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March 18, 2019
Allegiant, TPG Reveal Plans For Up To $1B Hotel Partnership
Low cost airline Allegiant Travel Co. is teaming up with an affiliate of global private equity giant TPG to develop a resort in southwest Florida, as the first piece of what is expected to be a long-term, $1 billion partnership, the companies said Monday.
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March 18, 2019
Willkie, Skadden Steer FIS’ $43B Worldpay Buy
Fidelity National Information Services, led by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Monday inked a $43 billion deal, including debt, for Worldpay, guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, marking the latest payments services tie-up as the space consolidates.
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March 15, 2019
Pulse Gunman's Employer Dodges Suit Over Mass Shooting
A Florida state judge on Friday tossed a suit brought by victims of the 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, accusing a security company of negligently training its employee who carried out the massacre, saying the company owed no duty to the victims.
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March 15, 2019
Ex-Health Inspector Denies Problems At Esformes Facilities
Philip Esformes put a former Florida state nursing home inspector on the stand Friday to defend the condition of his facilities as the Miami nursing home owner opened his defense in the blockbuster health care fraud trial.
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March 15, 2019
Atty Must Return Docs In Row Over Ex-Partner's $2M Policy
A Miami lawyer accused of wrongly keeping $2 million in life insurance policy proceeds after his former partner killed himself must hand over to the partner's widow financial records of hers that he obtained through improperly noticed subpoenas, a Florida state judge ordered Friday.
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