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Daily Business Review

How Professional Are Miami Lawyers—Really? Judges and Bar Want to Know

"Without an avenue for honest dialogue, our efforts would be hollow," Miami-Dade Circuit Court Chief Judge Nushin G. Sayfie said.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyer Behind $6.35M Negligent-Hiring Verdict Confident 'There Will Be No Appeal'

"We were able to reach a high-low agreement just as the jury was coming back that ensures there will be no appeal," said plaintiff attorney R. Scott Campbell of Shiver Hamilton Campbell.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How We Did It: Litigators Overcome Governmental Immunity

"Even though justice was delayed, justice was served for the plaintiffs and the public at large," attorney John Sodipo said.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge in the Hot Seat: Jurist to Appear Before Ethics Panel Starting Sept. 5

The Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel has set aside four days to conduct the judicial misconduct probe.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

White Employees Are Suing for Discrimination. What Will Jurors Think?

"I still do think that jurors are going to be surprised when they walk into a case and that's what the case is," said Peter Frattarelli of Archer & Greiner.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$4.3M Verdict: Jury Finds Against Walmart Over Shoplifter Violence

"Our hope is that this can set an example to show that you really need to make sure that your employees understand all of your safety policies," said Jack Walker, plaintiff's lead counsel.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

ZERO DOLLARS: Jury Awards No Damages Against 'Dancing' Dr.'s Anesthesiologist

"[W]e respected and appreciated the jury's clear message to Dr. Pinkney following the verdict that his participation in, and behavior portrayed in that video, as a physician in this community, was unacceptable and warranted their admonishment to him personally," said plaintiff counsel Susan M. Witt of Witt Law Group in Atlanta.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Let's Go Back to the Videotape!' A Closer Look at 'Pizzo'

Through the use of videotape at trial, jurors are now able to see various aspects of the litigation unfold before their eyes, rather than simply relying on the testimony of various witnesses or cold descriptions in medical records.
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

$31M Georgia Verdict: Here's What Lawyers Think Made the Difference

"We are very optimistic about our chances on appeal if the judge denies our motion for [judgment not withstanding the verdict]," said defense counsel G. Lee Welborn of Downey & Cleveland. "It is only halftime in this contest, and we get the ball in the second half."
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lowenstein Sandler Heavyweights Tagged to Fight New Jersey's Anti-Russia Sanctions

New Jersey's law "undermines those federal sanctions authorities by obstructing the president's authority to control economic sanctions against Russia and Belarus," according to the suit.
4 minute read

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