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The Business Trial Group recently prevailed at a trial in West Palm Beach, Florida on behalf of Bryan Karambelas, who was defending a claim to foreclose on a condominium left to him by his father. The lawsuit claimed the decedent owed a debt on a condo despite the existence of a letter purportedly forgiving the [...]

An Obama-era Department of Labor (DOL) rule aimed at protecting retirement investors has been overturned by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, casting further doubt on the rule’s future. The fiduciary rule would require advisers to act in the best interests of retirement investors. The DOL’s fiduciary rule, which would require financial institutions to act [...]

The Justice Department recently unveiled the largest ever coordinated investigation of elder fraud cases. In total, more than 250 defendants have been charged in schemes involving over one million senior victims and half a billion dollars in losses. Victims may need to file civil charges in order to recover stolen funds. Charges have been filed [...]

Law firm billing rates continued to rise in 2017, according to a new report from LexisNexis. The report also found lower usage of alternative fee arrangements—such as contingency-fee litigation—that help to offset growing litigation costs. Contingency-fee litigation is an alternative to high hourly rates. The Business Trial Group is Florida’s largest contingency-fee commercial litigation practice [...]