In-House Counsel:
Taking the Risk Out of 93A

Claims under Chapter 93A are typically the most potent legal claims faced by businesses in Massachusetts. This presentation will cover the drafting of contract clauses, including, choice of law, class actions, disclaimers of warranties, limitations on consequential damages, limitations on punitive damages, dispute resolution, statutes of limitation, and more, so as to limit corporate risk from claims under Chapter 93A, and related statutes like New Hampshire Chapter 358-A, and Connecticut CUTPA. 

The presenter, Michael Gilleran, is the author of The Law of Chapter 93A, published by the largest legal publisher, Thomson Reuters. He also produces the annual updates for this book. The Law of Chapter 93A is frequently cited and followed by Massachusetts courts, including the Supreme Judicial Court and the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. This will be one of a series of presentations Attorney Gilleran will give on 93A with more to follow on such topics as strategies in 93A litigation, the most important cases guiding current 93A decisions, and application of 93A to non-competes and non-disclosure agreements.

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Michael Gilleran, a recognized business and intellectual property litigator at Burns & Levinson LLP in Boston. His practice focuses on financial disputes such as contracts, business transactions and banking; unfair competition disputes, including antitrust and false advertising; and international disputes, including U.S. clients against foreign parties subject to foreign law, use by foreign parties of foreign litigation to interdict U.S. actions and use of anti-suit injunctions to bar parallel actions.

Michael has more than 30 years of experience representing trade secret owners, global brand owners, patent holders, banks and lenders, mutual fund companies, hedge funds, investment advisors, law firms, and local and international businesses. In the past few years, two of Michael’s cases, Klairmont v. Gainsboro Restaurant, a leading 93A decision, and Swarovski Aktiengesellschaft, et al. v. Building #19, Inc., a leading trademark decision, were cited on a list of the 100 Most Important Decisions by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Michael has also been recognized as a SuperLawyer and has received the highest rankings given by Martindale-Hubbell.