Legal Opinion
Softkey, Inc. v. Useful Software, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 16, 2001No. 98-P-738PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The parties’ arbitration agreement included a provision for attorneys’ fees. See G. L. c. 251, § 10; Baxter Health Care Corp. v. Harvard Apparatus, Inc., 35 Mass. App. Ct. 204, 208 (1993) (award of attorney’s fees precluded in arbitration proceedings unless provided in arbitration agreement). In their cross appeals, they challenge the arbitrator’s method of calculating the attorney’s fees and the modifications imposed by two Superior Court judges. (There is no challenge to the damage award.)
The underlying contract was a “Software License and Marketing Agreement” (agreement) between the…
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