641 F. Supp. 2d 65 - Adelson v. Hananel’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In the discussions regarding Hananel’s employment, it is undisputed that Adelson and Hananel agreed he would have a salary of $100,000 a year. They also agreed that Hananel would somehow receive 12% of the investments with which he was involved while at IPI.... Adelson and Hananel have different memories of the details of the twelve percent. Adelson testified that they agreed that Hananel would receive 12% of the net profits only of high tech investments in Israel that Hananel found, recommended, and supervised ánd which came to fruition while he was employed by IPI, but only so long as he remained employed there. Hananel testified that they agreed that he would receive “options” of up to 12 percent on any investment he or the Israeli office “initiated” outside the United States without any other geographic or time limitations so long as Hananel put up the proportionate costs of the investment at any point.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Adelson v. Hananel

2. “In this case, however, there is no reason to believe that Raviv was not available to testify if called by the Defendant. Defendant made no effort to call him to testify or to depose him. In this case, where Raviv’s testimony would likely cut both ways, the Court is unwilling to allow Defendant the dual benefit of avoiding Raviv’s potentially damaging testimony by purposely failing to call him, while simultaneously giving him the benefit of a negative inference for Plaintiffs failure to call him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Adelson v. Hananel

3. “[R]egardless of the contract’s core terms, the parties’ actual course of dealing connects the contract to Massachusetts: Hananel was in regular contact with Interface employees in Massachusetts, the money that funded Hananel’s work came through Massachusetts, and Hananel’s budgets were routinely faxed to the office in Massachusetts.... This is enough to satisfy the relatedness prong.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Adelson v. Hananel