A little over four years ago, Charles Martin stepped down as senior partner at Macfarlanes after 12 years at the helm. Not long after, he retired from the U.K.-based independent firm he had called home for more than 40 years, having reached the firm’s mandatory retirement age of 60. “I’d…

Hip-hop band Beastie Boys, represented by Rimon Law partner Michael Lazaroff, filed a copyright infringement complaint against the parent company of restaurant chain Chili’s on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges that, starting in late 2022, Texas-based Brinker International Inc. encouraged the creation and…

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In a class action lawsuit against Altria Group over their Juul e-cigarettes, it likely came as no surprise that the class numbered in the millions. What may have been a shock, though, was that the number of claims received for a proposed settlement exceeded 14.4 million—almost five times more than expected.…

An Am Law 100 firm brought a case in Miami federal court in which one of its South American clients, Venequip, sued Caterpillar for more than $100 million relating to an alleged scheme to “stab Venequip in the back through disloyal, misleading and fraudulent practices.” Daniel Pulecio-Boek and Francisco Sánchez,…

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday disbarred a former Miami-Dade County judge from the practice of law over his “clear and deliberate pattern of dishonesty to advance his own interests.” In the 37-page order, the state Supreme Court ruled that Miguel “Mike” Mirabal repeatedly certified campaign finance reports he knew…