Michael was born and raised in South Florida. He went to undergrad at Florida Atlantic University and earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the crypto litigation reporter for Law.com, as well as an editor for ALM Global. You can email him at [email protected].
July 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Florida Supreme Court 'Unilaterally' Amends Appellate Procedure, Litigation Costs to Rise"There will be more litigation over expert qualifications and more time and money spent on that litigation, rather than advancing the real question, which is whether there was a medical malpractice injury," said JoNel Newman, a healthcare law and civil procedure expert at the University of Miami School of Law.
By Michael A. Mora
3 minute read
July 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Kozyak Leads Shareholder Class Action in Miami Against U.S. Century Bank Directors"What we see lately is more of an effort to buy those local businesses by out-of-state people, who are actually moving here or temporarily moving here, for ulterior motives, with no intentions of growing roots here," said Jorge Piedra, a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton.
By Michael A. Mora
4 minute read
July 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review
'Drowning Under the Pressure'? Did Mental Illness Lead to Lawyer's Murder Charge?"It's incredibly disturbing to see an attorney involved in these types of issues," said Michelle R. Suskauer, a partner at Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein. "But mental health hits everyone, whether you're an attorney or a doctor. It's blind to professions."
By Michael A. Mora
4 minute read
July 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Suspended South Florida Lawyer Faces First-Degree Murder Charge"Typically, lawyers don't assume they're going to be killed," said Randolph Braccialarghe, a professor at Nova Southeastern University Law Center.
By Michael A. Mora
3 minute read
June 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Change to Florida Insurance Law Shortened the Window for Insurance Claim"Silence, in the face of a clear statute that cuts the other way, will not do," Florida Supreme Court Justice John Couriel ruled.
By Michael A. Mora
4 minute read
June 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Miami Beach Approves Saul Ewing's $1.3M Settlement for Orthodox Jewish Congregation"Only so long as we have an independent judiciary to hold the government accountable does the First Amendment exist in practice," said Franklin Zemel, a partner at Saul Ewing.
By Michael A. Mora
4 minute read
June 28, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Judge Disqualifies Lawyer and Jones Walker Firm From Federal CaseIn disqualifying the attorney and his law firm, the federal judge in a 31-page ruling made "one final but important point" on "joint defense agreements in multi-defendant criminal cases."
By Michael A. Mora
4 minute read
June 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Black Woman Wanted: Ben Crump, Others Seek Change on Federal Bench"I hope what people gather from this press conference is a united community of attorneys and professionals from all walks of life and backgrounds who are coming together because they value diversity," said Dwayne Robinson, the chair of the Judicial Diversity Initiative.
By Michael A. Mora
4 minute read
June 23, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Pandemic Mask Mandate Moot, Federal Court Rules"Moreover, while we think a legal degree confers many advantages, we do not believe it equips us to accurately predict if or when another global respiratory pandemic will infect our shared world," the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
By Michael A. Mora
4 minute read
June 22, 2023 | Daily Business Review
3 of 10 Manufacturers Remain, But a Miami Partner Just Passed an MDL MilestoneLed by a Miami partner at Podhurst Orseck, in close to a decade the plaintiffs' attorneys have recovered over $1.55 billion.
By Michael A. Mora
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