Florida

  • January 24, 2025

    Law Firm Sues AIG Unit Over Sports Fraud Coverage

    A Florida-based law firm and its principal attorney have accused an AIG unit of misleading them into defending a sports memorabilia collector and his company in a Securities and Exchange Commission civil action and two related criminal cases, saying the unit had already agreed in writing to their billing rates.

  • January 23, 2025

    Hiring Freeze, Ending Telework Would Devastate USPTO

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would be uniquely harmed if forced to follow the Trump administration's return to office mandate, given its nearly 30-year history of telework that has led to 96% of its employees being permanently remote.

  • January 23, 2025

    11th Circ. Weighs Partisanship Against Race In Ga. Maps Fight

    Attorneys representing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday urged the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a ruling that required the state to redraw its congressional and legislative voting district maps based on a federal judge's finding that Georgia's political process was not equally open to Black voters.

  • January 23, 2025

    Fla. Court Urged To OK $2.75M For Moving Co. Fraud Victims

    Two receivers appointed to recover funds in a moving company Ponzi scheme targeting the Haitian community urged a Florida federal court on Thursday to approve a first-round distribution of $2.75 million to refund losses, although the judge overseeing the case said the amount represents a fraction of what defrauded victims lost.

  • January 23, 2025

    GOP AGs, Groups Back 11th Circ. Noncompete Ban Challenge

    A group of Republican state attorneys general filed one of a half-dozen amicus briefs Wednesday urging the Eleventh Circuit not to revive the Federal Trade Commission's ban on employment noncompete agreements, arguing the already-endangered rule exceeded FTC authority and threatens legitimate safeguards for corporate secrets.

  • January 23, 2025

    Fla. Insurer Tries To Toss Suit Blaming It For Black Mold Death

    A Sunshine State insurer accused of wrongfully causing the death of a woman who died from black mold contamination after it didn't send a promised team to her home to fix hurricane damage has urged a Florida judge to dismiss the suit, calling it a bad-faith case in disguise trying to get around an already pending contract dispute.

  • January 23, 2025

    Micron CEO Accused Of Insider Trading In Fla. Investor Suit

    A Micron Technology Inc. shareholder has accused the company CEO and several board members of insider trading after selling $70 million worth of stock just before the release of disappointing financial results regarding demand for its semiconductors.

  • January 23, 2025

    Welder Sues Bezos' Blue Origin Over Sex Discrimination

    A former welder at Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin Florida LLC filed a discrimination lawsuit Wednesday claiming her supervisors forced her to sew buttons on their shirts and would tell her she was a "welder in a man's world."

  • January 23, 2025

    11th Circ. Pauses Ruling Nixing $440M Cruise Line Penalty

    The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday cleared the way for a dock company to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after its $440 million judgment against four cruise lines for allegedly "trafficking" in property seized by Cuba was overturned.

  • January 23, 2025

    Corporate Transparency Law Remains Flanked By Threats

    The Corporate Transparency Act is facing threats across the branches of government despite the U.S. Supreme Court pausing a nationwide injunction on it Thursday, with another universal injunction in place, other court battles underway and some Republican lawmakers targeting the law.

  • January 23, 2025

    Exactech Seeks Bonuses For Top Execs For Ch. 11 Sale

    Bankrupt medical implant manufacturer Exactech asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday for permission to pay up to $5 million in bonuses to its top executives, saying they are performing necessary work for the company's sale plans.

  • January 23, 2025

    15 States Reach $7.4B Settlement With Sackler Family

    A bipartisan coalition of states on Thursday announced a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma Inc., representing the largest settlement to date with the family accused of contributing significantly to the opioid epidemic.

  • January 22, 2025

    Fla. Court Proposes $19M In Damages In Spinal Products Suit

    A Florida federal judge has recommended that the principal of spine medical equipment companies pay $19.3 million in damages after allegedly breaching an agreement and forming a direct competitor to a business he previously contracted with for exclusive distribution of its products.

  • January 22, 2025

    American, JetBlue Ink $1.9M Atty Fee Deal After Antitrust Loss

    A Massachusetts federal judge signed off Tuesday on a settlement requiring American Airlines and JetBlue to cover $1.9 million worth of legal fees that a group of state attorneys general spent successfully challenging the two airlines' Northeast Alliance joint venture as anticompetitive.

  • January 22, 2025

    Miami Official Used Public Funds For Political Gain, Suit Says

    Two former Miami city employees have brought a whistleblower lawsuit against District 3 Commissioner Joe Carollo in Florida federal court, alleging that he ousted them for exposing misuse of public funds meant to manage parks that were instead used to pay for his political ventures and personal expenses.

  • January 22, 2025

    Judge Won't Toss Bulk Of Chrysler Minivan MDL Claims

    A Michigan federal judge has declined to significantly pare back multidistrict litigation over a risk of spontaneous explosion in certain Chrysler plug-in hybrid minivans, denying Chrysler's bid to toss fraud and other claims.

  • January 22, 2025

    Feds Drop Case Against Atty's Accomplice In COVID Loan Fraud

    A Savannah, Georgia, man who conspired with two attorneys to defraud the federal pandemic relief effort of $300,000 has had the charges against him in Georgia federal court dropped, after he completed a year of a pretrial diversion program.

  • January 22, 2025

    Fla. Attys Face Ethics Charges For Settling Dead Client's Suits

    Two Boca Raton, Florida-based lawyers cannot escape ethics charges after they conditionally admitted to settling cases after their client had died, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled, denying their proposed consent judgments, which would have suspended them for a period of nine months.

  • January 21, 2025

    Ala. Gets In On Trans Ga. Deputy's 11th Circ. Rehearing

    The state of Alabama will get a chance to weigh in at closely watched oral arguments next month when the full Eleventh Circuit will consider whether a Georgia county's denial of coverage for a transgender deputy's gender-affirming surgery violates federal employment discrimination laws.

  • January 21, 2025

    Court Tosses Yacht Sale Broker Fee Antitrust Case, For Now

    A Florida federal court dismissed a case on Tuesday from boat sellers alleging they paid inflated broker fees when selling used vessels through yacht listing services, but will allow the sellers to file an amended complaint.

  • January 21, 2025

    ACC Asks Fla. High Court To Pause FSU's Suit

    The Atlantic Coast Conference said Tuesday that it intends to ask the Florida Supreme Court to take up its bid to halt Florida State University's grant-of-rights contractual lawsuit in favor of the conference's action in North Carolina.

  • January 21, 2025

    CNN Inks Post-Verdict Deal In Contractor's Defamation Suit

    CNN settled a defamation lawsuit just hours after a Florida jury awarded $5 million in compensatory damages to a U.S. Navy veteran turned private defense contractor who sued the network for defamation over a report on the evacuation of Afghans in 2021.

  • January 21, 2025

    Bondi Pledges To Consult DOJ Ethics Team On Trump Matters

    Following last week's hearing for President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Democrats further questioned Pam Bondi on how she would maintain independence from Trump due to her past relationships with him.

  • January 21, 2025

    Holland & Knight Reps Redwire On $925M Edge Buy

    Holland & Knight LLP is guiding space infrastructure company Redwire Corp. on a new agreement to acquire Edge Autonomy for $925 million, expanding Redwire's portfolio to include Edge's combat-tested uncrewed aircraft and drones.

  • January 21, 2025

    Judge Blocks Release Of Trump Classified Info Report

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday blocked the release of a report on the criminal case charging President Donald Trump with unlawfully hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after his first term in office, ruling there is no justification to release a report prior to the conclusion of criminal proceedings against Trump's co-defendants.

Expert Analysis

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    Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.

  • A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates

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    Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.

  • Accidental Death Ruling Shows ERISA Review Standard's Pull

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    The Eleventh Circuit’s recent accidental death insurance ruling in Goldfarb v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance illustrates how an arbitrary and capricious standard of review in Employee Retirement Income Security Act denial-of-benefits cases creates a steep uphill battle for benefit claimants, says Mark DeBofsky at DeBofsky Law.

  • Opinion

    States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions

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    Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.

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    Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Tackling daily puzzles — like Wordle, KenKen and Connections — has bolstered my intellectual property litigation practice by helping me to exercise different mental skills, acknowledge minor but important details, and build and reinforce good habits, says Roy Wepner at Kaplan Breyer.

  • 1st Gender Care Ban Provides Context For High Court Case

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    The history of Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming medical care — the first such legislation in the U.S. — provides important insight into the far-reaching ramifications that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti next term will have on transgender healthcare, says Tyler Saenz at Baker Donelson.

  • Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice

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    The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.

  • Why High Court Social Media Ruling Will Be Hotly Debated

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    In deciding the NetChoice cases that challenged Florida and Texas content moderation laws, what the U.S. Supreme Court justices said about social media platforms — and the First Amendment — will have implications and raise questions for nearly all online operators, say Jacob Canter and Joanna Rosen Forster at Crowell & Moring.

  • In Memoriam: The Modern Administrative State

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    On June 28, the modern administrative state, where courts deferred to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, died when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled its previous decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council — but it is survived by many cases decided under the Chevron framework, say Joseph Schaeffer and Jessica Deyoe at Babst Calland.

  • What Fla. Ruling Means For Insurer Managed Repair Programs

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    A recent Florida state court ruling in Fraga v. Citizens Property Insurance, holding that the insurer could not seek to add additional terms in its managed repair program consent form, should promote clear written contract terms that clarify the relationship between insurers, policyholders and contractors, says Chip Merlin at Merlin Law Group.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For Nationwide Race-Based Hair Protections

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    While 24 states have passed laws that prohibit race-based hair discrimination, this type of bias persists in workplaces and schools, so a robust federal law is necessary to ensure widespread protection, says Samone Ijoma and Erica Roberts at Sanford Heisler.

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    Florida Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    The second quarter of 2024 brought two notable bills that will affect Florida's banking and finance community across many issues, including virtual currency abandonment, cancellation of financial services on the basis of political opinions, and the exemption amount of motor vehicles, say Joshua Prever and Andrew Balthazor at Holland & Knight.

  • How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts

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    As law firms increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence tools to produce legal text, attorneys should be on guard for the overuse of cohesive devices in initial drafts, and consider a few editing pointers to clean up AI’s repetitive and choppy outputs, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • Opinion

    A Tale Of 2 Trump Cases: The Rule Of Law Is A Live Issue

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week in Trump v. U.S., holding that former President Donald Trump has broad immunity from prosecution, undercuts the rule of law, while the former president’s New York hush money conviction vindicates it in eight key ways, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • Series

    After Chevron: Various Paths For Labor And Employment Law

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    Labor and employment law leans heavily on federal agency guidance, so the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to toss out Chevron deference will ripple through this area, with future workplace policies possibly taking shape through strategic litigation, informal guidance, state-level regulation and more, says Alexander MacDonald at Littler.

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