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Recent Cases
Mr. Rossi litigates cases and counsels
clients in all aspects of employment law, business litigation and tort law. He has tried
handicap discrimination cases to a jury in Massachusetts under the state
anti-discrimination law. He practices in the areas of unlawful discrimination,
non-competition and trade secrets matters, wrongful termination, defamation in
the workplace, severance agreements, tort law and corporate and commercial litigation. He
has achieved superior results including:
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Negotiating a resolution on behalf of a
sales associate who was alleged by his previous employer to be barred from his
new employment by a non-competition agreement. The previous employer was
seeking a restraining order barring the sales associate's continued employment
with his new employer. The lawsuit brought by the previous employer also
sought money damages and an extension of the time during which the
non-competition period would run. The resolution resulted in the sales
associate being able to keep his employment with his new employer, a
significant reduction in the original non-competition period and the payment
of no money damages.
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Negotiating a severance agreement for a
marketing executive who was notified of the company's intention to transfer
her to an inferior management position within the company, albeit with no
reduction in pay or benefits, shortly after she returned from Family Medical
Leave. The severance agreement involved the negotiation of significant terms
regarding the the payment of salary and employment benefits into the future as
well as the employer's agreement to provide a suitable employment reference
the content of which was drafted by the client.
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Negotiating a settlement for an outside
sales representative who was the victim of wrongful interference with her
advantageous business relationship. The Defendant was the purchasing
supervisor of a major customer of the sales representative. The settlement was
obtained while suit was pending in the Superior Court. The amount of the
settlement payment was equal to approximately one year of her earnings as an
outside sales representative.
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Negotiating a six figure settlement for
an elementary school teacher who was the victim of a physical assault and
unlawful retaliation by her principal. The settlement of this case also
involved negotiation of significant terms regarding the teacher's future
employment including the timing and basis of future evaluations and
observations by her principal.
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Obtaining a dismissal of a 14 count sexual
harassment complaint brought against a teacher. The dismissal of all counts
was obtained following written findings against the teacher by the assigned
investigator and resulting action having been taken by the teacher's
principal. In addition to dismissal, all evidence regarding the complaint,
findings and principal's action were removed from the teacher's personnel
record.
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Obtaining a six figure recovery for a
national sales representative employed by an international software company.
This settlement arose out of the employer's refusal to pay commissions and
other benefits due under a pretext of wrongdoing and breach of fiduciary duty
by the sales representative.
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Negotiating a six figure settlement
agreement on behalf of a CFO and operations manager. This agreement arose out of
the company's demotion and subsequent discharge of the CFO allegedly due to
handicap and sexual preference discrimination.
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Obtaining a recovery, including legal
fees, for a contract consultant who rendered software manual
writing services to a software company after the company refused to pay
according to the contract terms. This recovery was obtained by agreement
approximately three quarters of the way through trial in the Superior Court.
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Obtaining a recovery in an estoppel
claim for a former employee of a company which, after one week, terminated the
employment relationship with knowledge that the employee had relocated from
out of state in reliance upon the employer's offer of employment. The employer
agreed to this settlement on the eve of trial.
- Negotiating an exit strategy with a
school district on behalf of a teacher without professional status. This
strategy included compensation and benefits through the end of her academic
year and terms to facilitate her ability to obtain new employment in her field
and continue her career goals.
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