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Month: March 2022

Could Boeing Be Sued Over China Eastern Crash?

Posted on March 29, 2022

  By Amanda Bronstad | March 29, 2022 Although the cause of this month’s crash of a China Eastern Airlines plane remains unknown, lawyers who previously sued over the 737 Max 8 said there are early signs of a possibly defective Boeing aircraft. China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800. Credit: KITTIKUN YOKSAP/Shutterstock.com Although the cause of this […]

DBR Announces 2022 Florida Legal Awards Honoree

Posted on March 25, 2022

Daily Business Review Announces 2022 Florida Legal Awards Honorees March 24, 2022 at 110: AM Spring is here, which means it’s time for the Daily Business Review’s annual Florida Legal Awards. Our own Joel D. Eaton was among the honorees for Lifetime Achievement. Congratulations to all the honorees. Lifetime Achievement Honoree Joel Eaton, Podhurst Orseck, […]

China Eastern Pilots Were Highly Experienced, Adding to Crash’s Mystery

Posted on March 24, 2022

By Austin Ramzy and Keith Bradsher March 24, 2022, 6:12 a.m. ET The pilot of the China Eastern Airlines flight that crashed in southern China with 132 people aboard was an industry veteran with more than 6,000 hours of flying time. His co-pilot was even more experienced, having flown since the early days of China’s post-Mao […]

Miami Litigator Peter Prieto Describes What He Sees on the Horizon in Multi-District Litigation

Posted on March 10, 2022

March 10, 2022 at 07:30 AM, Ross Todd, Editor/columnist For the past six years, Peter Prieto, the head of commercial and class action litigation Miami boutique Podhurst Orseck, has been involved in putting together an annual conference on multi-district class actions and mass tort litigation at his law school alma mater, the University of Miami […]

Podhurst Orseck Partner, Childhood Friend of Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She’s a ‘Persuasive’ Consensus Builder

Posted on March 10, 2022

Podhurst Orseck Partner, Childhood Friend of Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She’s a ‘Persuasive’ Consensus Builder “Skeptics say that the court is already lopsided, so her appointment won’t make a difference. I disagree,” said Stephen Rosenthal, who’s a childhood friend of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kentanji Brown Jackson. By Raychel Lean | March 10, 2022 Ketanji Brown […]