Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Feifei Ning)

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• noting that the court was “unaware of any basis for concluding that the statutory form differs significantly from the common law doctrine”
• same analysis under G.L.c. 223A, §5, as under common law doctrine of forum non conveniens
• punitive damages are not available under Massachusetts law in “ordinary tort and contract actions”
• “The possibility that the plaintiffs’ action, timely commenced in Massachusetts, may be barred in New York is a circumstance that should not be ignored when a dismissal on grounds of relative convenience is contemplated”

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