Legal Update

2026

July / August

  • New Law Provides Long-Needed Clarity on Florida Civil Rights Claim Deadlines
  • Corrections Employee Loses Appeal and His Attorneys are Sanctioned by the Eleventh Circuit
  • Florida Appellate Court Clarifies that Hillsborough County is Not Required to Accommodate Medical Marijuana Use
  • Fraud on the Court
  • Firm Success

May / June

  • Young & Roman: “Reasonableness” Doesn’t Refer to the Amount of the Bill
  • Transitory Foreign Substances and the Value of Quality Surveillance Systems
  • Sovereign Immunity Finds Limits in Wrongful Death Case Against Sheriff
  • Obtaining Relevant Financial Records
  • Firm Success
  • Firm News

March / Aril

  • Florida Third DCA: Sovereign Immunity Bars Non-Economic Damages Under Public-Sector Whistleblower Act
  • The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Field
  • Evaluating Future Challenges to Municipal Ordinances – Olivier v. City of Brandon
  • Transient Substance
  • Firm News
  • Firm Success

January / February

  • Duty to Warn and Duty to Maintain are Two Distinct and Separate Duties
  • Higher Insurance Premiums for Local Governments?
  • Dude, What’s That Smell? Smell of Cannabis as Justification for a Warrantless Search?
  • Fifth District Reaffirms No Liability for Minor Sidewalk Variations in Jackson v. FDOT
  • Late Discovery, Motions to Compel and Sanctions
  • Firm News
  • Firm Success

2025

November / December

  • Jackson v. FDOT: Sidewalks Get Safer for Governments in the Fifth
  • COVID-19 Restriction Cases are Still Playing Out in the Courts
  • Under Florida Law Covenants and Restrictions and Plat Notes are Not Enforceable Against Government Entities
  • Liability for “Bad Dogs”
  • Firm Success
  • Firm News

September / October

  • Capital Improvements and Governmental Immunity
  • Florida’s Open Carry Law Rules Unconstitutional
  • 11th Circuit Revives Free Speech Claim Against Superintendent: A Reminder on Viewpoint Discrimination
  • Florida Courts Continue to Hold That Defendants Do Not Owe a Duty to Plaintiffs Who Are Injured While Walking in Areas Not Designed or Intended for Pedestrian Foot Traffic
  • Firm Success
  • Firm News

August 2025 Special Edition

  • Hot Off the Press

May / June

  • Barnes v. Felix: “Reasonableness” for Officers Wins at the Supreme Court
  • When More than Finger Pointing is Required
  • The Slippery Slope of Waterborne Liability
  • There is No Such Thing as a “Good Faith Refusal” to Produce a Public Record
  • The Proposal for Settlement, Etched in Stone

March / April

  • Sovereign Immunity – Statute of Limitations Reminder
  • Middle District of Florida Upholds Ban on Filming in Government Building
  • Those Pesky Sidewalk Cases
  • The 1st DCA Reiterates and Emphasizes Florida’s Longstanding Opinion that Not Every Injury from an Accident Gives Rise to a Cause of Action
  • The Rise and Fall of the Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Ban

January / February

  • No Increase to the Federal Minimum Salary Requirements for White Collar Exemptions Under the FLSA
  • New Florida Statute Criminalizes Interfering or Impeding a First Responder’s Ability to Perform Duties
  • A Plaintiff’s Medical Records and Tax Returns are Relevant and Discoverable
  • Florida’s Sunshine Law in Focus: Recent Case Clarifies Difference Between Advisory and Decision-Making Committees
  • United States District Court Holds That AI Software Company, Workday Inc., Assists Employers by Screening Through Applicants, Can Be Held Liable Pursuant to Anti-Discrimination Statutes
  • Firm News

2024

November / December

  • 2025 Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
  • Sovereign Immunity Stands Strong Avoiding a Chip in its Armor
  • Conflict Remains on the Waiver of Sovereign Immunity in PIP Reimbursement Suits – But the Split is Now 2 to 1 in Favor of Government Entities
  • Recent Court Cases Enforcing the Notice Requirement of Florida Statute §768.28
  • Firm News

September / October

  • Reluctant Experts
  • Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Public Forum Doctrine
  • 2024 Legislative Update
  • Firm News
  • Firm Success

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