Coral Gables attorneys obtained an $8.6 million settlement in a case that is part of a larger trend in the affordability crisis in Florida. Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel of the Haggard Law Firm—who represented the plaintiff, the estate of Fred McCrimmon Martin, an Orlando tenant of Vista Haven Apartments,…

On Tuesday, data privacy and compliance solutions firm Transcend announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B funding led by new investor StepStone Group. Transcend offers a dozen products that help companies comply with global privacy regulations, including data subject right and consent management, and e-discovery and data…

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court reinstated a suit seeking to recover personal property after it was dismissed for the plaintiffs nonappearance in district court, concluding that the sanction was too drastic given the misunderstandings about pandemic remote hearing orders in June 2023. In a May 23 opinion, authored by Justice Wayne R.…

Access Optical Networks has accused Seagate of stealing confidential information to advance the research and development of its own next-generation mass data storage technology. AON, represented by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, alleged misappropriation of trade secrets under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment in a complaint filed on May…

Norton Rose Fulbright’s Vancouver office has lost three lawyers to Miller Thomson, which announced Tuesday that five new lawyers have joined the Canadian firm as it looks to expand. Vancouver partners Michael Blatchford and Bryan Millman, and associate Daniel Szeto, will be part of Miller Thomson’s charities and not-for-profit group.…

Management consulting firm Alvarez and Marsal (A&M) on Monday announced the launch of ChatView, a proprietary AI forensic tool developed by the firm to extract and analyze chat messaging data. A&M said ChatView will help lawyers and investigators sift through large volumes of potentially hundreds of thousands of chat messages…