Vice President with PartyLite to actively contact PartyLite's Consultants with the goal of persuading them to join Park Lane. 22 . Because there is substantial evidence in the record that would support a finding that MacMillan "solicited” PartyLite Consultants to terminate their relationship with PartyLite and go to work for ParkLane, it is unnecessary to address whether the "otherwise attempt to persuade” language in the non-solicitation provision is ambiguous for purposes of ruling on the motions for summary judgment. Nonetheless, the Court notes that terms "solicit” and "persuade” are likely to have similar meanings under Massachusetts law. See William Gallagher Associates Ins. Brokers, Inc. v. Everts, II, 13 Mass. L. Rep. 716, 2001 WL 1334763, at *8 (Mass.Super.Ct. Sept. 6, 2001) (<HOLDING>) (citing Black's Law Dictionary 1248 (5th ed.
recognizing that the burden of persuasion for a showing of prejudice was on the defendant holding that the natural meaning of the phrase serving a term of imprisonment denotes no more or less than that definable period of time during which a prisoner must be confined in order to complete or satisfy the prison term or sentence which has been ordered recognizing that the term solicit denotes more than simple contact it consists of an attempt to obtain something by persuasion or to ask for the purpose of receiving holding that something more than a mere error of law is required to constitute misconduct holding something more than denial of receipt is required