Co-Founder and Partner Leave Boston Boutique Over Rejected Merger Bid

Co-founder Lee C. Bromberg and partner Erik P. Belt resigned from IP boutique Bromberg & Sunstein on Monday after clashing with the rest of the partnership over whether to accept a merger overture from a larger firm. Bromberg and Belt favored the merger, while the remaining 16 partners voted against it, said Bruce D. Sunstein, who co-founded the firm in 1979. In their resignation letter, Bromberg and Belt wrote that larger firms are better able to handle complex intellectual property matters.