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Martin Segal

Martin Segal

Lecturer, Business Law

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Selected Publications

  • Assignment of Non-Competition Covenants, 17 UM Law Review 196 (1962).
  • Duty of a Liability Insurer to Settle within Policy Limits, 17 UM Law Review 557 (1963).
  • Joint Adventures – Sharing of Losses, 18 UM Law Review 429 (1963).
  • Florida Expands Intoxication Liability to Employer Social Hosts, Florida Bar Quarterly, (Jan. 1995, Vol. VII, No.2).
  • Unhappy Hour: Signals are Mixed on Employer Liability for Injuries Caused by Drunk Drivers, ABA Journal, (May 1995, p.56).
  • To Foresee or Not to Foresee? Problems in Enforcing Pre-Existing Duty Promises, Florida Bar Quarterly, (Dec. 1996, Vol. IX, No.2).
  • Equalizing the Competition: Covenants that Restrain Trade are Enforceable when Reasonable, ABA Journal, (April 1997, p.80).
  • Reasonable contracts in Restraint of Trade are Enforceable, Business Strategies Bulletin, (CCH May 1997).
  • Poor Prognosis: Medical Releases may not have long to live as Malpractice Shields, ABA Journal (August 1997, p.74).
  • Debt Settlement: Discord and Dissatisfaction for Creditors, Business Strategies Bulletin, (CCH April 1998).
  • Unloading Debts: Reduced Amount Payments can leave Creditors High and Dry, ABA Journal (Jan. 1999, p.83).
  • Newspaper Column: “Ask Doctor Law”, appears weekly in the Business Monday section of The Miami Herald.

Teaching and Professional Experience

  • Lecturer in Business Law, 1991 – Present, University of Miami
  • Patton & Kanner Law firm, 1964 – 1987
  • Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson Law firm, Of counsel, 1987 – 1998
  • Sacher, Martini & Sacher Law firm, Of counsel,1998 - Present 
  • Experience includes Trial Lawyer and Office Practitioner in all areas of Business, Corporate and Commercial law, as well as Entrepreneurial Ventures.

Degrees

  • University of Miami,
    • J.D., cum laude, 1967,
    • Law School, L.L.B.1964
  • University of Florida, B.S.B.A., 1961

Specialties

  • Legal Risk Management
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