Adolfo Pesquera

July 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court declared the state's Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act unconstitutional. In a 5-2 split, the justices said the 2005 law intended to address claims by victims of asbestos diseases bars them from any hope of justice.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

March 12, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court reject the Senate redistricting maps as unconstitutional, forcing an extraordinary reapportionment session. The Legislature must come up with a revised plan in time for the Supreme Court to meet an April 16 deadline on a final plan that is to be submitted to the U.S. Attorney General.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

January 20, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Scott Lewis, a Palm Beach landscaper who tangled for years in a David-and-Goliath match with attorneys at the law firm Boies Schiller & Flexner, has notched another win in a 17-year-old lawn care business dispute.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

November 22, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A Palm Beach County Bar Association judicial assessment found Circuit Judges Joseph Marx and Glenn Kelley to be among the most highly regarded by attorneys appearing in their courts.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

September 13, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A negligence lawsuit against Rolls-Royce following the engine failure of a helicopter that caused it to plunge 60 feet, killing its owner and seriously injuring several passengers, was settled for $12 million.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

May 23, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two feeder fund leaders with six counts of securities violations for their roles in Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

April 03, 2013 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would remove rulemaking authority on death penalty appeals from the Supreme Court, despite pleas to wait on the results of a special judiciary committee.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

May 10, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Duane Morris' Miami and Atlanta offices helped a judge determine that a Hialeah property where the previous leaseholder, British Petroleum, was the tenant could have been rented without a certificate of environmental remediation.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

June 09, 2010 | Daily Business Review

An association representing 75 percent of Burger King franchise owners survived a dismissal motion in its lawsuit against the Coral Gables-based fast-food chain.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

March 28, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Howard Talenfeld, Stacie Schmerling and Joel Fass got Broward County's ChildNet to pay up to its maximum policy limit of $2 million and the Florida Department of Children and Family Services to pay up to its statutory cap of $200,000 in a case involving the suspected abuse of two kindergarten-age sisters.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read