by Margaret Cronin Fisk, Steven Raphael,and Kevin Buckland February 27, 2017 A U.S. judge has accepted Takata Corp.’s guilty plea, made as part of a $1 billion settlement deal with the Justice Department, removing another obstacle to the Japanese air-bag maker’s sale. The approval of the formal plea byU.S. District Judge George Caram […]
by Margaret Cronin Fisk People injured by Takata Corp.’s exploding air bags asked a judge to delay approving the $1 billion settlement with the U.S. hours before the car-parts maker was due to appear in court to plead guilty as part of the accord. The Tokyo-based company is scheduled to appear Monday in Detroit […]
Staff Report, Daily Business Review. February 27, 2016 The Daily Business Review will recognize 14 legal industry veterans in its second annual Professional Excellence Awards. The attorneys and judges were selected for outstanding service to the Florida legal community. They will be recognized at a May 19 event along with Rising Stars in the South […]
By Allison GrandeLaw360, New York (February 16, 2016, 10:45 PM ET) –U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’sunexpected death on Saturday creates a clear opening for the high court to split evenly on whether consumers can sue companies for technical statutory violations without alleging an actual injury, in a ruling that would preserve uncertainty and […]
by John Pacenti jpacenti@alm.com Florida has jumped into the fray of lawsuits filed against General Motors Corp. for recalls of 2.6 million vehicles with potentially faulty ignition switches blamed for crashes and at least 13 deaths throughout the country. Podhurst Orseck of Miami and Higer, Lichter & Givner of Aventura filed the class action […]
Another bank is paying millions to reimburse those $38 cups of coffee. J.P. Morgan Chase, the bank that now holds the most deposits in the country, has reached an agreement to pay $110 million to those who paid heavy fees for the proverbial “cup of coffee” that overdrafted their accounts. The settlement, revealed in a […]
By David Ariosto, (CNN) ‐‐ A nasty collision during a kickoff in 1997 left Kevin Turner seeing stars. The former Philadelphia Eagles fullback, who spent eight seasons battering through defensive lines in the National Football League, said the hit left him wondering where he was. Still, the team’s medical staff looked him […]
By Nicole Martinez On a recent trip to Pittsburgh,Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez was taken aback by the sight of autonomous Uber vehicles zipping around downtown’s crammed streets. “There was still a person on the right-hand side, but the car was driving itself,” said Gonzalez, recalling how she wondered if the same […]
More than 10 months —precisely 328 days —after it went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board, Malaysian investigators Thursday declared the disappearance of Flight 370 an accident, clearing the way for families to pursue compensation claims. Investigators with Malaysia’s Civil Aviation authority concluded the aircraft exhausted its fuel supply over the southern […]
Former athletes who are suffering serious long term injuries from head injuries are demanding the league help them with their medical expenses. A federal judicial panel in Miami will decide Thursday on whether to consolidate the more than 500 lawsuits being filed by retired NFL players. They claim the league intentionally hid the danger that […]
