigation filed both in national courts and before Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC), where plaintiffs can seek damages and injunctive relief spanning 18 participating EU countries. Since the UPC allows similarly sweeping revocation claims, some patent owners have chosen to opt certain patents out of the court’s jurisdiction to protect key assets from invalidation. While UPC rules allow patent owners to withdraw opt-outs under certain circumstances, they cannot […]

By | January 16th, 2025 ||

CFPB Wins At The Supreme Court

Earlier this month the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, held that the CFPB’s funding mechanism does not violate the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution. As we previously discussed in greater detail here, under the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress provided a standing source of funding for the CFPB outside the ordinary annual appropriations process—the Bureau draws from the Federal Reserve System an amount determined by its Director, subject only to an inflation-adjusted cap. […]

By | May 29th, 2024 ||