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Attorney Belfort Presents at Two MCLE Employment Law Seminars

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On February 11, 2016, Bennett & Belfort P.C. partner David E. Belfort again chaired and presented at a seminar entitled “Proving & Valuing Damages in Employment Cases” at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s (MCLE) Boston conference center. Joining Attorney Belfort on the panel were his respected colleagues Attorneys Robert S. Mantell, Esq. of Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, Mary E. O’Neal, Esq. of Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP and Honorable Kenneth W. Salinger of the Superior Court, Business Litigation Session.  Mr. Belfort moderated the panel and presented on how to effectively introduce damages evidence in a failure to pay wages case, proving emotional distress damages in discrimination cases and the efficacy of spousal testimony in proving emotional injury.

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On February 25, 2016 Mr. Belfort served as an invited panelist for an MCLE seminar entitled “Top 25 Critical Cases Every Employment Litigator & Counselor Must Know.”  Mr. Belfort’s colleague Nina J. Kimball, Esquire of Kimball Brousseau LLP chaired the seminar and Jaclyn L. Kugell, Esquire of Morgan, Brown & Joy served as a fellow panelist.

The panelists reviewed 25 key cases in Massachusetts employment law and highlighted issues central to effective employment litigation in the Commonwealth, including a detailed discussion of foundational and developing case law in the field.  Attorney Belfort was charged with discussing cases relating to discrimination damages, associational discrimination and wage and hour disputes in addition the fiduciary duty issues and developments in the rights of shareholder – employees in closely held corporations.  There was a rigorous discussion as to a number of other relevant topics, including: proving liability in discrimination cases; retaliation and whistleblower protections; the continuing violation doctrine and Cat’s Paw Theory; and disability and reasonable accommodation law.

Here is a list, by general topic, of the top 25 (really 27) Massachusetts cases that were discussed at the Seminar:

Basic Protected-Class Discrimination Law

1.         Lipchitz v. Raytheon Co., 434 Mass. 493 (2001)

2.         College-Town Div. of Interco v. MCAD, 400 Mass. 156 (1987)

3.         Thomas O’Connor Constructors, Inc. v. MCAD, 72 Mass. App. Ct. 549 (2008)

4.         Mole v. Univ. of Massachusetts, 442 Mass. 582 (2004)

5.         Psy-Ed Corp. v. Klein, 459 Mass. 697 (2011)

6.         GTE Products Corp. v. Stewart, 421 Mass. 22 (1995)

7.         Sarni Original Dry Cleaners, Inc. v. Cooke, 388 Mass. 611 (1983)

8.         Haddad v. Wal-Mart, 455 Mass. 91 (2009)

9.         Stonehill Coll. v. MCAD, 441 Mass. 549 (2004)

10.        Massachusetts Elec. Co. v. MCAD, 375 Mass. 160 (1978)

11.        Flagg v. AliMed, Inc., 466 Mass. 23 (2013)

 

Disability Accommodation, Interactive Dialogue, and Leaves of Absence

12.        Russell v. Cooley Dickinson Hosp., Inc., 437 Mass. 443

(2002)

 

Harassment

[2.]          College-Town Div. of Interco v. MCAD, 400 Mass. 156 (1987)

13.        Muzzy v. Cahillane Motors, Inc., 434 Mass. 409 (2001)

14.        Cuddyer v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., 434 Mass. 521 (2001)

 

Defenses

15.           Dziamba v. Warner & Stackpole LLP, 56 Mass.App.Ct. 397 (2002)

16.           Warfield v. Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr, 454 Mass. 390 (2009)

17.           City of Boston v. MCAD, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 234 (1995)

 

Wage & Hour Law

18.        Okerman v. VA Software, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 771 (2007)

19.        Boston Police Patrolmen’s Ass’n, Inc. v. City of Boston, 435

Mass. 718 (2002)

20.        Camara v. Attorney General, 458 Mass. 756 (2011)

21.        Smith v. Winter Place LLP, 447 Mass. 363 (2006)

22.        Crocker v. Townsend Oil Co., 464 Mass. 1 (2012)

23.        Lipsitt v. Plaud, 466 Mass. 240 (2013)

 

Common Law Claims

24.        Awuah v. Coverall, 460 Mass. 484 (2011)

25.        Hobson v. McLean Hosp. Corp., 402 Mass. 413 (1988)

26.        Fortune v. National Cash Register Co., 373 Mass. 96 (1977)

27.        Selmark Assoc. v. Ehrlich, 467 Mass. 525 (2014)