Northeastern University School of Law

Miami jury's $43 million award against Philip Morris shows willingness to punish companies for the past, observer says

By Michael Carroll | Friday, Sep 17, 2021 @ 11:20am

A Miami jury has found Philip Morris liable for $43 million in damages in the cancer death of a woman who smoked Virginia Slims cigarettes for over a decade.
SAUL EWING ARNSTEIN & LEHR: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr further strengthens its labor & employment practice with addition of Antoinette Theodossakos

By Press release submission | Sunday, Sep 9, 2018 @ 7:26pm

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP today announced that Antoinette Theodossakos has joined the firm as counsel in the Labor & Employment Practice.
Hulk Hogan's Gawker verdict as much about newsworthiness as privacy, according to experts

By Jamie Kelly | Sunday, Jun 26, 2016 @ 11:53am

ST. PETERSBURG—The $140 million Florida verdict for invasion of privacy last month that has driven Gawker Media into bankruptcy and toward a possible sale is less a result of one state’s privacy laws and more a combination of the decision of one particular jury and possibly the visceral reaction to excerpts of a sex tape, according to people who have studied the case.