Archive for year: 2021

By Meaghan Goldstein  | July/August, 2021

The legal profession has reached a tipping point. Decades of aspirational words from private law firms about diversity, equity, and inclusion are giving way to concrete action.

At Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton (KTT), diversity has been a key to success from the beginning. For nearly 40 years, KTT has prioritized attracting and retaining elite talent to foster a diverse and inclusive firm. Active inclusion is a perpetually evolving, forward-looking process. What was once innovative and brave now seems obvious, and that is a good thing—it is a sign of progress.

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By Erik Sherman 

July 29, 2021

Big tech has been a big issue for politicians on both sides of the aisle. Now it, and some other industries, caught attention from the Biden administration. In July, the White House announced an executive order to promote competition.

A fact sheet from the administration listed many factors that it says have reduced competition, including corporate consolidation, higher prices from fewer competitors in different markets, lower wages with more jobs concentrated among fewer employers, non-compete agreements required to get a job, fewer opportunities for new businesses, and lower median household incomes as a result.

The administration points to 72 planned initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies “to promptly tackle some of the most pressing competition problems across our economy.”

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By Darlyn de la Rosa

July 20, 2021

As data breaches become more frequent, those whose data has been stolen have begun to sue the companies that kept their personal data.

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July 14, 2021

The judge overseeing litigation over the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, told attorneys Wednesday that he intends to move forward quickly with a sale of the property where the building once stood in order to maximize recovery for victims.

In a hearing in Miami, Judge Michael Hanzman said he is “not interested in a prolonged negotiation” regarding the Champlain Towers South property and instructed the receiver for the condominium association to begin the process of setting up an auction of the property.

He acknowledged that there had been talk of creating a memorial park in the space, where at least 95 died when the building collapsed in the early morning hours of June 24. But he said the victims would not be sacrificing potential funds to build the park.

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Tragedy in South Florida sends aftershocks rippling across the country

July 12, 2021

By Katherine Kallergis

Raysa Rodriguez, 59, described the moment she was awakened by the collapsing northeast portion of her Surfside condo building, home to more than 50 units.

The tower “swayed like a sheet of paper,” Rodriguez said, according to a lawsuit filed on her behalf. It was 1:30 a.m. on June 24, and she fled. After making it to an outdoor stairwell, she was faced with the devastation that had been Champlain Towers South.

“The beachside of Champlain had collapsed, pancaked,” she recounted in the complaint. “I screamed in horror.”

At least 90 people died in the disaster, according to the latest count, with dozens of others still unaccounted for. The collapse of the tower, where a 2018 inspection identified design and structural flaws, has sent aftershocks reverberating across the country as residents of buildings from Miami Beach to California are alerting engineers and inspectors to cracked concrete, rusty rebar and water leaks.

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