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Loser Pays: Employment Contract Clauses to Better Defend Your Company

'Prevailing party' clauses may better allocate the financial risks of litigation, as well as potentially discourage employees and former employees from pursuing meritless litigation.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Orlando Hyatt House Hotel Construction Proceeds With $7 Million in Fresh Financing

The hotel, which will be a short drive from Universal Studios, is set to open by the end of the year.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge: Return Chinese Drywall Lawsuits to Original States

Nine years after a judge began supervising a multitude of federal lawsuits that claim homes were damaged by Chinese drywall, he says it's time to return thousands of remaining cases for trial in the courts where they were filed.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Plaintiffs Lawyers in FIU Bridge Collapse Race to Answer Urgent Questions

Law firms of various sizes and strategic approaches are deciding how much to collaborate as they investigate the March 15 collapse.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Watson Island Developer Wins Case Against Miami, Plans to Seek Damages

Next, the case is headed for another trial to determine damages the city owes the developer.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Appeals Court Upholds Sanctions Against Dallas Lawyer for Use of 'Push Poll' to Sway Jury Pool

A Texas Court of Appeals has affirmed $177,000 in sanctions against William Brewer III after a trial court ruled the prominent Dallas attorney engaged…
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Asbestos Filings Fell in 2017, Report Says

Asbestos filings fell in 2017, and it didn't matter whether they were brought over mesothelioma, lung cancer or other forms of cancer, according to consulting firm KCIC.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Blue Road Specializes in Renovating Art Deco Hotels in South Beach

As many South Florida developers focus on new construction and replace older structures with high-rises, others prefer to remake what's there. Blue…
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Blue Road's Niche: Reviving Historic Hotels, Apartments in South Beach

Blue Road has revived the historic elements of 12 South Beach buildings and reopened them as hotels. It's working on the 13th.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Curiously Uncurious': Hollywood Attorney Disbarred for Not Catching Ex-Con Paralegal's $5M Theft

In what the state Supreme Court called an "egregious" case, Randall Gilbert hired a convicted fraudster without question, fired him for stealing, then rehired him and put him in charge of the law firm's finances.
4 minute read

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