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Tokyo Runway Incursion: 34-Year Aviation Lawyer Steven Marks On Causes, Legal Aftermath

Posted on January 12, 2024

“A runway incursion should never happen, and there are so many backup systems that are supposed to prevent it, that it’s really surprising in this environment and today’s world that there could possibly have been such an accident.”

‘Insurance Crisis’ Looming for Aviation Industry in 2024, 38-Year Veteran Warns

Posted on December 18, 2023

The London aviation insurance market could be in for a chaotic 2024, Steven Marks of Podhurst Orseck predicts, as reinsurers scramble to cover damages for aircraft crashes that are ballooning far more than planned. December 15, 2023 at 06:41 PM A financial crisis is incoming for the aviation industry in the new year due to […]

Boeing Settles 5 Ethiopian 737 Max Cases, Tees Up 1 For Trial

Posted on June 14, 2023

Law360, Linda Chiem (June 14, 2023, 10:55 PM EDT) — Boeing has agreed to settle five wrongful death cases over the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash days before a damages trial starts in Chicago federal court, but the family of a Rwandan United Nations worker will still take their case to trial, attorneys for the […]

Small Firms Can Handle ‘Megamatters’ With Flair. Here’s How

Posted on January 11, 2022

“To get that full cup of justice for the client, to create full accountability and deliver the result to the client so that it really does fulfill what it ought to fulfill and it is this so-called megacase, that requires a lot of experience and skill.” By Raychel Lean | January 11, 2022 It doesn’t […]

$127.5 million settlement over FBI errors in Parkland shooting: ‘One step closer to justice

Posted on November 23, 2021

By DAVID FLESHLER NOV 23, 2021 AT 5:16 PM The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in the Parkland school shooting takes little satisfaction in winning a stunning $127.5 million legal settlement for the FBI’s failure to follow up on tips that could have prevented the massacre. “None of this feels good,” said Fred Guttenberg, […]

Justice Department to Pay About $130 Million to Parkland Shooting Victims

Posted on November 22, 2021

Family members of victims had sued over how the F.B.I. handled tips warning about the gunman before he killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. By Patricia Mazzei and Katie Benner Nov. 22, 2021 MIAMI — The Justice Department will pay about $130 million to 40 survivors and families of victims of the […]

Chambers USA 2021 Ranks Podhurst Orseck Attorneys and Practices

Posted on June 08, 2021

Chambers USA 2021 Ranks Podhurst Orseck Attorneys and Practices More than half of Podhurst Orseck partners along with three practices are recognized among the nation’s leading law firms in annual rankings. MIAMI – June 08, 2021 – The 2021 edition of Chambers USA, one of the most prestigious legal publications in the world, recognizes seven […]

Litigation Departments of the Year: Podhurst Orseck is a National Class Action Heavyweight

Posted on June 01, 2021

Podhurst Orseck’s office in Miami. Photo: J. Albert Diaz. Firm: Podhurst Orseck We don’t think of ourselves as a business or law firm, but part of the Podhurst family and that extends to our employees’ families and our clients,” the firm’s managing partners said. By Raychel Lean | June 01, 2021 Responses by managing partners Steven Marks and Peter […]

Airlines pull Boeing Max jets to inspect electrical systems

Posted on April 09, 2021

Airlines are pulling dozens of Boeing 737 Max planes out of service again, this time to inspect them for a possible electrical problem. By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers, April 9, 2021, 2:27 PM

Inside the List: Insurers have advantage in pandemic-related business interruption lawsuits

Posted on April 09, 2021

By Jessica Bryant  –  Data Reporter, South Florida Business Journal, Apr 9, 2021, 7:12am EDT Steven Marks was unsurprised as Podhurst Orseck saw a surge of insurance lawsuits over the last year. He’d predicted just that back in May as businesses continued to experience financial loss as a result of Covid-19. What he couldn’t know at the time […]