The Bay State is also home to
several leading financial services companies, a strong tourism business and the Port of Boston, through which more than $ 7 billion in cargo passes annually.
«We believe that strong communities create strong businesses,» says Paul Desmarais, Jr., Chairman and co-CEO of Montreal - based Power Corporation of Canada, whose holdings include Great - West Life, Investors Group and
several other
leading Canadian
financial services companies.
In the consumer class action sector, Alberstone is currently
lead or co-
lead counsel in
several notable cases, including Payne v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., involving manipulation of the LIBOR U.S. Dollar rate, Bias et al. v. Wells Fargo &
Company, et al., concerning illegal mark - ups of default related fees, Ellis v. JP Morgan Chase, et al., Stitt v. Citibank, et al. and Vega v. Ocwen
Financial Corporation, et al., concerning unlawful charging of unnecessary default fees, Waldrup v. Countrywide
Financial Corporation, et al., concerning illegal charging for fraudulent appraisals, Weiner v. Ocwen
Financial Corporation, et al., involving illegal assessment of default - related
service fees that contained undisclosed mark - ups, and Ono v. Head Racquet Sports USA, concerning false advertising of Head tennis racquets.