Legal Update

2025

Nobember / 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
Nov-Dec2025

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
Sept-Oct2025

August 2025 Special Edition

  • Hot Off the Press
Aug2025

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
May-June2025

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
Mar-Apr2025

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
Jan-Feb2025

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
Nov-Dec2024

September / October

  • Reluctant Experts
  • Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Public Forum Doctrine
  • 2024 Legislative Update
  • Firm News
  • Firm Success
Sept-Oct2024

July / August

  • Eleventh Circuit Once Again Affirms Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Violation of Civil Rights Claims
  • Will the Florida Supreme Court Finally Resolve Whether the Florida Legislature Waived Sovereign Immunity of School Boards for PIP Reimbursement Claims?
  • House Bills 103 and 983 are Enacted into Law Which Exempt Certain Information from Public Records Disclosures for City Attorneys, County Attorneys, Clerks of Court, Clerk of the Circuit Court Personnel, and Their Spouses and Children
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Holding Finding Health Insurance Provider Liable Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act When It Excluded Specific Coverage Targeted to Transgender Employees
  • Firm Success
Jul-Aug2024

May / June

  • U.S. Supreme Court Cautions Public Officials and Employees on Social Media Use
  • Charter Schools and Sovereign Immunity
  • New Legislation Provides New Cause of Action Including Award of Attorney’s Fees (HB 1365 – Florida Statutes, Section 125.0231)
  • Third District Court of Appeal Holds City is Estopped from Arguing Sovereign Immunity Bars Former Employee’s Breach of Implied of Oral Contract Claim
  • Video Surveillance and Constructive Notice of Transitory Substances
  • Firm Success
May-June2024

January / February

  • Proper Causation Standard in FMLA and Whistleblower Claims is But-For Causation
  • The Basics of Understanding the Exclusion of Expert Testimony
  • Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Violation of Civil Rights Claims Pursuant to Bodycam Video
  • Miami-Dade Jury Awards School Student Pain and Suffering Damages Twenty-Six Times Greater than Medical Expenses for Broken Arm
  • Firm Success
Jan-Feb2024

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