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Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Win Against Starbucks
(January 9, 2012, Manchester, NH) - Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA shareholders Christopher Cole and John-Mark Turner successfully defended Black Bear Micro-Roastery, a family-owned, New Hampshire coffee purveyor, in a 14-year long, David and Goliath-like trademark dispute against Starbucks Corp. On December 23, 2011, a federal district court in New York confirmed that Black Bear’s use of the term “Charbucks Blend” did not infringe upon, or dilute the value of Starbucks’ trademark and service mark.... Read More
Sheehan Phinney Represents NetProspex In Venture Financing
(December 23, 2010, Boston, MA) - Sheehan Phinney lawyers recently represented NetProspex Inc. (www.netprospex.com), a Waltham MA based company, in its securing of $5.5 million in venture financing. This was NetProspex’s second round of financing, bringing their total investment to $7.5 million to date. The lead investor in the financing was Edison Ventures; existing investors also participated.... Read More
Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Win Significant Jury Trial And G.L. c. 93A Award In Registered Representative/Insurance Broker Fraud Case
(November 2, 2010, Boston, MA) - Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA attorneys Charles M. Waters and Michael J. Lambert successfully won a $1.53 million jury trial in the Business Litigation Session (Hinkle, J.) of the Superior Court in Boston, Massachusetts, including an award for punitive damages, attorneys fees and costs pursuant to G.L. c. 93A, for the widow of a MA man, Samuel Pietropaolo, in a registered representative/insurance broker fraud case. This case exposed the rampant negligence, fraud and cover-up in the financial services and life insurance industry.... Read More
Sheehan Phinney Represents Swenson Granite in Merger Agreement
(October 18, 2010, Manchester, NH) - Swenson Granite Company LLC announced that it has entered into a merger agreement with Rock of Ages Corporation. Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA attorneys represented Swenson Granite Company.... Read More
Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Win $350,000 Settlement for a Land Developer in Civil Rights Case
(June 4, 2010, Boston, MA) – Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA attorneys Charles M. Waters and Michael J. Lambert successfully won a settlement of $350,000 for a Randolph, MA woman, Barbara Mersal, in a civil rights violation action against Richard Goodhue, a Town of Randolph elected official. This case exposed the insidious nature of bullying in the context of municipal government. The lawsuit led to the removal of the official from his position.... Read More
Attorney Pyle Represents RentGrow in Acquisition
(March 8, 2010, Boston, MA) - Alexander Pyle, a shareholder with the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA, recently represented RentGrow, Inc., a leading provider of online resident screening services for multifamily property management firms, in its acquisition by Yardi Systems, Inc.... Read More
Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Prevail in $1.5 Million Lawsuit
(February 1, 2010, Manchester, NH) – Attorneys Christopher Cole and Karyl Roberts Martin, with the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA, successfully defended the Mueller Group, LLC in a lawsuit brought by its former general counsel for $1.5 million dollars in additional severance benefits.... Read More
Attorney Charles Waters Receives Significant Court Decision
(January 22, 2010, Boston, MA) - Charles M. Waters, an attorney in the Boston office of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA, successfully represented family members in a guardianship case where the family objected to $550,000 in fees charged by a temporary guardian and his attorney.... Read More
Sheehan Phinney Attorneys Assist With Amoskeag Beverages Merger
(April 23, 2009, Manchester, NH) - Sheehan Phinney attorneys Alan L. Reische, Peter T. Beach, Matthew J. Lapointe and Jessica A. Lamb assisted Amoskeag Beverages, Inc in the recent joint venture with Capitol Distributors, Inc, merging two of the largest distributors of beer and soft drinks in New Hampshire. The new company, Amoskeag Beverages LLC operates the distributorships from the Capitol Distributors warehouses on Hall Road in Bow, NH. Amoskeag Beverages and HOBO NH LLC, an affiliate of one of the largest national beverage distributors, are overseeing the joint venture as co-managers.... Read More
Sheehan Phinney Attorney Prevails for Ambient Pressure Diving in Internationally Watched Products Liability Lawsuit
(November 20, 2008. Concord, NH.) - In a closely watched test case with international implications that was discussed on Internet forums around the world, Ambient Pressure Diving, Ltd., the English manufacturer of sophisticated scuba diving equipment known as the Inspiration rebreather, was found not responsible for the death of Robert Barrett - a diver who died while using the equipment in Pennsylvania in August 2002. After a nearly four-year legal battle and a two-week trial, a federal court jury of four men and four women in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire deliberated for just over an hour before returning a unanimous verdict that Ambient’s Inspiration rebreather did not have a design defect and was not unreasonably dangerous for its intended use.... Read More