Mealey's (August 3, 2015, 1:19 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A Florida federal judge’s adoption of a Florida federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that a plaintiff be awarded $600,000 in liquidated damages, as well as attorney fees, as a sanction for a defendant’s “egregious” disregard of a final consent order was affirmed July 16 by the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Blanco GmbH + Co. KG v. Vito Antonio Laera, et al., No. 14-11814, 11th Cir.; 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 12265)....