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Love & Arbitration: Tinder, Match.com in $50M Class Action Crosshairs as Defense Braces for Attempt at Alternative Dispute Resolution

The litigators are seeking over $50 million in damages in the class action lawsuit that is pending before U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

The Perfect Case: Without Filing Suit, Plaintiffs Counsel Clinches Settlement Worth Full Insurance Policy

Plaintiffs counsel Andrew Bottinick helped secure a $100,000 settlement for a teenage cyclist who was injured when a man driving drunk struck his bicycle.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Awards $4M Verdict to Man in Car Crash: Read the Litigation Strategy That Yielded 10 Times the Initial Offer

"I think sometimes lawyers shy away from trying cases," said plaintiffs counsel Adrienn Toth.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How Plaintiffs Counsel Secured $1.95M Settlement for Estate of Man Who Died From Prescription Drug Overdose

A Hartford attorney helped the family of a man who sued a doctor in a wrongful death case.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Despite Problematic Medical and Police Reports, Attorney Clinches $303K in Wrongful Death Case

Plaintiffs counsel Stewart Casper said a medical expert's written testimony showing a link between a former Stamford police officer's injury on the job and death four and a half years later that helped convince a federal hearing officer to award the family more than $300,000.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Bridgeport Jury Awards Car Crash Victim More Than 3 Times Defense's Final Offer

A Superior Court jury made the award to Ansonia resident Alisha Garcia, who was injured in a two-car crash.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Why Nominal Damages Are Important

In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin Schwartz discusses the recent Supreme Court ruling in 'Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski', where the court held that a claim for nominal damages can save a §1983 federal court case from dismissal for mootness, to illustrate the important role nominal damages play in §1983 constitutional litigation.
10 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Practice Group Co-Chairman: 'Being Dependable, a Team Player, and Perfecting the Art of Self-Promotion,' Says Megan Yllanes of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck

"Learning the goals and focus of each practice group member helps develop opportunities and strengthens the practice group as a whole."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Evidence of Lower Pay for Female Employees Sways Jury Award Against Software Company

The plaintiffs "found the letter on a scanned document drive that was available to everyone. They realized he was making more money that they were," attorney Deborah McKenna said.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Greenberg Traurig's Greg Herbert Used Florida's Anti-SLAPP Law to Protect Defendant in Defamation Case

"If it weren't for the Florida Anti-SLAPP law, who knows if he would have dropped the case?" said Greenberg Traurig attorney Greg Herbert.
4 minute read

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