Us Home Offices Use of Technology in Litigation Site Map Government regulatory schemes have become enormously complex. Fines and other sanctions are soaring. Federal and state enforcement agencies now resort to vaguely worded laws to prosecute crimes that did not previously exist. As a result, businesses and their employees are more vulnerable than ever to the scrutiny of law enforcement authorities. Even the threat of prosecution is a serious matter, because an unfounded allegation of wrongdoing can have a devastating impact on the reputation, good will and financial security of a company or an individual.
Clients often retain the firm when they first learn they are under investigation.
During that stage, the attorneys devote their efforts to monitoring the government's investigation as well as investigating and confronting the government's theories, all with a view to mustering every available defense to a prosecution. The firm's lawyers also vigorously defend their clients at trial and on appeal, priding themselves on the energy, creativity and commitment they bring to each case. Recently, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has initiated numerous investigations and prosecutions of individuals and corporations in the District of Massachusetts for violations of the Sherman Act involving price fixing, bid rigging and illegal boycotting. In the aftermath of the economic downturn of the early 1990s, these matters were a major priority of the U.S. Department of Justice, particularly in New England. Although the cases have since diminished in number, the criminal laws in this arena continue to pose risks for the unwary.