Robert J. Kaler

1983, Massachusetts
1981, District of Columbia
2010, New York
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth and D.C. Circuits
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Supreme Court
2010, New York
1981, District of Columbia
1983, Massachusetts

of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the Massachusetts, New York, D.C., American, and International Bar Associations.

Mr. Kaler is a member of the Massachusetts, New York, and District of Columbia bars, and has appeared in litigation proceedings throughout the United States and abroad. He has extensive trial experience, and has argued appeals before the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits, as well as in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the New York State Appellate Division. He is also a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar. Published decisions involving his cases include: In Re Boston Scientific Securities Litigation, 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 10642, (D. Mass. 2011) affirmed, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14326 (1st Cir. 2012); Drummond, et al. v. Tobin, et al., 28 Mass. L. Rep. 77, 2010 Mass. Super. 345 (2010); RP Machine Enterprises, Inc. v. UPS Capital Business Credit, 2007 U.S. Dist. 63823 (D. Mass. 2007); Nisselson v. Lernout, et al., 469 F.3d 143 (1st Cir. 2006), cert. den. 550 U.S. 918 (2007); Robinson Laboratories, et al. v. Herley Industries, 86 Fed. Appx. 459 (2d Cir. 2004); In re Lernout & Hauspie Securities Litigation, 236 F. Supp.2d 161 (D. Mass. 2003); Mistry Prabhudas Manji Engineering Put. Ltd. v. Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, 213 F. Supp. 2d 20 (D. Mass. 2002); Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute v. Saks Fifth Avenue, 284 F. 3d 302(1st Cir. 2002); Newport Electronics, Inc. v. Newport Corporation, 157 F. Supp. 2d 202 (D. Conn. 2001); Ceska Sporitelna, v. Unisys Corporation, 1996 U.S. Dist. Lexis 15435 (D. Pa. 1996); The PH Group Ltd. v. Cognetics, et al., 985 F.2d 649 (1st Cir. 1992); Tamerlane v. Warwick Insurance Co., 412 Mass. 486, 590 N.E.2d 191 (1992); Edison Bros. Stores, Inc. v. National Development Group, Inc., 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22487 (D. Mass. 1992),Volt Systems Development Corp. v. Raytheon Company, 547 N.Y.S. 2d 280 (1989) and Camel Hair & Cashmere Manufacturers Institute v. Associated Dry Goods Corp., et al., 799 F.2d 6 (1st Cir. 1986).

In addition to numerous seminar and conference papers, Mr. Kaler is the author of the "United States" chapter of the reference text Attacking Foreign Assets (Lloyds of London Press, Ltd. 1992); the law review article "The Sham Exception to the Noerr-Pennington Antitrust Immunity," 12 Toledo L. Rev. 63 (1980), cited by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Borough of Lansdale v. Philadelphia Electric Company, 517 F. Supp. 218, 220 (E.D. PA. 1981) and at 95 Yale L.J. 832, 856, n.46 (1986); 36 Stan. L. Rev. 1243, 1272, n. 50 (1984); and 69 Cornell L. Rev. 1305, 1322, n. 95; the treatise "Advertising With Trade Marks in the United States," published in Trademarks: Legal and Business Aspects (1994); and the "Trial of Construction Claims" chapter of the reference text Construction Law Handbook, 2d Edition (2009).

Memberships & Affiliations

American Bar Association

Massachusetts Bar Association

Boston Bar Association

District of Columbia Bar

New York Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

International Bar Association

Distinctions

Ranked in Chambers USA - Leaders in their Field - Litigation:General Commercial, 2010-2012

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2012

Named in Boston's Best Lawyers, 2008-2012

Top Ten Lawyers of 2003 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Massachusetts Super Lawyers Listing: 2012

Martindale Rating: AV

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Publications

01/01/11, New Court Ruling Affecting Shareholder Derivative Actions Against Delaware Corporations
Robert J. Kaler

2009, The Trial of Construction Claims" chapter of the Construction Law Handbook
Robert J. Kaler
Wolters Kluwer 2nd Edition

1994, Comparative Advertising With Trademarks in the United States, Trademarks: Legal and Business Aspects
Robert J. Kaler
Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers

1992, United States Chapter, Attacking Foreign Assets
Robert J. Kaler
Lloyds of London Press, Ltd.

1980, The Sham Exception to the Noerr-Pennington Antitrust Immunity
Robert J. Kaler
12 Toledo L. Rev. 63