A Swift $1 Billion Settlement Shows ‘It Can Be Done’: Lead Counsel Discuss Surfside Condo Collapse Class Action

By Raychel Lean
July 19, 2022

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Miami-Dade Jury Returns $35M Verdict in High-Profile Real Estate Dispute

By Michael Mora
July 15, 2022

The defendants in the litigation included some of the most prominent business people in South Florida who own property on an exclusive Caribbean island.

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Why ‘Bristol Myers’ Doesn’t Apply to Class Actions

By Tal J. Lifshitz and Rachel Sullivan
July 10, 2018

Class action defendants are attempting to rewrite longstanding principles of personal jurisdiction, trying to defeat certification of nationwide classes by arguing that a court lacks personal jurisdiction over out-of-state class members’ claims where the defendant does not reside in the court’s forum state.

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Here’s The One Thing You Absolutely Need In Crypto Smart Contracts

By Erik Sherman
May 20, 2022

One of the features of blockchain technology that cryptocurrencies rest upon is so-called smart contracts. These are programs built into transactions that can control or enforce the terms of a transaction.

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Blockbuster Surfside Settlement Left Judge Speechless

By Carolina Bolado
May 13, 2022

Miami — The nearly $1 billion in settlements in the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse litigation resolved what could have been a messy, emotionally charged dispute pitting neighbor against neighbor and was an outcome that left Judge Michael Hanzman, who took pains to expedite the complicated case, speechless.

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Lawyers in Suit Over Surfside Collapse Reveal Staggering Legal Settlement: $997 Million

By Linda Robertson
May 12, 2022

In a surprisingly swift resolution of the Champlain Towers South class-action lawsuit, relatives of the victims and survivors of the Surfside condo collapse have reached a settlement that will pay them nearly $1 billion, a state court judge was told Wednesday.

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Nearly $1 Billion Settlement Reached for Surfside Condo Collapse Victims Weeks Before Anniversary of Tragedy

“Although no amount of money will ever be enough to compensate them, we hope the closing of the legal chapter of this catastrophe will bring the victims some measure of solace,” attorneys said

By Maria Pasquini
May 12, 2022

The families of victims and survivors of the Champlain Towers South condo collapse, which killed 98 people, are set to receive a nearly $1 billion settlement.

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Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse

By Curt Anderson
May 12,  2022

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June’s condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, an attorney said Wednesday.

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Surfside Condo Collapse Victims to Share Over $1B in Recovery Funds: Lawyers

By Tony Pipitone
May 11, 2022

The pool of funds intended to compensate victims of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium will increase to more than $1 billion, attorneys Wednesday told the judge overseeing the resulting class action lawsuit. 

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Surfside Victims Reach $997M In Settlements

By Carolina Bolado
May 11, 2022

Attorneys representing the victims of the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, announced Wednesday that they had secured $997 million in proposed settlements, ending the consolidated claims against all but one defendant.

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