Adams v. Hyannis Harborview, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the Massachusetts securities laws “are substantially similar to the federal securities laws and therefore decisions construing the federal statutory language are applicable to the state statute as well”
• if the speaker broaches a particular subject, then the speaker has a duty to disclose relevant material information required to make statement not misleading
• Massachusetts securities laws “are substantially similar to the Federal securities laws and therefore decisions construing the Federal statutory language are applicable to the state statute as well”
• bank director acted within the scope of employment when he sold unregistered securities to plaintiff because his job duties included bringing in business to the bank
• bank director acted within the scope of employment when he sold unregistered securities to plaintiff because the bank director’s job duties included bringing in business to the bank
• nondisclosure alone does not give rise to a claim for negligent misrepresentation, but party that discloses partial information that is misleading has a duty to reveal material facts to avoid deceiving other party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).