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Sarah Palin v. The New York Times Co. and James Bennet; U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 22-558

We successfully represented Gov. Sarah Palin in her appeal of the dismissal of and jury verdict in her defamation case against the Times and James Bennet, which resulted in a reversal and a new trial being ordered. You can read the Second Circuit’s August 28, 2024 Opinion here:

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Sarah Palin v. The New York Times Co. and James Bennet;

U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 22-558 We successfully represented Gov. Sarah Palin in her appeal of the dismissal of and jury...

Bollea v. Gawker Media, LLC

After a three-week trial, a jury returned a verdict of $140.1 million in favor of our client Terry Bollea, professionally known as Hulk Hogan,...

Work Cat Florida, LLC v. Louisiana International Marine, LLC

We represented Work Cat, a short sea shipping operator that provides trans-Gulf container transportation, in connection with claims against a tug...

Alpine Securities Corporation, et al. v. Christopher Frankel

After a five-day federal jury trial, the jury awarded our clients $932,000.00 on their theft of trade secrets claims against a former CEO....

Pirate Water Taxi, LLC v. Tampa Water Taxi Company, LLC

We appealed an adverse ruling against our client in a domain name arbitration that required our client to transfer the domain, tampawatertaxi.com, to...

Incarcerated Entertainment, LLC v. Warner Bros. Pictures

We represented Efraim Diveroli’s publishing company against Warner Brothers relating to the movie War Dogs. Johah Hill played Diveroli in what was...

Feld Entertainment, Inc. v. Ritchie

We represented the recording artist Robert Ritchie, p/k/a Kid Rock. Feld owned trademark rights in the mark, “Greatest Show on Earth,” dating...

Fitweb Limited v. Frank Menke III,

We secured a jury verdict for zero liability for our client, a real estate developer facing fraud and misrepresentation claims in excess of $1...

Time Critical Decisions, LLC v. Nick Patel

We obtained a Final Judgment for $334,676.95 after a non-jury trial on claims for breach of contract and fraudulent inducement in favor of our...

Permanent Makeup by Mary v. Eclipse Aesthetics

Our client was a permanent makeup artist who discovered the distributor of a micro needling device using her before-and-after photographs in their...

Roberts v. Clickbooth.com, LLC, et al.

We defended an affiliate network in a class action case with more than $7 million at issue. After engaging in significant discovery and demonstrating...

Landry’s Seafood House-Florida, Inc. v. Chesapeake Bay Holding Co., Inc. et. al.

We successfully defended two commercial lease guarantors against Landry’s claims seeking $2,000,000. We defeated all of Landry’s claims at the...

Phase 5 Energy Ltd. v. Patton

We represented an energy company in an action against its former CEO and Chief Technology Officer for breach of fiduciary duty and related claims. We...

Don King Productions, Inc. v. Shane Mosley

We represented boxer Sugar Shane Mosely in a case brought by Don King Productions to stop a pay-per-view boxing match. After defeating an emergency...

You Fit, Inc. v. Pleasanton Fitness, LLC

We represented the health club company You Fit and obtained a preliminary injunction against the defendants prohibiting them from operating a health...

The MSA Card, LLC v. Service Network Design, LLC

In this misappropriation of trade secrets case, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We prevailed at the trial...

Vraiment Hospitality, LLC v. Binkowski

We represented a restaurant proprietor who was sued for trade dress infringement based on the appearance of his restaurant and for copyright...

Meridian Bulk Carriers, Ltd. v. Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals, Inc.

We represented Kinder Morgan in a federal court bench trial and obtained a zero liability verdict on claims brought by a stevedoring company....

Marion P. Hammer v. Christopher Risica and Howard Weiss,

We obtained a rarely-issued injunction prohibiting threatening and harassing sent to try to silence and intimidate our client following the tragic...

Matthew Mathias v. Kelly Lichter, et al.,

We successfully defended a charter school president and assistant principal against defamation claims, obtaining a dismissal of the case with...

Norman Gundel v. AV Homes, Inc.

We helped represent a group of homeowners in a groundbreaking class action case and obtained a final summary judgment for them on counterclaims that...

Charles E. Blake, Sr. v. Earl W. Carter, Jr.

We obtained a rarely issued permanent injunction against defamatory YouTube videos that falsely accused the Bishop of one of America’s largest...

Steven Selz v. Jurgen Timperman, et al.,

We successfully defended a group of homeowners sued for defamation by their HOA president and secured a dismissal of the case with prejudice on First...

Sarah Palin v. The New York Times Co.,

We represent Gov. Sarah Palin in defamation litigation against the New York Times, which has already included an appellate victory reversing a...

Jane Doe v. John Smith,

We represent a high school student victimized by deepfake pornography created using artificial intelligence and were able to obtain a groundbreaking...

Don King Productions, Inc. v. Shane Mosley

We successfully defended boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley against a lawsuit and temporary injunction motion filed by Don King that sought to stop a...

Landry’s Seafood House-Florida, Inc. v. Richard Calderoni, et al.,

We successfully defended the guarantors of a commercial lease against claims seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars against them under a personal...

LDRV Holdings Corp. (“Lazydays RV) v. REV Recreation Group

We obtained a Temporary Injunction prohibiting Lazyday’s competitor from exhibiting exclusive RV’s at Florida RV Supershow and an order extending...

Kinder Morgan v. Performance Renewable Energy

We defended Kinder Morgan against claims seeking nearly $20 million associated with an agreement to construct a biodiesel plant in Port Tampa,...

Collectarius Financial, LLC v. Statebridge Company, LLC

We obtained a complete dismissal of contract case asserted against our client claiming more than $400,000 in damages. Collectarius Financial, LLC...

Finder’s Fee

We represented a financial industry professional in a matter against a venture capital firm in connection with a finder’s fee our client claimed he...

Kaltenbach v. Datolli

We obtained a seven-figure verdict after a bench trial for our client who was a minority shareholder of a medical practice. The verdict reflected an...

Haskell v. Haskell

We represented minority shareholders bringing derivative and direct claims against the majority shareholder in a closely held corporation....

Homes of America

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American Integrity v. Highwoods

We represented a tenant in a lease dispute relating to exterior signage rights. The parties participated in a non-court-ordered mediation and agreed...

Sigusmund

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PRE v. Kinder Morgan

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Alpine v. FINRA

We represent a micro-cap brokerage firm in an action to declare the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA) unconstitutional....

Puerto Rico Marina

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August 19, 2024