OCM Partner Sean Carnathan Named to 2020 Best Lawyers in America® List

The firm is pleased to announce Sean Carnathan has been included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Sean has been recognized each year since 2016 in the Litigation – Trusts and Estates practice area. Best Lawyers is the only purely peer review guide to the legal profession and has become universally […]

OCM Partner David Mack Quoted in Lawyers Weekly

OCM partner David Mack appeared on the cover of the July 8, 2019 edition of Lawyers Weekly concerning the 1st Circuit’s decision in AcBel Polytech, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int’l, Inc.  The case involved a claim against a manufacturer who sold an allegedly defective product to the plaintiff.  The defendant successfully argued at trial that […]

OCM Partner David Mack Quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

OCM partner David Mack was quoted by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in an article about People’s United Bank v. B&B Fire Protection, Inc., a recent Massachusetts Appeals Court decision that involved a company’s failure to affirmatively repudiate a loan guaranty arranged by its majority shareholder for the benefit of his other business interests. The issue arose […]

OCM Partner David Mack Quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

OCM partner David Mack is quoted by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in an article about the recent decision by the Massachusetts Superior Court in America’s Test Kitchen Inc. v. Kimball, et al. The case involved a special motion to dismiss under Massachusetts’ anti-SLAPP statute. For more information about the decision, read OCM partner Sean Carnathan’s article […]

Second Circuit Approves Attorney Advertising

Second Circuit Approves Attorney Advertising By Sean T. Carnathan Litigation News Associate Editor May 17, 2010 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently approved attorney advertising [PDF] that includes depictions of the lawyers as having super powers. The challenged advertisements included ones referring to the lawyers of the firm as “heavy hitters,” […]

Jail Time for Spoliation?

    Jail Time for Spoliation? By Sean T. Carnathan, Litigation News Associate Editor November 29, 2010 Serious spoliation can carry serious consequences, including the possibility of jail time for the culpable party. In a recent order, Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, provided an exhaustive […]