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Rudolph Friedmann partner Jonathon Friedmann was successful in overturning a summary judgment motion and damages in the amount of $865,000 against a client sued for fraud and deceit in regards to a lease he executed with Copley Place Associates (Copley). Jonathon took over representation of the client after the summary judgment award was issued by […]

Many businesses have access to confidential information that, when stolen or misappropriated, can cause serious injuries to their clients or other third parties. Confidential information can be used to open credit cards, obtain loans or possibly access other databases that contain more sensitive information. In Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Inc., a Massachusetts court […]

Jim Rudolph, Managing Partner of the law firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP, which has offices in Boston and Marblehead, was recently appointed by Governor Charles Baker to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) Advisory Board. MCAD is the state’s chief civil rights agency charged with the authority to investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and resolve cases of […]

Rudolph Friedmann partner Jonathon Friedmann recently represented a developer and his wife in a five-day jury trial in Barnstable Superior Court. The complex litigation involved nine counts against the firm’s clients, including fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unfair and deceptive practices, civil conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and Chapter 93A violations, which would have […]

Lawyers are governed by ethical rules and standards which are set forth in the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct (“Rules”), as well as in substantive and procedural law. One of the Rules prohibits a lawyer from revealing “confidential information” relating to the representation of a client.

Rudolph Friedmann is pleased to announce that Adam Shafran has been named partner. Adam is an experienced employment attorney who has counseled and litigated all aspects of the employment relationship. He has recovered millions of dollars in unpaid wages for his clients and has represented employees in unpaid wage claims arising from minimum wage violations, […]

Rudolph Friedmann is pleased to announce George Georgountzos joined the firm as an associate. George spent more than a dozen years as a sole practitioner focusing on civil litigation and residential conveyancing. A resident of Stoneham, George is active in local affairs and served on the Stoneham Finance & Advisory Board from 2010 to 2014, serving […]

On November 10, 2016, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Leila Kern awarded $4 million to Rudolph Friedmann clients’ Sameer Sabir and his wife Nadda Siddiqui for the wrongful death of their infant daughter Remah Sabir. The civil case was filed against Remah’s Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy, who was initially indicted for murder, after the criminal […]

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction on a nationwide basis enjoining the Department of Labor’s final rule updating and modernizing the overtime regulations (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule would have gone into effect on December 1, 2016. The Order was issued on November 22, 2016 in […]

An agency relationship arises when one person (a “principal”) indicates by written or spoken words or other conduct that another person (an “agent”) has authority to act on the principal’s behalf and the agent consents so to act. Apparent authority is the power held by an agent or other actor to commit a principal to […]

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