September 22, 2008
Getting ‘SLAPP’ed: Individuals Blog at Their Own Risk; Exposure of Business Clients Depends on Policy Endorsements Blog-related personal injury suits have produced judgments ranging between $7,500 and $11.3 million. A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed …
September 22, 2008
A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published solely on his blog (MiamiCondo Investments). Hollo …
September 22, 2008
A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published solely on his blog (MiamiCondo Investments). Hollo …
August 12, 2008
A new global trade deal is still possible by the end of this year despite last month’s collapse of talks, said Pascal Lamy, the World Trade Organization’s director general on Tuesday. Talks on a pact ended in July after the …
July 28, 2008
The world’s poorer countries are divided over proposals for a new global trade deal, with developing country food importers pitted against exporters pushing for greater liberalization. The differences turn on two technical measures in the proposals on agriculture in the …
July 14, 2008
A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published solely on his blog (MiamiCondoInvestments). Hollo v. …
May 20, 2008
Mediators in the core agriculture and industrial goods negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued new proposals on Monday, clearing the way for a meeting of ministers to clinch an outline trade deal. The revised proposals, or texts, trigger …
November 15, 2007
According to a report from Fitch Ratings – “Central America Insurance Sector-” there are “positive trends in premiums and operating expenses,” in the region, which have increased profitability, and have led to “healthy growth in premiums in Central America led …
November 12, 2007
A federal judge has ordered jailed Ala. outdoorsman Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV to pay more than $1 million to an insurance firm that accused him of filing a bogus post-Hurricane Katrina damage claim for a riverfront mansion near Mobile. …
November 8, 2007
A jury awarded $3.3 million to six workers who claimed they were left sterile by a pesticide used at a banana plantation in Nicaragua operated by Dole Fresh Fruit Co. The workers’ lawsuit accused Dole and Standard Fruit Co., now …