University of Miami. Photo: Raychel Lean/ALMHow to Frustrate a Federal Judge in the Southern District of Florida
“If I had to rank motions I dislike the most, Rule 12, that motion to strike has got to be up there,” Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II began to explain to a packed room of attorneys at the Miami Law Class Action & Complex Litigation Forum.
February 03, 2025 at 04:10 PM
4 minute read
During the Miami Law Class Action & Complex Litigation Forum at the University of Miami on Friday, U.S. District Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga, Judge Roy K. Altman and Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II, shared their priorities and practice tips for litigating in the Southern District of Florida, but most importantly, what attorneys should avoid.
A lot of times, at the beginning of the cases, the defense side will file a motion to strike the class allegations after the complaint has been filed. The judges were unanimous: defendants, don’t file it.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
2,000 Docket Entries: Complex South Florida Dispute Sets Precedent
Tributes Pour in for Pioneering Miami Judge, UM Adviser
Attorney Emerges as Possible Owner of Historic Miami Courthouse Amid Delays of New Building
A Judge Ordered Squabbling Lawyers to Have Lunch: Here's What Happened
Trending Stories
- 1Decision of the Day: Judge Sanctions Attorney for 'Frivolously' Claiming All Nine Personal Injury Categories in Motor Vehicle Case
- 2Second Judge Blocks Trump Federal Funding Freeze
- 3Crypto Hacker’s $65 Million Scam Ends in Indictment
- 4Trump's Inspectors General Purge Could Make Policy Changes Easier, Observers Say
- 5Supporting Our Supreme Court Justices in the Guardianship Part
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
