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September 20, 2011 |

Coral Gables attorney wins $16.5 million award for asbestos plaintiff

Juan Bauta of the Ferraro Law Firm in Coral Gables successfully argued an asbestos case against Dow Chemical subsidiary Union Carbide in a Broward Circuit Court and won an award of $16.5 million for the plaintiff.
3 minute read
December 07, 2012 |

Suits by Baseball and Hockey Fans Against Leagues Allowed to Proceed

Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin, in a 53-page ruling released on Dec. 5, refused to dismiss claims that the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball stifle competition by blacking out games in certain geographic regions.
3 minute read
June 06, 2006 |

Being GC of KB Toys Is More Than Fun and Games

Scott Hochfelder is general counsel and secretary of KB Toys Inc., which runs about 650 stores in 44 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. Hochfelder is helping the company move forward after emerging from its 2004 bankruptcy. He says his legal department's greatest challenges include converting its mind-set from "playing defense" as a Chapter 11 debtor to operating more as an "offensive player" and a "profitable player in the retail industry." And yes, Hochfelder does have toys in his office.
10 minute read
August 04, 2008 |

Paycheck Report 2008

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August 03, 2012 |

Committee on Character Appointments and Reappointments

Notice to the bar.
3 minute read
May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
28 minute read
April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

30 minute read
May 27, 1999 |

Bone-Screw Maker Extends Winning Streak

An Atlanta federal judge's decision to throw out claims against a maker of orthopedic bone screws marks the latest of a long line of defense wins nationally. U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story, ruling in the first six of dozens of bone screw cases before him, last month became the 44th federal judge to grant summary judgment to screw-maker Sofamor-Danek Group Inc., the company's lawyer says.
5 minute read
December 07, 2009 |

Monthly Lateral Report

The latest lateral moves.
3 minute read
June 25, 2003 |

If I Had a Hammer

Summer program activities at major law firms have a certain predictability -- baseball games, sailing trips, dinners and the like. But for firms willing to donate time, money and sweat, there's Buildable Hours. Associated with Habitat for Humanity, Buildable Hours is an alternative to the usual summer activities -- and a way to make a lasting contribution to the community by constructing new homes for families in need.
6 minute read

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