Steve Plunkett

August 28, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Reading confidential information that an opposing lawyer emails by mistake is not grounds for automatic disqualification of the recipient from a case, the Florida Third District Court of Appeal in Miami ruled.

By Steve Plunkett

4 minute read

November 15, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Michael Olin won the case on summary judgment, then persuaded the judge to have the jury consider damages according to the value of the lost tapes to his clients, Julian Kreeger and Peter McGrath.

By Steve Plunkett

5 minute read

October 11, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A judicial defense group is airing a TV ad in Miami, West Palm Beach, Orlando and Tampa blasting "Tallahassee politicians" who want to appoint new Florida Supreme Court justices who will "bend the rules" for them.

By Steve Plunkett

4 minute read

September 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The Cuban American Bar Association says selling products featuring Che Guevara "is frankly inexcusable." The 2,000-plus lawyers group also chastised the EPA for using Guevara's picture in an in-house email marking Hispanic Heritage Month.

By Steve Plunkett

4 minute read

October 05, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Wal-Mart is accused of discriminatory pay and promotion practices for women in Wal-Mart stores in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina and in its Sam's Club subsidiary in those states plus Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

October 05, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Mark Zaid, a Washington attorney displaying part of his comic collection at the University of Miami School of Law, says it's natural for comics to feature attorneys because comics reflect pop culture and lawyers are a big part of that.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

October 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Porsche owners, rejoice because "there is no substitute." At least not for the hundreds of disgruntled owners who had to replace stolen "high-intensity discharge" headlights. Now a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge has granted class certification to their lawsuit.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read