Florida

  • October 04, 2024

    Where Campus Protest Suits Stand 1 Year After Oct. 7 Attacks

    Almost immediately after Hamas' attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and the subsequent invasion of Gaza, colleges and universities became litigation targets of both sides of the conflict as protests unfolded on campuses throughout the United States.

  • October 04, 2024

    DOJ Charges Execs, Sales Reps Over Texas 'Pill Mills' Sales

    Tens of millions of opioid pills ended up in the black market by way of pharmaceutical distribution executives and sales representatives who targeted a Houston "hot zone" for drug diversion, the U.S. Department of Justice said in unsealing several indictments in Texas, Florida, Missouri and North Carolina.

  • October 04, 2024

    11th Circ. Sends Tribal Loan Dispute Back For Arbitration

    An Eleventh Circuit panel has reversed and remanded a lower court's ruling that a Tampa-based consumer collection company cannot compel arbitration in a bid seeking payment on a tribally owned firm's loans, arguing provisions of the agreements require such proceedings under tribal and federal law.

  • October 04, 2024

    Trump Media SPAC Dropped From $20M Insider-Trading Suit

    A Florida federal judge dismissed a special purpose acquisition company from a shareholder complaint alleging a board member and investor made nearly $20 million from insider trading following news of a merger with Donald Trump's social media website, saying the SPAC isn't a necessary party to the lawsuit.

  • October 04, 2024

    Insurer May Pay Only 1 Fla. Mass Shooting Victim

    An insurer isn't required to pay anything to two families whose loved ones died in a mass shooting at a Miami mall because it already exhausted all its proceeds in paying one other family $50,000, a Florida federal judge ruled.

  • October 04, 2024

    DOL Urges 11th Circ. To Back Arbitration Denial In ESOP Row

    The U.S. Department of Labor urged the Eleventh Circuit to reject arbitration in a proposed class action alleging a legal technology firm undervalued company shares when it shut down its employee stock ownership plan, arguing that the arbitration provision clashed with federal benefits law.

  • October 04, 2024

    Fla. Firm Wins Wage Dispute After Paralegal Abandons Suit

    A federal judge threw out a paralegal's lawsuit alleging that a West Palm Beach, Florida, law firm underpaid her and then retaliated against her by cutting her hours when she complained, saying she has refused to continue to participate in the litigation.

  • October 04, 2024

    Up First At High Court: Civil Rights, Ghost Guns, Atty Fees

    The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Monday to start a brand-new term, with the justices first hearing arguments related to prerequisites for litigating federal rights in state courts, ghost gun regulations, and whether a death row inmate is entitled to a new trial after a state admits that prosecutorial misconduct might have led to his conviction.

  • October 04, 2024

    Feds Say Judge Threatened In Court Considering Trump Case

    An Illinois man has been indicted for allegedly threatening to assault, kidnap and murder a federal judge in the Florida federal court where former President Donald Trump's classified documents case has been unfolding.

  • October 03, 2024

    Biden Admin's Latest Debt Relief Plan Blocked In Missouri

    A Missouri federal judge Thursday blocked the Biden administration's latest student debt relief proposal, finding that the six Republican-led states leading the challenge will likely show the plan is unlawful, just a day after a Georgia federal judge knocked the Peach State out and punted the case to St. Louis.

  • October 03, 2024

    Masseuse's Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Cruise Line Says

    Norwegian Cruise Line told a Florida federal court on Wednesday that a former masseuse on board one of its ships must arbitrate her negligence claim after she was allegedly deprived of prompt and adequate medical care, even though the company didn't sign an underlying arbitration agreement.

  • October 03, 2024

    Fifth Third Bank Solar Panel Loan MDL Centralized In Minn.

    A collection of proposed class actions accusing Fifth Third Bank NA of hiding loan costs from customers will be consolidated in Minnesota, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ruled Thursday, noting that the judge assigned hasn't presided over an MDL yet.

  • October 03, 2024

    Univision Beats Subscribers' Class Status Bid In Privacy Suit

    A Florida federal judge denied Univision NOW subscribers class certification in their suit alleging the Spanish-language network's streaming platform violated their privacy by sharing their identities and video viewing histories with Meta Platforms Inc., saying the subscribers failed to show there were enough class members to warrant a class action.

  • October 03, 2024

    Trump Media's COO Resigns As Stock Is Released To Investor

    The parent of Donald Trump's social media platform had a busy Thursday, announcing that its chief operating officer has resigned and separately disclosing that it released nearly 800,000 shares to a backer of the vehicle that took Trump's entity public in connection with a court order.

  • October 03, 2024

    11th Circ. Rejects Bid To Block Fla. Law Banning Trans Care

    The Eleventh Circuit said Thursday it would not reconsider a decision that allowed a Florida law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors and restricts it for adults to take effect.

  • October 03, 2024

    Fla. Judge Denies 'Piecemeal' Suit Against Scientology Leader

    A Florida federal judge Thursday refused to lift a stay on a lawsuit over trafficking claims against the Church of Scientology, denying a motion to allow "piecemeal" litigation to proceed against church leader David Miscavige even though he was never included in a previous order to compel arbitration.

  • October 03, 2024

    14 States Challenge FCC Over Prison Phone Rate Caps

    Fourteen states from Alabama to Virginia have sued the Federal Communications Commission in the Eighth Circuit over regulations it enacted this summer capping prison phone rates.

  • October 03, 2024

    Trulieve Sues Fla. Republican Party Over Anti-Weed Ads

    Trulieve, which is Florida's largest medical marijuana company and the principal backer of a ballot initiative to legalize cannabis in the Sunshine State, has sued the state's Republican Party and a pair of television stations for defamation, alleging that they ran misleading anti-weed ads.

  • October 03, 2024

    'Let's Go Brandon' Coin Trustee Knocks Buyers' Class Claims

    The trustee of the meme-inspired cryptocurrency LGBcoin sought to block class action certification from buyers who claim he sold them unregistered securities by leading them to believe the token would take off through a purported partnership with NASCAR.

  • October 03, 2024

    12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar

    One attorney hasn't lost a single U.S. Supreme Court case she's argued, or even a single justice's vote. One attorney is perhaps "the preeminent SCOTUS advocate." And one may soon become U.S. solicitor general, despite acknowledging there are "judges out there who don't like me." All three are among a dozen lawyers in the vanguard of the Supreme Court bar's next generation, poised to follow in the footsteps of the bar's current icons.

  • October 03, 2024

    Fla. Court Reverses Condos' Win In $1M Contractor Dispute

    A Florida appeals court Wednesday reversed a win for three condominium associations in a dispute over $1.4 million worth of mitigation work done on the property after Hurricane Irma, ruling that the contractor did not need to be licensed to do most of the work.

  • October 03, 2024

    Fla. Judge Tosses Jet Co.'s Defamation Suit Against Reporter

    A Florida federal judge Thursday tossed a private jet company's defamation suit against a journalist who reported a story about its alleged ties to the Russian mafia, after an amended complaint wasn't filed within the timeframe required by the court.

  • October 03, 2024

    Fla. Judge Facing Discipline For 'Intemperate' Conduct

    A Florida state judge is facing disciplinary action for his behavior in multiple matters, including occasions when he allegedly acted "intemperately" and lacked "the patience, dignity, and courtesy required by the Code of Judicial Conduct," a judicial ethics panel said.

  • October 03, 2024

    Sham Law Firm Employee Gets 5 Years For Foreclosure Fraud

    A Virginia man was sentenced to five years in prison and hit with a $159,000 fine for what a D.C. federal judge called Thursday the "horrendous" crime of using a Manassas law firm to defraud homeowners facing foreclosure.

  • October 03, 2024

    Judicial Picks From 3 States Remain Hearing-Less

    With a dwindling number of days left on the Senate's 2024 calendar, Democrats are pushing to confirm more judges so President Joe Biden can meet or exceed former President Donald Trump's record.

Expert Analysis

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • EPA Heavy-Duty Vehicle GHG Rules Face Bumpy Road Ahead

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for owners and operators of heavy-duty vehicles are facing opposition from both states and the transportation industry, and their arguments will mirror two pending cases challenging the EPA's authority, says Grant Laizer at Adams and Reese.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • Attys Beware 2 Commonly Overlooked NIL Contract Issues

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    As name, image and likeness deals dominate high school and collegiate sports, preserving a client's NCAA eligibility should be a top priority, so lawyers should understand the potentially damaging contract provisions they may encounter when reviewing an agreement, says Paula Nagarajan at Arnall Golden.

  • Perspectives

    Justices' Repeat Offender Ruling Eases Prosecutorial Hurdle

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in Brown v. U.S., clarifying which drug law applies to sentencing a repeat offender in a federal firearms case, allows courts to rely on outdated drug schedules to impose increased sentences, thus removing a significant hurdle for prosecutors, says attorney Molly Parmer.

  • Perspectives

    Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • Series

    Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • What 11th Circ. FCRA Ruling Means For Credit Furnishers

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    Credit furnishers should revisit their internal investigation and verification procedures after the Eleventh Circuit declined last month in Holden v. Holiday to impose a bright-line rule that only purely factual or transcription errors are actionable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, say Diana Eng and Michael Esposito at Blank Rome.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • A Changing Regulatory Landscape For Weight Loss Drugs

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    As drugs originally approved to treat diabetes become increasingly popular for weight loss purposes, federal and state regulators and payors are increasing their focus on how these drugs are prescribed, and industry participants should pay close attention to rapidly evolving compliance requirements, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • The State Of Play In DEI And ESG 1 Year After Harvard Ruling

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    Almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court decided Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, attorney general scrutiny of environmental, social and governance-related efforts indicates a potential path for corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to be targeted, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • 2 Oil Trader FCPA Pleas Highlight Fine-Reduction Factors

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    Recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlements with Gunvor and Trafigura — the latest actions in a yearslong sweep of the commodities trading industry — reveal useful data points related to U.S. Department of Justice policies on cooperation credit and past misconduct, say Michael DeBernardis and Laura Perkins at Hughes Hubbard.

  • What The FTC Report On AG Collabs Means For Cos.

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    The Federal Trade Commission's April report on working with state attorneys general shows collaboration can increase efficiency and consistency in how statutes are interpreted and enforced, which can minimize the likelihood of requests for inconsistent injunctive relief that can create operational problems for businesses, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

  • When Oral Settlements Reached In Mediation Are Enforceable

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    A recent decision by the New Jersey Appellate Division illustrates the difficulties that may arise in trying to enforce an oral settlement agreement reached in mediation, but adherence to certain practices can improve the likelihood that such an agreement will be binding, says Richard Mason at MasonADR.

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