Florida

  • June 30, 2025

    Taft Completes Merger With Fla. Litigation Boutique

    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP wrapped up its month by completing a merger with litigation boutique Mrachek Law Monday, expanding its capabilities in West Palm Beach and Stuart, Florida.

  • June 30, 2025

    Fla. Law Firm Accused Of Holding Deal Funds 'Hostage'

    Florida personal injury firm Brotman Nusbaum Ibrahim PLLC has been hit with a state court malpractice suit claiming it held a client's settlement funds "hostage" and then duped his daughter into signing a release to try to block him from suing a surgeon over an allegedly botched surgery.

  • June 30, 2025

    New Florida Bar President Sees Vast Potential In Attys' Roles

    When Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes kicked off her term as president of the Florida Bar on Friday, her message to the state's lawyers was simple: Their voices do matter and they can make an "indelible mark" on their communities.

  • June 30, 2025

    Teen's Family Can't Stay Anonymous In Grindr Death Suit

    A Florida federal judge won't let the family of a 16-year-old who was allegedly killed after matching with a 35-year-old man on Grindr proceed anonymously in their suit against the company, saying they haven't shown that their privacy concerns outweigh the public interest in disclosure.

  • June 30, 2025

    Supreme Court Seeks US Input On $440M Cruise Line Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it wanted the U.S.'s perspective as it considers a petition seeking the reversal of a split Eleventh Circuit decision overturning a $440 million judgment against several cruise companies for allegedly "trafficking" in property seized by the Cuban government.

  • June 27, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Compass, Tariffs, Opportunity Zones 2.0

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into the Compass v. Zillow lawsuit, tariff disruption and a potential update to the opportunity zone program.

  • June 27, 2025

    Fla. Judge Walks Back Class Cert. In Chili's Data Breach Row

    A Florida federal judge who previously certified a class of Chili's customers suing over a 2018 data breach declined to keep that mechanism in place Friday, finding that the revised class definition that was established after the Eleventh Circuit ordered the topic to be reexamined no longer met class certification standards. 

  • June 27, 2025

    Fla. Teen Files $10M Suit Alleging DMV Appointment Scalping

    A Florida teenager has filed a proposed $10 million state court class action lawsuit against highway safety officials, alleging they were negligent for allowing her to camp outside a driver's license office just to secure an appointment because reservations were scalped by internet bots and sold for profit.

  • June 27, 2025

    Tesla To Face Punitive Damages Claim At Trial Over Fla. Crash

    Tesla will face a punitive damages claim at trial next month in a wrongful death suit over a deadly collision in 2019, with a Florida federal judge saying there is enough evidence the carmaker knew about dangers associated with its autopilot system to send the claim to a jury.

  • June 27, 2025

    Groups Sue To Protect Everglades From 'Alligator Alcatraz'

    Environmental groups sued Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida officials Friday in Miami federal court in a bid to halt the construction of a migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, alleging it wasn't properly vetted for how it will impact the protected wetlands.

  • June 27, 2025

    New Miami-Dade Bar President Takes Helm Amid Cancer Fight

    It isn't Stuart J. Weissman's usual nature to attract attention, but during a 400-person gala that included his swearing in as the next president of the Miami-Dade Bar Association, he knew it was time to share some major news.

  • June 26, 2025

    OpenAI Loses Data Hold Round In News Orgs' Copyright Fight

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday refused to overturn a ruling that directed OpenAI to preserve ChatGPT logs in ongoing copyright infringement litigation brought by news organizations against the company and Microsoft, after hearing an hourslong "tutorial" about the ins and outs of generative artifical intelligence.

  • June 26, 2025

    Teladoc Can't Shake Most Of Suit Over Meta Pixel Data Sharing

    A New York federal judge refused to toss a proposed class action accusing Teladoc of unlawfully disclosing website visitors' personal health information to Meta, preserving eight wiretapping and consumer protecting claims under federal and several state laws while giving the plaintiffs a chance to amend negligence and three other allegations.

  • June 26, 2025

    Fla. Lawyers Suspended For Online Criticism Of Judge

    Florida's high court on Thursday approved a one-month suspension for a father-daughter team of attorneys for their online comments criticizing a judge who reversed a $2.75 million jury verdict in favor of a doctor who sued for discrimination, finding that there were also mitigating factors in the attorneys' cases.

  • June 26, 2025

    Fla. Suit Claims Popeyes Unfairly Targeted Franchisee

    A longtime Popeyes franchisee has brought a petition in Florida federal court to halt what he claims are unfair tactics to sell his two stores in Virginia, claiming the restaurant corporation has engaged in a campaign to push him out in favor of a larger, corporate-backed operator.

  • June 26, 2025

    Judge Known For Financial Education Advocacy To Retire

    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurel M. Isicoff, who has spent her career promoting financial literacy as a way to avoid financial insolvency, will retire next May after 20 years on the bench in the Southern District of Florida, the Eleventh Circuit confirmed Thursday.

  • June 26, 2025

    Pa. Panel Says Fla. Law Applies In Fatal Plane Crash Suit

    A Pennsylvania appeals court has found that Florida strict liability law applies in a suit alleging a defective engine led to a plane crash that killed two people, saying the Sunshine State has more ties and a bigger interest in the case than Pennsylvania.

  • June 26, 2025

    Marketing Co. Fights For TM Case As X Corp. Seeks Sanctions

    Legal marketing firm X Social Media LLC told a Florida federal judge that its claims that Elon Musk's decision to rebrand the social media platform he owns from Twitter to X poses a risk of consumer confusion should be left to a jury, while Musk's company accused the marketing firm of case delays worthy of sanctions.

  • June 25, 2025

    Ex-Venezuela Military Agency Head Cops To Narco-Terrorism

    A former Venezuela military intelligence director who was criminally charged alongside Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros for allegedly operating a drug cartel with a Colombian guerrilla group pled guilty Wednesday to conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. and engaging in narco-terrorism for the group.

  • June 25, 2025

    11th Circ. Backs Conviction In Bank Reporting Evasion Case

    The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a man accused of trying to prevent regulators from learning about his large withdrawals from Wells Fargo accounts, rejecting his claims that prosecutors charged him with one offense but tried him for another.

  • June 25, 2025

    TD Bank Worker Cops To Taking Bribes To Open Accounts

    A former employee of TD Bank has pled guilty to accepting bribes for opening around 140 fraudulent bank accounts that led to checking account scams that cost the bank tens of thousands of dollars, the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey announced Wednesday.

  • June 25, 2025

    Security Co. Claims Ex-Exec's Side Biz Stole Guyana Deals

    The founder of an Alabama-based perimeter security corporation accused its former chief operating officer of breaching a noncompete agreement, alleging in a Florida state court lawsuit that he formed a rival company to pursue business opportunities in the South American country of Guyana, including a communications deal with SpaceX.

  • June 25, 2025

    Ark., Idaho Push For Jury Trial In Google Ad Tech Case

    Arkansas and Idaho are hoping a Texas federal judge will reconsider the decision declaring they don't have a right to a jury trial and, as a result, can't seek civil penalties from Google on their antitrust claims accusing the tech behemoth of manipulating the advertising market.

  • June 25, 2025

    Company Can Be Sued For Drunk Worker's Crash, Panel Says

    A Florida appeals court on Wednesday revived a suit accusing a construction company's employee of negligently causing an auto collision while drunk, saying it can be held liable despite the worker's contractual obligation not to drink and drive in the company car.

  • June 25, 2025

    3rd Circ. Pick Emil Bove Says He's 'Not Anybody's Henchman'

    Emil Bove, nominee for the Third Circuit, who previously served as President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and was a top acting official at the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year, where he took various controversial actions, made his case on Wednesday for judicial confirmation.

Expert Analysis

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    Revised Fla. Rules Of Civil Procedure Will Modernize Litigation

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    The landmark amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure that took effect on Jan. 1 may require significant adjustments to practice and case management approaches, but the changes should ultimately reduce the cost and burden of modern litigation, and foster a more efficient and equitable justice system, says retired Florida state judge Ralph Artigliere.

  • Takeaways From DOJ Fraud Section's 2024 Year In Review

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    Attorneys at Paul Weiss highlight notable developments in the U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section’s recently released annual report, and discuss what the second Trump administration could mean for enforcement in the year to come.

  • 4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump

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    President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • A Defendant's Guide To 4 Common CFPB Discovery Tactics

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    With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent flurry of new lawsuits showing no signs of stopping, defendants should know the bureau's most relied-upon discovery strategies — and be prepared to resist them, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • What Insurers Should Know About AI Use In Litigation

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    As the use of artificial intelligence in litigation evolves, insurers should note standing court orders, instances of judges utilizing AI to determine policy definitions and the application of evidentiary standards to expert evidence that incorporates AI, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

  • Series

    Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • Ruling Shows High Court Willing To Limit Immigration Review

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Bouarfa v. Mayorkas is the latest demonstration of the court’s readiness to limit judicial review in the immigration space, a notable break from other recent decisions that expanded judicial review of agency decisions in other areas, says Mark Fleming at WilmerHale.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025

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    In 2025, we expect state attorneys general will navigate a new presidential administration while continuing to further regulate and police financial services, artificial intelligence, junk fees and antitrust, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • A Look At Sweepstakes Casinos' Legal Issues In Fla., Beyond

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    Scheduled for trial in Florida federal court this fall, the VGW sweepstakes case underscores the growing urgency for gambling states to clarify and enforce their laws in response to emerging online gaming models, as the expansion of sweepstakes casinos challenges traditional interpretations of gambling regulations, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Public Corruption Enforcement In 2024 Has Clues For 2025

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    If 2024 activity is any indication, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely continue to rein in expansive prosecutorial theories of fraud in the year to come, but it’s harder to predict what the new administration will mean for public corruption prosecutions in 2025, says Cathy Fleming at Offit Kurman.

  • Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape

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    Whether 2024’s uptick in new Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases will continue this year will likely depend on federal courts’ resolution of several issues, including those related to excessive fees, defined contribution plan forfeitures, and pleading standards for ERISA-prohibited transaction claims, say attorneys at Groom Law.

  • Roundup

    Banking Brief: State Law Recaps From Each Quarter Of 2024

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    In this Expert Analysis series, throughout 2024 attorneys provided quarterly recaps discussing the biggest developments in banking regulation, litigation and policymaking in various states, including New York, California and Illinois.

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