Florida

  • November 19, 2024

    Cravath-Led Robinhood To Acquire TradePMR In $300M Deal

    Stock trading app Robinhood Markets Inc., advised by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, on Tuesday announced plans to buy registered investment adviser-focused custodial and portfolio management platform TradePMR, led by Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $300 million.

  • November 19, 2024

    Condo Says Insurer Underpaid By $19M After Hurricane Ian

    A Florida condo association said its insurer underpaid it by nearly $19 million after Hurricane Ian destroyed its property in 2022, according to a suit that was removed to federal court.

  • November 19, 2024

    Flooring Co. Asks 11th Circ. To Back 'Inebriated' CEO's Ouster

    Flooring manufacturer Interface Inc. told the Eleventh Circuit Tuesday it stands by its decision to fire its CEO after he allegedly got drunk and berated a subordinate at a company function, urging a three-judge panel to affirm a summary judgment ruling that put an end to the former executive's $100 million suit.

  • November 19, 2024

    Netflix Hit With Suit Over Tyson-Paul Fight Streaming Issues

    A man has filed a proposed class action in Florida state court over the streaming glitches during the recent boxing bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, claiming that Netflix owes every affected customer restitution for failing to deliver promised services.

  • November 19, 2024

    Poll Workers Fight Giuliani Attys' Bid To Exit Collection Cases

    Two of Rudy Giuliani's attorneys doubled down Tuesday on their attempt to withdraw as counsel in the $148 million defamation case against him, saying in a redacted letter that the two Georgia poll workers hoping to stop their withdrawal are unaware of the facts that led up to the request.

  • November 19, 2024

    Nonpracticing Doc Can't Testify In Med Mal Case, Court Says

    A Florida state appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a case accusing a doctor of botching two shoulder surgeries, agreeing with a lower court's findings that a physician-turned-legal-consultant wasn't qualified to testify as the plaintiff's medical expert under the law.

  • November 18, 2024

    Senate Confirms Fla. Magistrate Judge To 11th Circ.

    The Senate voted 49-45 on Monday to confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Embry J. Kidd of the Middle District of Florida to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

  • November 18, 2024

    Clemson, Florida State Ask NC Top Court To Toss ACC Suits

    Florida State and Clemson universities urged the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss lawsuits brought by the Atlantic Coast Conference over grant of rights contracts, saying the institutions' sovereign immunities aren't waived just because they've agreed to be members of the conference.

  • November 18, 2024

    StraightPath Execs Must Face $386M IPO Fraud Charges

    A New York federal judge denied a bid Monday by three principals of Florida-based private equity firm StraightPath Venture Partners to dismiss an indictment accusing them of raising $386 million by defrauding over 2,000 investors through false promises about purchases of pre-IPO shares in private companies.

  • November 18, 2024

    SEC Sued Over FINRA's One-Day Bond Reporting Timeline

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been hit with a lawsuit seeking to overturn a newly adopted rule that will require brokerage firms to report bond transactions more quickly, with the suing organization previously claiming there was no evidence justifying a need for such a change.

  • November 18, 2024

    Chiquita Wants New Bellwether Trial In $38M Paramilitary Case

    Chiquita told a Florida federal court that a landmark $38 million bellwether loss to the families of victims of Colombian right-wing paramilitaries was the "product of numerous legal and evidentiary errors" that handicapped the banana company, which now wants a new trial.

  • November 18, 2024

    HUD Ducks Homeowner's Insurance Overpayment Suit

    A Florida federal judge dismissed a homeowner's proposed class action alleging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development failed to refund mortgage insurance premium overpayments, finding the suit seeks sweeping relief that exceeds the court's power.

  • November 18, 2024

    State Bar Can't Set Limits To Atty Speech, Fla. Justices Told

    A Georgia-based attorney doubled down on his First Amendment argument against the Florida Bar's attempt to have him suspended for disparaging an opponent in a 2018 state attorney race, arguing that freedom of speech protections aren't whittled down when someone becomes a lawyer.

  • November 18, 2024

    11th Circ. Shelves Peanut Truck Co.'s Excise Tax Refund

    The Eleventh Circuit has overturned a decision awarding an excise tax refund to a manufacturer for selling wagons that dry and carry peanuts, saying the refund is reserved for vehicles that are specially designed for off-highway transportation — a test the peanut wagons failed.

  • November 18, 2024

    Health Care Co. CareMax Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell Assets

    Medical services company CareMax Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court, listing $422.6 million of funded debt and disclosing plans to sell its assets during the case.

  • November 18, 2024

    Spirit Airlines Files For Ch. 11 With Equity-Swap Plan

    Budget air carrier Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court Monday with $3.6 billion in funded debt and a preapproved equity swap restructuring plan.

  • November 15, 2024

    Real Estate Recap: Industry Leaders Weigh In

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including President-elect Donald Trump's industry pick for Middle East special envoy, a playbook on commercial real estate distress from BigLaw leaders and one KKR exec's optimism for the end of a two-year real estate slump.

  • November 15, 2024

    Court Urged To Find OnlyFans Promoted Alleged Rape Video

    A Florida woman whose alleged rape video was posted to OnlyFans asked a federal court on Friday to reject a report recommending dismissal of her lawsuit because the company can't be held liable under the Communications Decency Act, saying she never approved the video's upload.

  • November 15, 2024

    Giuliani Gets New Atty As Poll Workers Seek To Collect $148M

    Two days after Rudy Giuliani's lawyers asked a federal judge to allow them to withdraw from representing him in a pair of cases from former Georgia poll workers seeking to collect a $148 million defamation award against him, the embattled former mayor of New York found himself new representation.

  • November 15, 2024

    Venezuelan Lawyer Relied On Ex-Dentons Atty In $54M Swap

    A Venezuelan lawyer suing Dentons over a failed $54 million bolivar-to-dollars currency swap admitted Friday on the stand that he did not do any due diligence for the transaction but instead relied on what he called misinformation from an ex-Dentons attorney that she relayed to his representative.

  • November 15, 2024

    Fla. Health Co. Owner Pleads Guilty In $11M Payroll Tax Case

    A Florida healthcare business owner who caused a tax loss to the IRS of nearly $11 million pled guilty in a Miami federal court to failing to pay employment taxes and not filing his income tax returns, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.

  • November 15, 2024

    Plaintiffs Ask To Seal $8.5M Data Breach Deal With Gunster

    Plaintiffs in a proposed data breach class action asked a Florida federal court Thursday to let them file under seal an $8.5 million settlement agreement to resolve accusations that Florida corporate law firm Gunster failed to safeguard the personal information of nearly 10,000 clients, employees and other individuals from cybercriminals.

  • November 15, 2024

    Pharma Biz To Pay $47M To Settle Feds' Kickback Claims

    A Florida pharmaceutical company and its chief executive have agreed to pay $47 million to settle claims that their practice of paying for certain patient tests crossed the line into being an illegal kickback to increase prescriptions of an enzyme replacement therapy, Boston federal prosecutors said on Friday.

  • November 15, 2024

    Florida Bar Says Novel Ethics Case Doesn't Require Leniency

    Lack of precedent is not reason enough to allow a Florida lawyer to reduce his one-year suspension for a "punitive" fee hike, the Florida Bar told the state's high court, arguing that the court's initial reasoning for the discipline was sound and that the lawyer's motion for a rehearing misrepresented some of the facts.

  • November 14, 2024

    Florida AG Says FEMA Failed Trump Supporters After Storms

    The Florida Attorney General's Office announced Thursday it has launched a federal lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency's administrator and a fired agency official over an alleged directive instructing hurricane relief workers to avoid homes displaying signs in support of President-elect Donald Trump.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

  • 5th Circ. Shows Admin Rules Can Survive Court Post-Chevron

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    The Fifth Circuit's textual analysis of the Fair Labor Standards Act, contributing to its recent affirming of the U.S. Department of Labor’s authority to set an overtime exemption salary threshold, suggests administrative laws can survive post-Chevron challenges, say Jessi Thaller-Moran and Erin Barker at Brooks Pierce.

  • A Look At 5 States' New Data Privacy Laws

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    With new data privacy laws in Utah, Florida, Texas, Oregon and Montana recently in effect or coming into force this year, state-level enforcement of data privacy creates significant challenges and risks for how businesses interact with employees and consumers, and for companies that provide and use technologies in multiple jurisdictions, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • Fla. Insurer-Breach Cases Split On Unrepaired Property Issue

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    A Florida appellate court's recent decision in Universal v. Qureshi is directly at odds with a 2020 decision from another Florida appellate court, and raises important questions for policyholders and insurers about the proper measure of damages in breach claims involving unrepaired property, say Andrea DeField and Yaniel Abreu at Hunton.

  • Revisiting The Crime-Fraud Exception After Key Trump Cases

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    Evidence issues in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and classified documents cases involving former President Donald Trump offer an opportunity to restudy elements and implications of the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine, noting the courts' careful scrutiny of these matters, say Robert Hoff and Paul Tuchmann at Wiggin and Dana.

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • Navigating The Complexities Of Cyber Incident Reporting

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    When it comes to cybersecurity incident response plans, the uptick in the number and targets of legal and regulatory actions emphasizes the necessity for businesses to document the facts underlying the assumptions, complexities and obstacles of their decisions during the incident response, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • How Cos. Can Protect Supply Chains During The Port Strike

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    With dock workers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts launching a strike that will likely cause severe supply chain disruptions, there are several steps exporters and importers can take to protect their businesses and mitigate increased costs, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from four recent class certification rulings involving denial of Medicare reimbursements, automobile insurance disputes, veterans' rights and automobile defects.

  • How Loper Bright Is Affecting Pending FCC Litigation

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    Pending challenges against Federal Communications Commission orders at the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright highlight that counsel must be familiar with the statutes, regulations and precedent relevant to the FCC to best navigate the rapidly changing compliance landscape, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

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    Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: The MDL Map

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    An intriguing yet unpredictable facet of multidistrict litigation practice is venue selection for new MDL proceedings, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation considers many factors when it assigns an MDL venue, says Alan Rothman at Sidley Austin.

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