A public dispute between two tycoons has lept from social media to South Florida court, with a complaint seeking damages for alleged defamatory statements. The plaintiff’s Miami attorney maps out the strategy, peeling back the use of “my opinion” as protection against defamation.

Escrow agent SRS Acquiom and PNC Bank have reached a settlement to end a years-long trade secrets misappropriation litigation that started in 2019 and alleged that two former employees used confidential information at their new roles to help PNC to compete with their predecessor. Keker, Van Nest & Peters in…

Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young, joined by three justices, dissented on the majority’s decision not to take a case involving a lawyer’s alleged recording of a child pornography video. Young, joined by Justices Debra Lehrmann, John Devine and Jimmy Blacklock, said there should be argument and a ruling on…

The Class Action Forum returns to the University of Miami School of Law in less than two weeks with some cutting-edge topics. Harley S. Tropin, co-founding partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton in Coral Gables and among the founders of the forum, said it is an “unbelievable opportunity” to learn…

As an equity partner with a financial stake in your firm and responsibilities to maintain it, aren’t you entitled to know how compensation is being allocated to you and your colleagues? Arguments for transparent partner compensation appear to be compelling enough to keep legacy systems in place at the majority…

$2M DeKalb Settlement Reached Amid ‘Unique Premises Liability Issues’ | Daily Report Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2024/01/16/2m-dekalb-settlement-reached-amid-unique-premises-liability-issues/ Arthur R. York of The York Firm LLC in Atlanta. (Courtesy photo) NEWS “This was an interesting case because the complex admitted superior knowledge of the creek’s existence, but denied it was a legal…