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David G. Thomas

David advises on individual and corporate disputes during the entire dispute-resolution life cycle, including through strategic negotiation, mediation, other forms of alternative dispute resolution, and adjudication through trial when needed or required. David has experience with many subject matters, including unfair or deceptive business practices disputes in individual and putative class action settings, including under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A—the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act. Boston magazine selected David as a “Top Lawyer—Class Action” in 2022 and 2023. Also, David works with clients on avoiding disputes proactively by identifying and ameliorating existing or potential dispute risks in business policies and practices.

In Rauhaus Freedenfeld & Associates v. Carrollton West Pet Hospital, a Massachusetts court awarded unpaid architectural fees for breach of contract while rejecting a Chapter 93A claim, reinforcing that even a material breach does not automatically constitute unfair or deceptive conduct. 

Continue Reading Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms Contract Damages, Rejects Chapter 93A Claim in Architect Fee Dispute

In Arana v. Molta, the plaintiff brought an action under Chapter 93A, Section 9, seeking to recover for personal injuries she sustained after falling through the pool deck of a vacation rental property in Dennis, Massachusetts.

Continue Reading Massachusetts Court Addresses Limits of Chapter 93A Claims in Vacation Rental Injury Case

Massachusetts court holds that willful nonpayment of invoices does not, without extortionate conduct or other aggravating circumstances, convert a contract dispute into a Chapter 93A claim.
Continue Reading Massachusetts Court Rejects Chapter 93A Claim Based on Alleged Willful Nonpayment

A Massachusetts district court dismissed a Chapter 93A claim over alleged unauthorized energy enrollments, finding conclusory allegations failed Rule 8 and 9(b).

Continue Reading Massachusetts Court Rejects Chapter 93A Claim Challenging Alleged Unauthorized Utility and Renewable Energy Enrollment