Representative Cases & Matters
Millionaire Gallery, Inc. v. Investment Ink, LLC
March 1, 2019
No. 14-008718 CA 23 (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. Mar. 1, 2019). The Firm represented a designer, manufacturer and seller of memorabilia pieces that depict celebrities, musicians, athletes and historic figures and events. A team of three employees resigned from the Firm’s client and opened a directly-competing business using the client’s […]
Drisin v. Florida International University
January 17, 2019
No. 16-24939-CIV, 2019 WL 289581 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 17, 2019). The Firm represented a public university and several high-ranking university officials in a lawsuit brought by a tenured professor. In December 2014, during a study-abroad trip, a graduate student accused the professor of committing a sexual assault against her. The […]
United States ex rel. Aquino v. University of Miami
August 10, 2018
No. 1:14-cv-20372-KMW, 2018 WL 3814517 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 10, 2018). The Firm represented a private university/hospital in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit brought by a former employee. The employee alleged that the university/hospital submitted false claims to Medicare for reimbursement and wrongfully terminated her employment in retaliation for complaining […]
Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, P.A. v. Gutierrez
August 1, 2018
No. 3D17-1255, 2018 WL 3642906 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 1, 2018). The Firm represented two law firms and their client in an attorneys’ fee lien dispute brought by the client’s former lawyers. The client’s former lawyers claimed entitlement to a portion of a contingency fee generated from representing the client, […]
DePrince v. Starboard Cruise Services, Inc.
August 1, 2018
No. 3D16-1149, 2018 WL 3636849 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 1, 2018). The Firm represented a company that operates jewelry boutiques on cruise ships. While on a cruise, the plaintiff entered the boutique and requested a price quote to purchase a 20-carat loose diamond. The store clerk mistakenly quoted the total […]
Doe v. Florida International University
September 18, 2017
No. 1:17-CV-21095-KMM, 2017 WL 6384007 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 18, 2017). The Firm represented a public university in a Title IX lawsuit brought by a former graduate student. The Firm moved to dismiss the student’s complaint, arguing that she failed to satisfy the requirements of Fla. Stat. § 768.28(6) and failed […]