Sol H. Weiss is an American personal injury lawyer and Director of the Anapol Weiss law firm based in Philadelphia. Weiss has practiced law since 1972. He has secured many notable multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in national mass tort and class action litigations.
Verdicts and settlements
Co-Lead Counsel in NFL Players' Injury Litigation
Weiss serves as Co-Lead Counsel in the National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation, which reached a proposed settlement of $765 million to provide medical assistance to more than 18,000 former players suffering neurological problems. The litigation is presided over by Judge Anita B. Brody in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The pending settlement awaits approval of the court. “When Weiss and others at the firm began to hear of NFL players suffering from chronic neurological damage, likely the result of repeated concussive collisions, they began to explore the possibility of suing the NFL on the premise that it had failed to protect the players' health,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “Weiss said the firm consulted with neurosurgeons and scientists, reviewed the literature, and conferred with injured players.”
Regarding the case, Weiss was interviewed for the September 2013 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. In this article he emphasized that, "helmets can't protect you from all kinds of injuries.".
Products Liability Litigation
Weiss served as one of seven class counsel in the national Fen-Phen lawsuits titled In re: Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine, Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit alleged the weight loss drugs caused valvular heart disease, an association that ultimately compelled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to order fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine off the market in 1997. The lawsuit settled for $3.75 billion. Weiss was then referenced in a book titled Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen about the complexities of the diet drug litigation.
Weiss also obtained a $68.5 million settlement for 168 people seriously injured by the statin drug Baycol in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) titled In re: Baycol Products Liability Litigation. Plaintiffs in the action claimed Baycol, which was commonly prescribed for high blood pressure and heart disease, caused a muscle damaging disease called rhabdomyolysis, kidney failure, and other injuries. Baycol was removed from the market in 2001.
Other past cases include the $17.75 million partial settlement in the Luzerne County Kids for cash litigation and the New Jersey consolidated Vioxx litigation. In addition to large and complex mass tort lawsuits, Weiss has litigated medical and professional malpractice, securities litigation and various product liability cases.
Honors and awards
He has been named in The Best Lawyers magazine annual list every year since 2006 and was featured on the cover of the 2011 edition of the publication.
Weiss was named to the Suburban Life reader's choice top attorneys in 2010.
Verdicts and settlements
Co-Lead Counsel in NFL Players' Injury Litigation
Weiss serves as Co-Lead Counsel in the National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation, which reached a proposed settlement of $765 million to provide medical assistance to more than 18,000 former players suffering neurological problems. The litigation is presided over by Judge Anita B. Brody in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The pending settlement awaits approval of the court. “When Weiss and others at the firm began to hear of NFL players suffering from chronic neurological damage, likely the result of repeated concussive collisions, they began to explore the possibility of suing the NFL on the premise that it had failed to protect the players' health,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “Weiss said the firm consulted with neurosurgeons and scientists, reviewed the literature, and conferred with injured players.”
Regarding the case, Weiss was interviewed for the September 2013 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. In this article he emphasized that, "helmets can't protect you from all kinds of injuries.".
Products Liability Litigation
Weiss served as one of seven class counsel in the national Fen-Phen lawsuits titled In re: Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine, Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit alleged the weight loss drugs caused valvular heart disease, an association that ultimately compelled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to order fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine off the market in 1997. The lawsuit settled for $3.75 billion. Weiss was then referenced in a book titled Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen about the complexities of the diet drug litigation.
Weiss also obtained a $68.5 million settlement for 168 people seriously injured by the statin drug Baycol in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) titled In re: Baycol Products Liability Litigation. Plaintiffs in the action claimed Baycol, which was commonly prescribed for high blood pressure and heart disease, caused a muscle damaging disease called rhabdomyolysis, kidney failure, and other injuries. Baycol was removed from the market in 2001.
Other past cases include the $17.75 million partial settlement in the Luzerne County Kids for cash litigation and the New Jersey consolidated Vioxx litigation. In addition to large and complex mass tort lawsuits, Weiss has litigated medical and professional malpractice, securities litigation and various product liability cases.
Honors and awards
He has been named in The Best Lawyers magazine annual list every year since 2006 and was featured on the cover of the 2011 edition of the publication.
Weiss was named to the Suburban Life reader's choice top attorneys in 2010.
mHITs (Mobile Handset Initiated TransactionS) is an Australia micropayment service which allows users to send and receive money via SMS. The company offers a person-to-person payment system that uses a mobile phone as the transaction device rather than an automatic teller or EFTPOS terminal. Users send and receive money via SMS text message and can make payments instantly between any Australian mobile phone.
Users can also make purchases from on-line merchants, pay parking fees and taxi fares. mHITs also offers a Point Of Sale (POS) terminal which allows the service to be used at retail points of sale, such as ordering a coffee or purchasing a magazine. As the SMS authorising payment can also include a message, users have discovered that the service can be utilised to pre-order products, such that they are ready for pickup upon arrival at the store.
History
mHITs was first launched in Australia in 2004 as a platform for delivering pre-paid mobile re-charge vouchers via SMS.
The service was re-launched in May 2006 in its current form as a mobile wallet, focusing on person-to-person transactions and beginning a limited rollout of merchant terminals in and around Sydney. The service has since expanded to include venues around the country, focusing primarily on ordering and paying coffee.
mHITs has won numerous awards for innovation including The Australian Mobile Awards.
mHITs was an episode winner on ABC TVs The New Inventors and has won technology and innovation awards including the Australian Capital Territory's financial category of the iAwards, and the People's Choice Next Big Thing Award in 2007.
In 2009, the company has expanded its operations to apply its mobile payment technology in the developing world for the unbanked. Several services have been deployed in Papua New Guinea in conjunction with Digicel PNG. One very successful service has been their BuyPower platform which enabled subscribers to purchase prepaid electricity directly using carrier airtime. The service operates under the service Easipawa Easipay on the Digicel PNG network.
More work on the company's work in developing markets including case studies is available on their corporate website mHITs Limited. Their focus is on Asia-Pacific and African markets.
Operation
mHITs utilises a prepaid model (identical in principle to pre-paid phone credit) to ensure that the customer has funds ready to use before authorising payment transactions. This model ensures that the customer will not continue incurring debt or overdraw fees as an mHITs account cannot be overdrawn. This model is based on the standard mobile wallet architecture used for payment systems in developing markets such as mPesa in Kenya.
Under the mHITs Australia SMS mobile wallet, users and merchants are required to register an account with mHITs to access the mHITs payment service. Transactions are possible between:
*Individual users, for instance the payment of personal debts or a portion of a meal,
*Users and POS Merchants, for instance the payment of coffee,
*Users and Online Merchants, for instance the payment of mobile ringtones and games.
*Parking
*International Remittance - mHITs allows users to remit funds instantly to counterpart mobile money operators around the world
The platform also has the ability to be used for online or digital purchases.
Current status
The number of cafe locations opting to join the mHITs network has been steadily growing since the beginning of 2009. The current promotion "Next Coffee Free," began in early April 2009 and coincided with a Facebook advertising campaign in an effort to gain further brand awareness. Customers opting to join the service are welcomed with an initial free $5 worth of credit. The service provides an additional $5 credit to existing members for each new person they introduce to mHITs.
Canberra based coffee chain "Coffee Guru" recently launched mHITs in its stores, enabling its customers to bypass the ordering queue.
In 2012 mHITs launched an International Mobile Remittance service which allows mHITs users to send money instantly to counterpart mobile money services in overseas markets. This service is one of the first of its type in the world and offers the lowest cost remittance available. Current remittance corridors include The Philippines (Globe GCash and Smart Money), Ghana (MTN Money), Kenya (m-Pesa) and Nepal (eSewa). See mHITs Remit
Users can also make purchases from on-line merchants, pay parking fees and taxi fares. mHITs also offers a Point Of Sale (POS) terminal which allows the service to be used at retail points of sale, such as ordering a coffee or purchasing a magazine. As the SMS authorising payment can also include a message, users have discovered that the service can be utilised to pre-order products, such that they are ready for pickup upon arrival at the store.
History
mHITs was first launched in Australia in 2004 as a platform for delivering pre-paid mobile re-charge vouchers via SMS.
The service was re-launched in May 2006 in its current form as a mobile wallet, focusing on person-to-person transactions and beginning a limited rollout of merchant terminals in and around Sydney. The service has since expanded to include venues around the country, focusing primarily on ordering and paying coffee.
mHITs has won numerous awards for innovation including The Australian Mobile Awards.
mHITs was an episode winner on ABC TVs The New Inventors and has won technology and innovation awards including the Australian Capital Territory's financial category of the iAwards, and the People's Choice Next Big Thing Award in 2007.
In 2009, the company has expanded its operations to apply its mobile payment technology in the developing world for the unbanked. Several services have been deployed in Papua New Guinea in conjunction with Digicel PNG. One very successful service has been their BuyPower platform which enabled subscribers to purchase prepaid electricity directly using carrier airtime. The service operates under the service Easipawa Easipay on the Digicel PNG network.
More work on the company's work in developing markets including case studies is available on their corporate website mHITs Limited. Their focus is on Asia-Pacific and African markets.
Operation
mHITs utilises a prepaid model (identical in principle to pre-paid phone credit) to ensure that the customer has funds ready to use before authorising payment transactions. This model ensures that the customer will not continue incurring debt or overdraw fees as an mHITs account cannot be overdrawn. This model is based on the standard mobile wallet architecture used for payment systems in developing markets such as mPesa in Kenya.
Under the mHITs Australia SMS mobile wallet, users and merchants are required to register an account with mHITs to access the mHITs payment service. Transactions are possible between:
*Individual users, for instance the payment of personal debts or a portion of a meal,
*Users and POS Merchants, for instance the payment of coffee,
*Users and Online Merchants, for instance the payment of mobile ringtones and games.
*Parking
*International Remittance - mHITs allows users to remit funds instantly to counterpart mobile money operators around the world
The platform also has the ability to be used for online or digital purchases.
Current status
The number of cafe locations opting to join the mHITs network has been steadily growing since the beginning of 2009. The current promotion "Next Coffee Free," began in early April 2009 and coincided with a Facebook advertising campaign in an effort to gain further brand awareness. Customers opting to join the service are welcomed with an initial free $5 worth of credit. The service provides an additional $5 credit to existing members for each new person they introduce to mHITs.
Canberra based coffee chain "Coffee Guru" recently launched mHITs in its stores, enabling its customers to bypass the ordering queue.
In 2012 mHITs launched an International Mobile Remittance service which allows mHITs users to send money instantly to counterpart mobile money services in overseas markets. This service is one of the first of its type in the world and offers the lowest cost remittance available. Current remittance corridors include The Philippines (Globe GCash and Smart Money), Ghana (MTN Money), Kenya (m-Pesa) and Nepal (eSewa). See mHITs Remit
Neomobile is a multinational mobile commerce group founded by Gianluca D'Agostino and Claudio Rossi in 2007, operating in the mobile payment and mobile entertainment sectors, headquartered in Rome, Italy. Neomobile provides interactive digital content and services for mobile users in partnership with carriers, in over 70 countries worldwide.
Neomobile has offices in London, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Istanbul, Belgrade, Reus, Berlin, Mumbai, San Francisco, Mexico City and São Paulo.
Overview
Neomobile provides mobile entertainment services (chat and dating, games, apps, music, infotainment) in partnership with carriers worldwide. Services are distributed through several channels, as mobile Internet, wap, Web and SMS. The company reports that it is a leader in Italy, Brazil, France, Spain, Bogota, Mexico and Turkey. It also operates with its Mobile Entertainment services also in India, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Onebip, acquired by Neomobile in 2011, is a mobile payment platform. Payment solutions are based on Premium SMS, Mobile Direct Billing and DSL Payment technologies, and it is available in more than 70 countries. Payment services are available for virtual goods, social networks and free-to-play services, users pay for these services through their phone bill.
History
In 2004, Neomobile was the VAS business unit of the Italian telco Teleunit. After the Spin-off of Teleunit in 2007 Neomobile was incorporated, with the services launched in Spain and Brazil, including Dindo (on line games, wallpapers and ringtones). In 2008 MPS Venture (Private Equity Fund of Montepaschi Group) invests in Neomobile, and the company concludes the acquisition of Spanish Arena Mobile, a mobile content provider.
In 2009, Neomobile launched a partnership program with leading social networks and dating companies enabling mobile access and mobile micropayment. BlueGem CP LLP invests in Neomobile becoming a second key shareholder of the company. The same year Neomobile launches D2C services in Mexico.
In 2010, Neomobile acquired Zero9, the Brazilian on line dating and community service provider, and launched Neomobile Gaming for mobile gambling services and D2C services in India.
In 2011 NeoPowerAd, a Premium Mobile Adnetwork was launched and 2 major acquisitions were completed: Onebip and Turkish UCT Group.
In December, 2011 Neomobile launched its services in Colombia and had a minor investment in Pantea, a software development company for mobile advertising and mobile marketing.
Awards
In 2010 Neomobile won the ME Award in the Best D2C Company category and the Italian Change Management and the Well-being at Work Award by IOè (Best HR Manager, Best Executive Manager, Best Italian Abroad, Best Foreigner in Italy and Best Freelance).
In 2011 Neomobile was a finalist of ME Awards in the Best Transaction Provider category and it was named one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Digital Media European Company at Media Momentum Awards 2011, organized by GP Bullhound.
In 2012 Neomobile was listed as one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Digital Media European Company at and it is named one of the Deloitte 2012 Technology Fast 500™ companies.
Neomobile has offices in London, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Istanbul, Belgrade, Reus, Berlin, Mumbai, San Francisco, Mexico City and São Paulo.
Overview
Neomobile provides mobile entertainment services (chat and dating, games, apps, music, infotainment) in partnership with carriers worldwide. Services are distributed through several channels, as mobile Internet, wap, Web and SMS. The company reports that it is a leader in Italy, Brazil, France, Spain, Bogota, Mexico and Turkey. It also operates with its Mobile Entertainment services also in India, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Onebip, acquired by Neomobile in 2011, is a mobile payment platform. Payment solutions are based on Premium SMS, Mobile Direct Billing and DSL Payment technologies, and it is available in more than 70 countries. Payment services are available for virtual goods, social networks and free-to-play services, users pay for these services through their phone bill.
History
In 2004, Neomobile was the VAS business unit of the Italian telco Teleunit. After the Spin-off of Teleunit in 2007 Neomobile was incorporated, with the services launched in Spain and Brazil, including Dindo (on line games, wallpapers and ringtones). In 2008 MPS Venture (Private Equity Fund of Montepaschi Group) invests in Neomobile, and the company concludes the acquisition of Spanish Arena Mobile, a mobile content provider.
In 2009, Neomobile launched a partnership program with leading social networks and dating companies enabling mobile access and mobile micropayment. BlueGem CP LLP invests in Neomobile becoming a second key shareholder of the company. The same year Neomobile launches D2C services in Mexico.
In 2010, Neomobile acquired Zero9, the Brazilian on line dating and community service provider, and launched Neomobile Gaming for mobile gambling services and D2C services in India.
In 2011 NeoPowerAd, a Premium Mobile Adnetwork was launched and 2 major acquisitions were completed: Onebip and Turkish UCT Group.
In December, 2011 Neomobile launched its services in Colombia and had a minor investment in Pantea, a software development company for mobile advertising and mobile marketing.
Awards
In 2010 Neomobile won the ME Award in the Best D2C Company category and the Italian Change Management and the Well-being at Work Award by IOè (Best HR Manager, Best Executive Manager, Best Italian Abroad, Best Foreigner in Italy and Best Freelance).
In 2011 Neomobile was a finalist of ME Awards in the Best Transaction Provider category and it was named one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Digital Media European Company at Media Momentum Awards 2011, organized by GP Bullhound.
In 2012 Neomobile was listed as one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Digital Media European Company at and it is named one of the Deloitte 2012 Technology Fast 500™ companies.
Fetch My Guest is an intelligent marketing automation platform designed for vacation rental owners and managers. The company is based in Capitola, California and was created by local vacation rental managers out of a frustration at the current state of the vacation rental industry. It provides marketing and lead management services to vacation rental companies worldwide and serves as an alternative to other major vacation rental listing sites.
History
Fetch my Guest was founded in 2014 by CEO and Co-Founder Vince Perez. It was created as a solution to the trend of vacation rental listing sites taking over independent vacation rental businesses brand and guest communications. There was an uproar from travelers and vacation rental managers alike due to the added 4-12% booking fees developing on many popular listing sites, a decreased accessibility to the professional host, and a lack of location and concierge services.
Platform
The Fetch My Guest platform is designed to place the control back into property managers hands and to provide an easier way to manage incoming leads. The tool has an open API and allows vacation rental managers to work with any advertising source, it also provides lead management, an optimization dashboard, an email marketing tracker, a guest retention tracker and performance reporting for all key metrics of business.
Fetchmyvr
Out of Fetch My Guest, Fetchmyvr was conceptualized, it is a vacation rental listing site that puts the traveler in direct communication with the professional host. The company has been recognized as being one of the only vacation rental listing sites to encourage direct communication between traveler and host and to not charge an additional traveler’s fee. Fetchmyvr is the only branded meta site that serves as an alternative to the major vacation rental listing sites such as HomeAway, FlipKey, and Airbnb.
Recognition
In 2016 Fetch My Guest was named one of the top innovative services of the year by The Who’s Who of the Vacation Rental Industry. The company has also been featured in TNooz, the leading voice to the industry for all areas related to travel technology, and VRM Intel.
History
Fetch my Guest was founded in 2014 by CEO and Co-Founder Vince Perez. It was created as a solution to the trend of vacation rental listing sites taking over independent vacation rental businesses brand and guest communications. There was an uproar from travelers and vacation rental managers alike due to the added 4-12% booking fees developing on many popular listing sites, a decreased accessibility to the professional host, and a lack of location and concierge services.
Platform
The Fetch My Guest platform is designed to place the control back into property managers hands and to provide an easier way to manage incoming leads. The tool has an open API and allows vacation rental managers to work with any advertising source, it also provides lead management, an optimization dashboard, an email marketing tracker, a guest retention tracker and performance reporting for all key metrics of business.
Fetchmyvr
Out of Fetch My Guest, Fetchmyvr was conceptualized, it is a vacation rental listing site that puts the traveler in direct communication with the professional host. The company has been recognized as being one of the only vacation rental listing sites to encourage direct communication between traveler and host and to not charge an additional traveler’s fee. Fetchmyvr is the only branded meta site that serves as an alternative to the major vacation rental listing sites such as HomeAway, FlipKey, and Airbnb.
Recognition
In 2016 Fetch My Guest was named one of the top innovative services of the year by The Who’s Who of the Vacation Rental Industry. The company has also been featured in TNooz, the leading voice to the industry for all areas related to travel technology, and VRM Intel.