Asbestos Database Copying Violated Law, Massachusetts Appeals Court Says

( April 7, 2025, 11:59 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Lawyers’ copying of database organizational structure used to organize and help defend multiple asbestos defendants at once goes beyond the type of transfer of client records required by state law, and the use of the material to compete against their former firm constitutes unfair conduct, a Massachusetts appeals court said April 4 in remanding for a calculation of damages....