http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Fowler White Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132564 A small cadre of Fowler White Boggs PA attorneys — including shareholder Burton Wiand — has broken off to start its own securities and complex litigation boutique in Tampa, Fla. http://www.law360.com/articles/132564 http://www.law360.com/articles/130657 Daniel Nunn has joined Fowler White Boggs PA as a shareholder in its business transaction and corporate practice groups. http://www.law360.com/articles/130657 http://www.law360.com/articles/130754 A CIT Group Inc. subsidiary that administers student loans has reached a $130 million settlement to forgive up to 75 percent of unpaid loans to 2,300 students who attended a now-defunct helicopter school that had 34 locations across the country. . http://www.law360.com/articles/130754 http://www.law360.com/articles/129589 Holland & Knight LLP is seeking to dismiss a malpractice suit connected to the firm's representation of alleged Ponzi schemer Arthur Nadel, arguing that the plaintiffs are unfairly trying to "pass the buck" for their own fraudulent conduct. http://www.law360.com/articles/129589 http://www.law360.com/articles/127269 The receiver appointed to marshal the assets of alleged Ponzi schemer Arthur Nadel has blasted Holland & Knight LLP for removing his malpractice suit against the firm to federal court, saying the move was a delay tactic without legal justification. http://www.law360.com/articles/127269 http://www.law360.com/articles/124098 Plaintiffs have moved for class certification in a securities lawsuit accusing BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. of issuing misleading financial statements and failing to disclose millions of dollars worth of bad loans. http://www.law360.com/articles/124098 http://www.law360.com/articles/124186 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has reached a settlement in a suit brought by Steven Douglas Associates Inc. alleging that the law firm refused to pay up after three attorneys recommended by the recruiting firm were hired. http://www.law360.com/articles/124186 http://www.law360.com/articles/119382 In a substantial victory for Airbus SAS, Goodrich Corp. and others blamed for a 2007 TAM Airlines crash at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas airport that killed 199 people, a judge has ruled that Brazil — not the U.S. — is the correct venue for claims related to the disaster. http://www.law360.com/articles/119382 http://www.law360.com/articles/117847 The Coalition for Property Rights Inc. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a Florida Supreme Court decision that said it was legal for the state to add sand to the coastline and make the extended area of the beach public. http://www.law360.com/articles/117847 http://www.law360.com/articles/109194 A terms and conditions notice at the bottom of a Web site is enough to lock an Overstock.com Inc. cell phone-insurance buyer into a contract that compels arbitration and scuttles his proposed class action, a federal court has said. http://www.law360.com/articles/109194 http://www.law360.com/articles/106763 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has lost another bid to toss a recruiting firm’s suit against it, after a judge denied the law firm’s request to dismiss the case from Florida in favor of another forum. http://www.law360.com/articles/106763 http://www.law360.com/articles/106201 A judge has refused to throw out a recruiting company's suit against Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP alleging that the firm refused to pay an agreed-upon $450,000 placement fee after hiring three attorneys recommended by the recruiter. http://www.law360.com/articles/106201 http://www.law360.com/articles/100044 A former day trader who prosecutors allege raked in more than $1.5 million by trading on inside information he received from a former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. broker about merger and acquisition deals entered a guilty plea in a Manhattan court on Tuesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/100044 http://www.law360.com/articles/99579 Richard Johnston Jr. has joined Fowler White Boggs PA as a shareholder in the business, banking and insolvency practice group, leaving Kiesel Hughes & Johnston to better tackle the “extraordinary” surge in bankruptcy filings in post-boom Florida. http://www.law360.com/articles/99579 http://www.law360.com/articles/99407 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP took a partner and ran without paying a $450,000 placement fee to a recruiting firm, a lawsuit alleges. http://www.law360.com/articles/99407 http://www.law360.com/articles/99099 The court-appointed liquidator for Clico Bahamas Ltd., a Bahamian life and health insurance company owned by one of the largest financial conglomerates in the Caribbean, has filed a Chapter 15 bankruptcy petition seeking permission to investigate the company's U.S. assets, including at least $70 million Clico invested in several South Florida real estate developments. http://www.law360.com/articles/99099 http://www.law360.com/articles/88165 A federal judge has ruled that Travelers Indemnity Co. and its affiliates don't have to pay the litigation costs of electronics supplier Sigma Tech Sales Inc., which was sued by Office Depot for alleged failure to provide rebates, because the claims did not constitute advertising injury. http://www.law360.com/articles/88165 http://www.law360.com/articles/85932 Scores of plaintiffs suing over Brazil’s deadliest airline crash have settled with TAM Airlines and the plane’s lessor, Pegasus Aviation IV Inc., and intend to direct their claims against the companies that manufactured the plane and its components. http://www.law360.com/articles/85932 http://www.law360.com/articles/85708 A discovery dance among defendants in the suit over a deadly 2007 TAM Airlines crash has gotten nasty as the plane’s manufacturers have asked a federal judge to force TAM to provide details about the accident. http://www.law360.com/articles/85708 http://www.law360.com/articles/85284 AIG subsidiary Illinois National Insurance Co. on Thursday fired back at Macy's, saying it is not required to defend the retail giant in a lawsuit stemming from a 2001 robbery and assault in a parking lot in Florida. http://www.law360.com/articles/85284