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December 12, 2001 | Law.com

Slipping Straight to the Jury

It's amazing how many Americans slip and fall on banana peels and other hazards on the floors of grocery stores. And lawsuits over the incidents abound. To the delight of the plaintiffs' bar, a unanimous Florida Supreme Court has dramatically shifted the burden of proof in such cases to the defendant. Now, if a customer takes a tumble, it's up to the store to prove that it exercised reasonable care to keep its floors clean.
13 minute read
January 24, 2005 | Law.com

Asset Detectives

Demand is intense for attorneys who know how to find and recover assets for aggrieved investors, either as court-appointed receivers, bankruptcy trustees or as lawyers representing individuals or classes in securities fraud lawsuits. Increasingly, investors who lose big money are focusing on deep-pocketed banks or professional services firms associated with the fraud. And in recent weeks, a new pot of money has emerged -- the personal wealth of corporate directors.
14 minute read
May 04, 2005 | Law.com

Florida Plaintiffs Eschew Federal Claims for State Courts

Though terminated employees often threaten to sue, the legal maneuvering in a particular Florida dispute is departing from tradition. Claiming that he was terrified by a closed-door meeting with a female HR manager, the man has threatened to file a claim of false imprisonment. Attorneys say the case illustrates two trends: increased filings of employment claims in state courts rather than federal court, and the growing popularity of common law claims.
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July 22, 1999 | Law.com

Marlins Sue After Insurer Balksat Paying Salary of Sidelined Star

For two years, the Florida Marlins have been committed to operating a major league team on a shoestring budget, squeezing as much as possible out of one of the lowest player payrolls in baseball. Last week, the team sued its insurance carrier, Lloyd's of London, over a disability policy the Marlins took out on former infielder Bobby Bonilla. Lloyd's claimed that the Marlins hadn't given the carrier proper notice of Bonilla's injury.
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August 31, 2004 | Law.com

Fla. Supremes to Hear Schiavo Right-to-Die Case

Forty-year-old Terri Schiavo lies in a Florida nursing home bed in a persistent vegetative state, unable to speak, walk, feed herself, focus her eyes or respond to her name for 14 years. Today, a reluctant Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments in her emotionally charged case, one that has touched off national debate about a patient's right to die and triggered a constitutional conflict between the branches of Florida government.
20 minute read
March 06, 2007 | Law.com

Will the Corporate Model Backfire on Greenberg?

With revenues up by more than 880 percent from 1996, it's understandable that Greenberg Traurig touts its business model of running like a closely held corporation. But in the wake of the firm paying millions in fines and settlements triggered by partners' imbroglios, many former Greenberg lawyers say the same qualities that yield great financial rewards -- an emphasis on profit, growth and a bureaucracy-free culture -- have allowed rogue lawyers and lobbyists like Jack Abramoff to join the firm and thrive.
33 minute read
September 24, 2004 | Law.com

Bullish on Settling

While resolving cases before legal expenses pile up isn't exactly a novel strategy, few companies in recent memory have pushed product liability settlements as aggressively and systematically as Toro. The $1.5 billion business uses a highly choreographed approach that includes nonthreatening paralegals, experienced settlement counsel and mediators familiar with Toro's preference for early case resolution. Thanks to the program, Toro says it will save $100 million in litigation costs by mid-2005.
13 minute read
May 24, 2001 | Law.com

Oh, Henry

From his new digs at Miami's Greenberg Traurig, Henry Latimer, chosen as one of South Florida's top attorneys, describes how he overcame adversity. Growing up fatherless on welfare. Scouring for work in the Jim Crow-era South. Going to law school while raising a family. Starting his own law firm when firms wouldn't hire him. "No one's ever had the ability to stop me from what I wanted to do," he says.
8 minute read
January 31, 2006 | The American Lawyer

Biggest Losers

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