Bob Van Voris

July 06, 2001 | Law.com

John D. Mallah -- who has filed more ADA access suits than any lawyer in Florida -- is one of many lawyers who have made millions from suing small businesses under the act. These lawyers have turned Florida, California and Hawaii into ADA battlegrounds, and the situation has contributed to a backlash against methods that critics call legal extortion. But Mallah says businesses must be "forced" to become accessible.

By Bob Van Voris

8 minute read

March 08, 2002 | Law.com

Now that the U.S. Department of Justice has issued final rules for compensating the families of Sept. 11 victims, the time for litigating is here. Lawyers predict that most families will choose the federal compensation program, but some will take their chances in court on recoveries that may be difficult to collect. And others, unhappy with either option, may go to court to try to get the whole system scrapped.

By Bob Van Voris

6 minute read

October 15, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The western New York man who claims a 2003 contract with Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg entitles him to 84 percent of the company asked a federal judge to send the case back to state court. A lawyer for Paul Ceglia argued Wednesday that the suit against Facebook and Zuckerberg, 26, the company's chairman and chief executive officer, should be returned to the court in Belmont, N.

By Bob van Voris

5 minute read

July 23, 2012 | Daily Report Online

New York judges are getting tougher as a continuing federal crackdown seeks higher targets

By David Glovin and Bob Van Voris

8 minute read

February 08, 2002 | Law.com

According to The National Law Journal/DecisionQuest Annual Juror Outlook Survey, HMOs have a lot to worry about. In fact, only asbestos manufacturers face a tougher crowd, as more people said they were likely to side with the plaintiff against a hospital or HMO than even a tobacco or drug company. Perhaps most telling is that many believe that HMOs and the managed care industry have caused a decline in medical care in the United States.

By Bob Van Voris

6 minute read

January 06, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Securities-fraud class action lawsuits fell 24 percent in 2009 as litigation related to the credit crunch, and especially subprime-mortgage losses, began to dry up, according to a study. "That pig has moved through the python," Stanford Law School Professor Joseph Grundfest said of the financial traumas that helped trigger the recession.

By Bob Van Voris and Jamie McGee

4 minute read

February 25, 2002 | Law.com

Last December, attorney Kamran Ghalchi sent more than 3,000 California businesses legal notices claiming they were in violation of Proposition 65, a one-of-a-kind state law requiring warnings on products that contain potentially dangerous chemicals. Defense lawyers and California Attorney General Bill Lockyer are concerned that the notices may be more about lining lawyers' pockets than improving the environment.

By Bob Van Voris

8 minute read

January 04, 2002 | Law.com

The regulations covering the compensation of those who lost family members in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are getting a thumbs-down review from many lawyers and victims' families. The families of the approximately 400 New York rescue workers who lost their lives feel they are at a particular disadvantage. As it's currently set up, the program will likely leave those families with no federal money at all.

By Bob Van Voris

7 minute read

November 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Patricia Hurtado, Bob Van Voris and Linda Sandler

10 minute read

May 04, 2001 | Law.com

A year and a half after Ron Motley forecasted bringing the lead paint industry to its knees in three years, only one state and a few cities have joined his litigation crusade. And the industry continues to boast an undefeated record in more than a decade of court fights, avoiding the kind of broad-based courtroom war that Motley and his firm waged to force a multibillion-dollar settlement on Big Tobacco.

By Bob Van Voris

8 minute read