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Citing Alleged Multiple Counts of Fraud, International Law Firm Diaz Reus & Targ and Co-counsel Adam Steinberg File Lawsuit Against German bank WestLB

Miami, Florida (PRWEB) January 05, 2012 In a case with international financial implications, Casa Casuarina LLC, owner of a landmark Miami Beach resort property, is suing its mortgage holder German bank WestLB on multiple counts of alleged fraud. ?We are seeking justice for our client which lost money, income and reputation because of the bank?s alleged deceptive and illegal actions,? said attorney Israel Reyes, a partner at Miami-based Diaz Reus & Targ, LLP, who represents Casa Casuarina LLC with co-counsel Adam Steinberg, a Fort Lauderdale attorney. Located at 1116 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Casa Casuarina is a Spanish-style villa once owned by designer Gianni Versace and known as the Versace mansion. In 2006, executives at WestLB?s New York branch closed on a $ 25 million mortgage on the property so Casa Casuarina could pay off a $ 14 million Bank of America loan. A complaint filed December 12, 2011in the 11th Judician Circuit in Miami (case # 11-414111 CA 23)...

David Challenges Goliath - Texas Independent Record Label Threatens Wal-Mart With a 100 Million Dollar Lawsuit

(PRWEB) March 6, 2005 March 4, 2005, In a statement released today Kirk Phillips, chief executive of Houston based record label GoreallaEntertainment.com, is publicly putting Wal-Mart on notice: ?Carry our product, in the original unedited format or face serious legal action.? Wal-Mart, the world?s largest retailer and record store have a standing policy since 1996 of not stocking CDs, which carry parental advisory labels. Phillips cries foul whenever the policy is mentioned. ?It is time to level the playing field,? says Phillips ?Wal-Mart has been making money ?Just below the public consciousness? off the sale of risqué, salacious, or otherwise objectionable entertainment items for years.? ?While at the same, Wal-Mart?s ridiculously unfair policy aimed at keeping so-called indecent products of the shelves has been in effect and that very policy is financially oppressing independent record labels,? asserts Phillips. Wal-Mart is accused of trying to keep the indepen...