Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Fla. Panel Revives State's Indemnity Suit In Diving Injury Case

By David Minsky

A Florida appellate court revived an agency's lawsuit seeking indemnification from Miami Beach in a decades-old complaint brought by a man who became a quadriplegic from a diving injury, ruling the judgment in favor of the city was premature because the underlying case hasn't concluded.

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Ex-White House Aide Must Testify On Jan. 6 Attack, BBC Says

By David Minsky

The BBC on Thursday urged a Florida federal court to allow testimony from a former White House aide in President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit alleging defamation from a documentary about the U.S. Capitol attack in 2021, saying she knows whether the president intended to foment violence that day.

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HHS OIG Report Targets $380M In Medicare Organ Payments

By Gianna Ferrarin

A report released by the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday estimated Medicare needlessly reimbursed roughly $380 million for organs that weren't used in Medicare-covered transplants, finding a "conflict" between federal statute and agency guidance on reimbursement practices.

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11th Circ. Won't Toss Grouper Catch Limit Over Council Defect

By Tom Lotshaw

An Eleventh Circuit panel Thursday agreed the structure of a regional fishery management council runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution's appointments clause, but refused to throw out a challenged rule that reduced catch limits for gag grouper in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Developer Settles High-Profile Miami Condo Termination Suit

By Nathan Hale

Two Roads Development has reached a deal to resolve closely watched litigation brought by a group of holdout unit owners over the firm's bid to redevelop a waterfront condominium tower in Miami.

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Pa. Property Manager Beats RE Agent's $10M Defamation Suit

By Isaac Monterose

A Florida state jury has ruled against a real estate agent in her $10 million defamation suit, in which she accused the board chairman of a Pennsylvania property management company of repeatedly harassing and defaming her.

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Medical Biz Cites $15M Nicaragua Win To Avoid Arbitration

By Caroline Simson

A Nicaraguan medical products distributor is urging a Florida federal court to reconsider its order compelling arbitration of its dispute with GE Precision Healthcare LLC, pointing to a recent $15 million Nicaraguan court judgment that also dismisses the U.S. company's arbitration-based jurisdictional objection.

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SEC Sues LSU Over Efforts To Put Ex-NFL Players On Roster

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference sued Louisiana State University in Alabama federal court Thursday, asking a judge to affirm the conference's right to impose penalties against the school if it decides to place players who had previously appeared in NFL preseason games on its roster.

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11th Circ. FCA Qui Tam Revival Queues Up Next Challenges

Though the Eleventh Circuit on Sept. 1 upheld the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's qui tam provision, it will probably face continued litigation since the appellate court declined to rule on other constitutional challenges and the decision will likely be petitioned to the U.S. Supreme Court, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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Series

Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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