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Daily Business Review

Florida Appellate Ruling Enforces Real Estate Developers' Need to Understand the Rules and Agreements in Contracts

"Landowners who insert overly broad arbitration clauses and contend that just about anything arising from the purchase and sale of the home despite the injuries being completely unrelated to the same, should be challenged by plaintiffs when the defendant raises a motion to compel arbitration", managing partner Howard Grossman said.
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Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Awards $900,000 for Slip-And-Fall Case

"I think in this matter if they would have strategically admitted liabilityfrom the onset, I think they could have limited the damages on their end, but from day one they said my client knew the bathroom was closed by the cart being there, she should have known," Halperin said. "They just tried to blame it on everyone else but themselves. In trial they tried to suggest the water on the floor could have been from kids playing in a sink or from anything else besides the Wal-Mart employee mopping there minutes before," attorney Scott Halperin said
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Leading the Way: Bill Perry on 'Letting Gravity Take Effect' and Why Gunster Won't Leave Florida

Our weekly Q&A series features Bill Perry, Gunster CEO and managing shareholder.
7 minute read

International Edition

UAE Boutique Launches in London With Dentons Partner Hire

The firm was founded by a former Clyde & Co lawyer in Abu Dhabi.
3 minute read

International Edition

Reed Smith Grows Dubai Practice With Disputes Partner Hire

The addition follows a flurry of hires by the firm in recent times.
2 minute read

International Edition

Reed Smith Grows Dubai Practice With Disputes Partner Hire

The addition follows a flurry of hires by the firm in recent times.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta': A Temporary Reprieve for California AB 51, Which Prohibits Conditioning Employment on the Waiver of the Right To Litigate?

In their Arbitration column, Samuel Estreicher, Rex Heinke and Susan Yorke discuss a case that addressed the question of whether AB 51 (which prohibits employers from conditioning employment on an applicant's waiver of various rights, including the right to litigate) both conflicted with and undermined the objectives of the FAA.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

How to Overcome the Jury's Misperception of a Plaintiff Who 'Appears OK' in Personal Injury Litigation

"I think in a lot of situations like this, they don't want to take anyone's pain or suffering seriously at all and put a real dollar value to it, unless the jury tells them so," plaintiff counsel Stacy Yates said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Testing the Scope of Article V(1)d of the New York Convention on Enforcement of Arbitration Awards Following the Dubai Arbitration Venue Combination

While the decree offers some guidance on post combination arbitration process, this restructuring will likely be scrutinized by courts in the enforcement of awards issued by the Dubai International Arbitration Center going forward.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

$2 Million in Attorney Fees: This Miami Firm Just Earned a Huge Pay Day and a 7-Figure Settlement for Widow

"Until our case, CMI has been successful in either pointing to other factors or keeping those cases from getting to trial, so this is important in that all of the evidence was put in front of the jury," plaintiffs counsel said.
4 minute read

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