Morgan & Morgan wins $840,000 Jury Verdict for Sotheby’s Real Estate Brokerage
Attorneys William Lewis, Benjamin Webster, and Katherine Thanos won an $840,000 jury verdict in West Palm Beach, Florida on behalf of Equestrian Sotheby’s real estate brokerage (“Sotheby’s”). The jury verdict represents 100% of the commission owed to Sotheby’s for the $21 million property sale in Wellington, Florida. Sotheby’s listed the Defendants’ 38-acre polo property in [...]
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August 7, 2023
Business Trial Group Wins Victory Affirming Widow’s Right to Inherit Husband’s Estate
The Business Trial Group represented a widow seeking to inherit her husband’s estate. The husband’s brother argued that the “intestate” estate (property without a will) should pass solely to him, since the husband died while he and his wife were undergoing divorce proceedings and had, in fact, entered a partial settlement agreement disposing of some [...]
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January 19, 2022
BTG Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Caregiver Alleging Failure to Pay for Years of Around-the-Clock In-Home Care
The Business Trial Group (“BTG”) filed a lawsuit in Essex County, Massachusetts, against Mark Fagan and Joanne Fagan, alleging that Eugenia Subero has not been fully paid for more than seven years of 24-7 in-home care she provided to the defendants’ mother, an elderly dementia and Alzheimer’s patient. The lawsuit asserts damages for unpaid compensation [...]
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August 31, 2021
FINRA’s New Rule Limits Brokers From Being Named as Customers’ Beneficiaries
FINRA recently adopted a new rule to limit stockbrokers from being named a beneficiary, trustee, or executor by a customer. The new FINRA Rule 3241 protects investors by requiring all FINRA-member brokerage firms to affirmatively address any situation where a customer appoints a firm’s stockbroker as beneficiary or to another position of trust such as [...]
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