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  • May 13, 2026

    11th Circ. Nixes Ala. Teacher's Bid To Redo Pay Bias Trial

    The Eleventh Circuit declined Wednesday to revive pay discrimination and retaliation claims from an Alabama public school administrator, rejecting her arguments that a defense verdict won by her school district could not stand.

  • May 13, 2026

    Loomer Agrees To $143K Fee In Fla. Dispute With Muslim Org.

    Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer and the Council for American-Islamic Relations asked a Florida federal judge to approve a joint settlement in Loomer's lawsuit alleging the council influenced Twitter to ban her account, with Loomer agreeing to pay $143,000 in attorney fees after being accused of publicly disparaging the nonprofit.

  • May 13, 2026

    Florida Panel Bars 2nd Death Penalty Atty At Public Expense

    A man charged with murder can't have a free additional attorney appointed to defend him in a capital case, a Florida state appeals court said Wednesday, finding in a reversal that since he had privately paid for primary counsel, under state law, he couldn't have gratis help, despite now being indigent.

  • May 13, 2026

    Atkore's $136M Deals In PVC Pipe Antitrust Row Get Initial OK

    An Illinois federal judge Wednesday granted preliminary approval to two settlements totaling over $136 million that Atkore Inc. has agreed to pay to resolve allegations it conspired with other polyvinyl chloride pipe producers to fix prices.

  • May 13, 2026

    SEC Inks $2.6M Settlements Over High-Yield Fraud Claims

    A purported financial services firm and two of its executives have agreed to pay over $2.6 million to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims they were part of a $26 million scheme to defraud would-be investors in purported high-yield investment programs that never actually happened.

  • May 13, 2026

    11th Circ. Rejects Trump Rehearing In Clinton RICO Fight

    The Eleventh Circuit will not reexamine the dismissal of President Donald Trump's racketeering lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, which claims the pair falsely accused Trump of colluding with Russia during his 2016 campaign.

  • May 13, 2026

    Buchanan Ingersoll Adds Meland Budwick RE Pro In Miami

    Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC added a new shareholder to its Miami office who focuses on real estate and corporate matters from Meland Budwick PA.

  • May 12, 2026

    Fla. Lab-Grown Meat Ban Lacks Legal Basis, Producer Says

    A California producer of lab-grown chicken has asked a Florida federal judge to rule that the state's regulation against its product is unlawful, arguing a total ban on cultivated meat has no basis in public health and amounts to "economic protectionism" in violation of the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause. 

  • May 12, 2026

    Teen's Estate Says Grindr Suit Unfairly Sent To Arbitration

    The estate of a 16-year-old girl who was lured in by a 35-year-old man on the Grindr platform and tortured and murdered told a Florida federal judge to reconsider the court's decision to send the case to arbitration, saying developing case law says otherwise.

  • May 12, 2026

    Spanish Broadcasting Gets Approved For $7M In DIP Funding

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday gave radio station operator Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. interim access to $7 million of its proposed $30 million postpetition financing package and set a confirmation hearing for June.

  • May 12, 2026

    Epstein Accusers Urge Changes To Laws At Fla. Hearing

    Jeffrey Epstein accusers urged lawmakers to pass laws giving more rights to sex trafficking victims, testifying Tuesday during a congressional hearing in Florida that they were never consulted prior to a federal non-prosecution agreement for the late financier nearly 20 years ago. 

  • May 12, 2026

    Fla. Court Won't Move Panther Habitat Suit To Different Judge

    A Florida federal judge denied a request Tuesday by a developer to move an Endangered Species Act suit challenging the approval of a project that environmental groups alleged encroaches on habitats for the federally protected Florida panther to another judge in the district, ruling that transfer is not warranted.

  • May 12, 2026

    Royal Caribbean Says Judge Misread Arb. Law In Voyeur Suit

    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is urging a Florida federal court to reject a magistrate judge's report recommending that a proposed class action over a former crew member's hidden camera voyeurism not go to arbitration, saying the magistrate judge misread maritime law.

  • May 12, 2026

    Businessman Fights Subpoena In Trump Media Dispute

    A Russian businessman with alleged financial ties to Donald Trump's Truth Social platform has urged a Florida appeals court panel to quash an order requiring him to produce documents in a dispute over taking the company public, arguing the production could implicate his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

  • May 12, 2026

    Fox Rothschild Adds Trial Partner From Nelson Mullins In Fla.

    Fox Rothschild LLP has expanded its litigation department in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a new partner from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.

  • May 12, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Pauses Trade Court Ruling Blocking Trump Tariffs

    The Federal Circuit halted a permanent injunction issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade that was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday, which would have stopped the collection of duties under President Donald Trump's temporary global tariff from two businesses and the state of Washington.

  • May 12, 2026

    Florida Court Won't Stay Everglades Site Atty Access Order

    A Florida federal judge has rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' bid to stay her preliminary injunction requiring noncitizens detained at the South Florida Detention Facility to have outgoing phone access to legal counsel, finding that his motion merely repeated prior arguments.

  • May 11, 2026

    Widow Says ChatGPT Helped Shooter Plan Deadly FSU Attack

    The widow and children of one of the people killed in the April shooting at Florida State University hit OpenAI with a suit on Sunday in federal court alleging that its ChatGPT program fed the shooter's delusions and helped him plan the details of his attack on the school's campus.

  • May 11, 2026

    Spanish Broadcasting Hits Ch. 11 With $240M Debt-Swap Plan

    Radio station operator Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday in Delaware bankruptcy court with a plan to hand control of the company to its noteholders and trim $240 million in debt.

  • May 11, 2026

    11th Circ. Says Voter Suit Can't Rest On 'Shaken Confidence'

    An Eleventh Circuit panel ruled Monday that two Georgia voters lacked standing to sue the state over alleged irregularities in the maintenance of its voter rolls, finding that their "shaken confidence" in Peach State elections was not an actionable injury.

  • May 11, 2026

    Fla. Panel Denies Arbitration In Nursing Home Death Suit

    A Florida state appellate court denied an arbitration bid in a wrongful death suit brought by the son of an elderly man who died in a nursing home, ruling Monday that the patient lacked the mental capacity to sign an agreement upon being admitted to the facility. 

  • May 11, 2026

    Donor Smeared Founder After Assault Report, Suit Says

    The founder of a Florida-based charitable initiative focused on supporting nonspeaking autistic individuals and their families told a Georgia federal court a financial donor sexually assaulted her at a work gathering and carried out a retaliatory defamation campaign against her after she told others what she said happened.

  • May 11, 2026

    Ex-US Rep. Faces $1.4M Sanction In Venezuela Contract Fight

    Former Florida Congressman David Rivera, who was found guilty this month of failing to register as a foreign agent, is now facing a nearly $1.4 million sanction in New York, where the U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state-owned oil company sued his consulting firm over a $50 million agreement that fell apart.

  • May 11, 2026

    Trading Scheme Is A 'Wake-Up Call' For BigLaw Compliance

    The breadth of a decade-long insider trading scheme prosecutors say was fueled by stolen BigLaw merger information should jolt firms to reexamine their practices to close gaps in internal security, experts told Law360, even if totally eliminating bad actors is nearly impossible.

  • May 11, 2026

    COVID Hazard Pay Counts Toward OT, 11th Circ. Rules

    An Alabama retirement and assisted living facility unlawfully excluded pandemic-related hazard pay from employees' overtime calculations, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, finding that the pay must be included in workers' regular rate under federal wage law.

Expert Analysis

  • How 'Bundling' Enforcement Is Parsing Efficiency, Access

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    Recent antitrust enforcement actions have taken a selective view of companies' bundling of products or services — challenging it when it shuts out rivals, but tolerating it when it creates efficient scale — making the real test now less about lower prices than about whether competition is being blocked, says attorney Alan Kusinitz.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Georgia Court Has Business On Its Mind

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    Thanks to recent legislation, the Georgia State-wide Business Court will soon offer business litigants greater access to the court than ever before, further enhancing the court's emphasis on efficiency, predictability and accessibility for sophisticated commercial disputes, says former GSBC judge Walt Davis at Jones Day.

  • Mass. Draft Regs Signal Nationwide Scrutiny Of Junk Fees

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    Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's new draft regulations for assisted living facilities is only her latest move in the war on junk fees — and part of a national reordering of consumer protection enforcement in which states are aggressively and creatively asserting authority, says Steve Provazza at Arnall Golden.

  • 4 Emerging Approaches To AI Protective Order Language

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    Over the last year, at least five federal district courts have issued or analyzed specific protective order provisions restricting the use of generative artificial intelligence platforms with protected materials, establishing that proactive AI-specific provisions are now standard practice and demonstrating that no single model works for every case, says Joel Bush at Kilpatrick.

  • Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved

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    While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise when confidential information enters the operative context of an AI system used by an attorney, says Jianfei Chen at Quarles & Brady​​​​​​​.

  • The Ethics And Practicalities Of Representing AI Agents

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    With autonomous artificial intelligence agents now able to take action without explicit instructions from — or the awareness of — their human owners, the bar must confront whether existing frameworks like informed consent and client privilege will be sufficient on the day an AI agent calls seeking counsel, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

  • Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Notable insurance class action decisions from the first quarter of the year included reminders about the statute of limitations as a key defense for claims relating to allegedly deficient forms, the importance of focus on the specific contract at issue and further guidance on the contours of Rule 23, says Kevin Zimmerman at BakerHostetler.

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    Speed Jigsaw Puzzling Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My passion for speed puzzling — I can complete a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle in under 50 minutes — has sharpened my legal skills in more ways than one, with both disciplines requiring patience, precision and the ability to keep the bigger picture in mind while working through the details, says Tazia Statucki at Proskauer.

  • FTC Focus: Ad Deal Signals Viewpoint Suppression Is A Risk

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent settlement of an antitrust case accusing major ad agency holding companies of colluding on brand safety standards underscores the risk of industry coordination on politically or socially sensitive issues and signals heightened viewpoint suppression scrutiny for companies and antitrust practitioners, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • A Core Weakness In The Challenge To Birthright Citizenship

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    The government’s recent oral arguments against birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara would have the Supreme Court use modern immigration classifications as markers for a constitutional boundary that is not expressed in the Fourteenth Amendment, making the theory easier to administer but weaker as a matter of text and history, says attorney Tara Kennedy.

  • 2 AI Snafus Show Why Attys Can't Outsource Judgment

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    The recent incident involving Sullivan & Cromwell where citations in a filed motion were fabricated by artificial intelligence, as well as a punitive ruling from the Sixth Circuit in U.S. v. Farris, demonstrate that the obligation to supervise AI has belonged and always will belong to lawyers, says John Powell at the Kentucky School Boards Association.

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    Playing Magic: The Gathering Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The competitive card game Magic: The Gathering offers me a training ground for the strategic thinking skills crucial to litigation, challenging me to adapt to oft-updated rules, analyze text as complicated as any statute and anticipate my opponent’s next moves, says Christopher Smith at Lash Goldberg.

  • Improving Well-Being In Law, 10 Years After Landmark Study

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    An important 2016 study revealed significant substance abuse and mental health issues among lawyers, and while the findings helped normalize the conversation around these topics, a decade later, structural change is still needed, says Denise Robinson at PLI.

  • How Courts Are Clashing Over FinCEN Real Estate Rule

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    A Texas federal court's recent decision in Flowers v. Bessent has vacated the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's anti-money laundering rule for residential real estate transfers, but significant uncertainty remains due to the ruling's direct conflict with other recent federal court decisions, say attorneys at Katten.

  • Steps To Consider As DOJ Launches Fraud Division

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    The establishment this month of the National Fraud Enforcement Division within the U.S. Department of Justice is a significant reorganization that suggests an increase in enforcement activity involving federally funded programs but leaves a number of important questions unanswered, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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