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How teens and smartphones are killing teen-fashion retailers

 Mipri Haye, a high school junior, is on Instagram and Snapshot daily, showing off her latest outfits to her girlfriends.

How teens and smartphones are killing teen-fashion retailers

Retail experts say such prolific use of social media by Haye and others is driving the rapid success of some teen retailers, and causing the quick demise of others. Teen brands have also been among the slowest to close their brick-and-mortar stores and grow their websites

People on the move

KozyakTropin& Throckmorton announced that partner Javier A. Lopez has been named a recipient of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Top Lawyers Under 40 award. Lopez will be honored during the HNBA Corporate Counsel Conference in Miami on March 31.

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Teen fashion retailers struggle to keep up

Teen apparel retailer Aeropostale’s 2016 bankruptcy filing wasn’t a surprise considering the company had been struggling for years.

A Memorable 2017, But Not in a Good Way; Why It Could Be Year of Retail Bankruptcies

S&P Global Ratings recently downgraded four retailers: department store operator Macy’s (M) , luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, young-women’s fashion chain Charlotte Russe and thrift store operator Evergreen AcqCo1.

CORI LOPEZ-CASTRO TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF RETAIL

Cori Lopez-Castro talks about the future of retail in an interview with the cheddar.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION LEGAL SERVICES

Javier A. Lopez has been named a recipient of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Top Lawyers Under 40 award. At the firm, he focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation.

Retail industry is expected to replace oil and gas as 2017’s distressed sector

The retail sector is set to replace the troubled energy sector as the most distressed of 2017, according to ratings agencies, lawyers and analysts, beaten down by the strain of competition from juggernaut Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.03%  and a range of other issues.

Javier A Lopez Presidente de CABA en Cafe Con Leche

Interview on Mega TV on Cuba Policy – Cafe Con Leche

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Attorney at Center of Contract Breach Case Faces Rare Sanction

A Miami attorney destroyed evidence and then spent two years derailing a former client’s efforts to recover those documents, according to a ruling by Circuit Court Judge Bronwyn Miller.

Atty Sanctioned for Deleting Emails in RealEstate Dispute

A Florida judge last week sanctioned a real estatefund’s former attorney for destroying email servers after being sued, a decision that shifts the burdenat trial to the attorney accused of scamming the fund out of $1 million in commissions.

Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Two of Our Founders

For the second consecutive year, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton is the only firm in Florida to achieve the highest Band 1 rankings for both its commercial litigation and bankruptcy practice groups.