A Florida federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Spirit Airlines' current and former top brass of misleading investors about the budget air carrier's prospects amid two bankruptcy filings, saying Thursday that the challenged statements are either corporate "puffery" or otherwise nonactionable, but the plaintiffs can rework their complaint.
A Florida federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Spirit Airlines' current and former top brass of misleading investors about the budget air carrier's prospects amid two bankruptcy filings, saying Thursday that the challenged statements are either corporate "puffery" or otherwise nonactionable, but the plaintiffs can rework their complaint.
An Ohio bank holding company has sued a Florida law firm in Ohio federal court for more than $134 million in damages, alleging the firm missed key filing deadlines while representing the bank in litigation tied to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, costing the bank its chance to recover millions in losses.
Homeowners at a 10-unit luxury townhome community in Winter Park, Florida, have resolved a construction defect suit against developer Hill/Gray Seven LLC and other parties for $26.5 million, according to Pursiano Law LLP, which represented the homeowners.
President Donald Trump's social media company asked a Florida state court to reconsider an order awarding several news outlets the costs they incurred defending Trump Media's $1.5 billion defamation lawsuit, arguing that the court lacked jurisdiction to issue the order once the claims had been withdrawn.
A Florida federal judge on Thursday tossed a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP patent attorney after agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that an inventor had not shown that the lawyer's comments to a reporter were defamatory.
A split Eleventh Circuit panel affirmed a decision to slash three Georgia landowners' conservation easement value from $18 million to $1 million Thursday, saying the U.S. Tax Court didn't need to determine the property's best use because the parties already agreed on that use.
Seven state attorneys general are urging the federal Surface Transportation Board to reject the planned $85 billion merger between Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp., saying the rail giants have not shown how the deal would serve the public interest.
Environmental groups have accused wildlife officials of polluting protected land through an immigrant detention center in the Everglades, alleging in an updated complaint filed in Florida federal court that the now-shuttered site continues to threaten endangered species in the area.
Investment firm 777 Partners told a Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday that it had received a competing offer to fund its Chapter 11 case, two days after the judge ended a hearing on the company's bankruptcy financing by imploring the debtors to come up with an alternative proposal.
Shumaker Advisors, Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP's lobbying arm, announced Thursday that had it expanded its government affairs and public policy capabilities in Florida with a new principal from consulting firm Rutledge Ecenia.
While government contracts law and the hardcore scene may seem entirely unrelated, in my experience, both are about community, focus, being prepared for the unexpected and managing chaos, says Isaac Natter at Fluet.
An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.
A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.
President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
A law firm representing State Farm has admitted that its pretrial motions contained citations to nonexistent cases and legal quotes, errors that were seemingly "hallucinations" generated by AI software designed for lawyers and caught by the plaintiff's attorneys as they prepared for trial in a California state court case about fire damage coverage.
By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.
A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.
