Florida

  • January 17, 2025

    Pot Labs Say Mass. Co. Sold Dud Test Devices In $286M Suit

    The owners of more than two dozen cannabis testing labs across the United States and Canada have accused PerkinElmer Health Services Inc. of knowingly selling them equipment that it knew was incapable of handling the sort of tests the labs performed.

  • January 17, 2025

    Fla. HOA Says Insurer Failed To Pay Or Appraise $9.5M Claim

    A Sunshine State condo association told a Florida federal court Friday that its insurer failed to pay its $9.5 million claim for damages sustained as a result of Hurricane Ian, alleging the insurer didn't meet its policy's terms regarding assigning an appraiser.

  • January 17, 2025

    11th Circ. Urged To Reject Biz Owners' Tax Penalty Challenge

    The owners of an electronic parts company who asked the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a tax penalty and find that Tax Court judges have unconstitutional job protections failed to link the two and are not entitled to tax relief, the U.S. government said Friday.

  • January 17, 2025

    Drink Maker Celsius Settles SEC's Accounting Claims For $3M

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday fined beverage company Celsius Holdings Inc. $3 million to settle claims that it issued financial statements that were materially inaccurate and misleading due to misreported stock award information.

  • January 17, 2025

    What To Expect From Trump's Judicial Nominations

    President-elect Donald Trump is taking office with 45 judicial vacancies, which is far less than the 100 plus seats he came in with in 2017, but more seats could open up if a fair number of sitting conservatives take the opportunity to ensure a Republican president names their successor.

  • January 17, 2025

    Off The Bench: Arrest In NBA Betting Probe, 76ers' Arena Deal

    In this week's Off The Bench, the betting fraud investigation with a former National Basketball Association player at the center produces another arrest, the Philadelphia 76ers pull out of one new arena agreement and sign up for another, and a champion fighter is accused of assaulting a woman at a basketball game.

  • January 17, 2025

    Vanguard To Pay SEC, States $106M Over Surprise Tax Bills

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was joined by dozens of state regulators Friday in announcing a $106.4 million settlement with The Vanguard Group Inc. over claims that the company misled investors about the heightened capital gains taxes they would have to pay on certain retirement savings accounts.

  • January 17, 2025

    Fla. Watchdog Seeks Judge Reprimand For Election Violation

    Florida's judicial ethics watchdog has recommended that Circuit Court Judge Stefanie C. Moon, who presides in the family court in Broward County, be reprimanded for actions including discussing her reelection campaign on the bench and improperly contacting a witness.

  • January 17, 2025

    Attorney General Nominee Bondi Outlines Ethics Parameters

    Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, outlined in an ethics agreement posted on Friday how she intends to avoid possible conflicts of interest with her previous positions, such as her role as a partner at a lobbying firm, and how she will divest from Trump's media company. 

  • January 16, 2025

    IP Forecast: Mass. Court To Hear Inequitable Conduct Fight

    A federal judge in Massachusetts will hear arguments that a CEO’s “intentional misrepresentations, omissions and half-truths” at the patent office should sink his company’s infringement case over tamper-resistant plastic containers. Here's a spotlight on where that case stands — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  • January 16, 2025

    Trump AG Nominee Pam Bondi's Net Worth Tops $12M

    President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, has a net worth of over $12 million and holds stock in Trump's media company, according to financial disclosures shared with Law360. 

  • January 16, 2025

    Fla. Real Estate Broker Cops To Money Laundering Scheme

    A Miami-based real estate broker pled guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy-related charge of money laundering and evading sanctions, admitting to a scheme in which he managed bank accounts and luxury condominiums on behalf of two Russians who are prohibited from owning property in the U.S.

  • January 16, 2025

    Fla. Appeals Court Backs Flynn Critic In Defamation Row

    A Florida appeals court upheld a ruling dismissing former Trump adviser Gen. Michael Flynn's $50 million defamation suit against political strategist Rick Wilson, finding that Wilson's tweets, including one calling Flynn a "Putin employee," are hyperbole and opinion protected under the First Amendment.

  • January 16, 2025

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judge Bids Adieu, TikTok Wants Out

    The North Carolina Business Court's former chief judge hung up his robes for the last time as the court entered the new year with a ruling that shapes the fate of beset real estate company MV Realty's consumer fraud trial and arguments by TikTok Inc. that its platform being "too engaging" isn't enough for the state to begin an enforcement action.

  • January 16, 2025

    'Nothing To Fear' For DOJ Attys With Bondi, Ex-Colleague Says

    Prosecutors and law enforcement officials, including one Democrat, told lawmakers Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general will be a fair-minded official who will not succumb to possible outside pressure to abuse the office.

  • January 16, 2025

    Ex-Law Student Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Suit Against Judge

    A former law student asked the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to revive his lawsuit accusing U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno and three government attorneys of conspiring to ruin his job prospects and reputation, arguing that they are not immune from suit because they acted outside the scope of their employment.

  • January 16, 2025

    Florida AG Moody Picked To Replace Marco Rubio In Senate

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday picked state Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to lead the U.S. Department of State during his second term in office.

  • January 16, 2025

    Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts

    President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.

  • January 16, 2025

    Giuliani Settles NY Asset Turnover Case After Trial No-Show

    Rudy Giuliani on Thursday settled claims that he must turn over assets to fund a $148 million judgment for defaming two Georgia poll workers, after his failure to show up in court delayed the start of a scheduled bench trial.

  • January 15, 2025

    SEC Fines Advisers For Link To Alleged $410M IPO Fraud

    Three investment adviser representatives have agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nearly $540,000 to end the regulator's claims that they acted as unregistered brokers while soliciting investors for a private equity firm accused of defrauding investors in a $410 million pre-IPO share scheme.

  • January 15, 2025

    Fla. Ex-Rep Can't Get Feds' Evidence In Foreign Agent Case

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday denied a former congressman's bid to force U.S. prosecutors to turn over evidence showing the government improperly directed Venezuela's state-owned oil company to file a New York lawsuit against his consulting firm to obtain evidence in his criminal case, calling the request speculative.

  • January 15, 2025

    Ruling On Fla. Gender Law Animus Is Flawed, 11th Circ. Told

    Florida urged an Eleventh Circuit panel on Wednesday to overturn an order declaring the state's ban on certain types of medical treatment for gender dysphoria unconstitutional, arguing the lower court wrongly used the condition as a proxy for transgender individuals in ruling that the prohibition was proof of discriminatory animus.

  • January 15, 2025

    Del. Court Nixes Bid For Truth Social Share Attachment

    A Delaware vice chancellor on Wednesday rejected an investor motion for a prejudgment attachment of remaining shares held by the blank-check company that took President-elect Donald Trump's Truth Social platform public, saying the move exceeded the court's authority.

  • January 15, 2025

    Block Pays Regulators $80M Over Cash App AML Compliance

    Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block Inc. has reached an $80 million settlement over alleged anti-money laundering compliance failures by its mobile payments platform Cash App, a coalition of state banking regulators announced Wednesday.

  • January 15, 2025

    Buyers In Cheese Co. Deal Fight To Keep Claims In Fla.

    Two Florida companies asked the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to revive their lawsuit accusing Savencia Cheese USA LLC and its executives of fraudulently selling them a worthless cheese distribution company for $17 million, arguing the presence of deal counsel in Miami is enough to keep the suit in Florida federal court.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

  • How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

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    Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment

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    Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.

  • 11th Circ. Ruling Offers Refresher On 'Sex-Plus' Bias Claims

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    While the Eleventh Circuit’s recent ruling in McCreight v. AuburnBank dismissed former employees’ sex-plus-age discrimination claims, the opinion reminds employers to ensure that workplace policies and practices do not treat a subgroup of employees of one sex differently than the same subgroup of another sex, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity

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    Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.

  • Opinion

    Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules

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    The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

  • The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO

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    The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.

  • Navigating Fla.'s Shorter Construction Defect Claim Window

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    In light of recent legislation reducing the amount of time Florida homeowners have to bring construction defect claims, homeowners should be sure to understand their rights and responsibilities regarding maintenance, repairs and inspections set forth in developer-drafted documents, say Brian Tannenbaum and Nicholas Vargo at Ball Janik.

  • Series

    Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.

  • What To Know About New Employment Laws In Fla.

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    Florida employers should familiarize themselves with recent state laws, and also federal legislation, on retirement benefits, teen labor and heat exposure, with special attention to prohibitions against minors performing dangerous tasks, as outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act, say Katie Molloy and Cayla Page at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Opinion

    Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits

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    With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.

  • How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program

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    During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.

  • Series

    Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.

  • An Update On Legal Issues In The Drone Market

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    Marialuisa Gallozzi and Alex Slawson at Covington examine recent developments in the legal issues surrounding the growing drone market, including possible First Amendment protections, Fourth Amendment surveillance, and litigation involving criminal and civil penalties, evidentiary pursuits, and insurance.

  • Next Steps For FCA Defendants After Fla. Qui Tam Ruling

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    Because a Florida federal court's recent decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates could eventually prove to be a watershed event for False Claims Act suits, defendants should consider potential next steps to ensure that their litigation benefits from the court's reasoning and further developments, says Scott Gallisdorfer at Bass Berry.

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