2024
September/ October
- Reluctant Experts
- Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Public Forum Doctrine
- 2024 Legislative Update
- Firm News
- Firm Success
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
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
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
2023
November / December
- Liability Under the Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine Does Not Multiply with a Shared Vehicle
- Law Enforcement – Public Records -Marsy’s Law
- Fourth District Court of Appeal Denies Standing to Restaurant to Challenge Settlement Agreement between a City and the State of Florida
- The Potential Liabilities from Trees
- Firm Success
September / October
- Eleventh Circuit Defines Legal Standard for Student-on-Student Race-Based Harassment Claims
- Should a Corporation Carry Uninsured Motorist Protection for Employees and Vehicles Occupants?
- Appellate Court Clarifies Requirements of Written Complaint Under Whistle-Blower’s Act
- Firm Success
July / August
- Letters of Protection – Required Disclosures
- If We Win the Case, Do We Get Fees?
- Landowner Prevails in Premises Liability Claim Based on Depression in a Raised Landscaped Area of Parking Lot
- No More Tik Tok for Florida Government
- Firm Success
- Firm News
May / June
- Torts-Premises Liability-Discovery
- Florida’s New Tort Reforms Expand the Scope of Damages Discovery
- Auto Negligence Claims
- 2023 Regular Legislative Session Update
March / April
- Florida Legislature Passes Landmark Tort Reform Bill
- Sunshine Law Violation Through Inadvertent Late Production of Meeting Minutes
- Appellate Court Finds Limitations of Life Care Planners
- Insurance-Bad Faith-Claims Handling
- Civil Remedy Notice Response: Object, Object, Object!
- Firm Success
January / February
- Limitations on Liability to Persons Who Make Land Available for Public Use
- Florida’s New Sixth District Court of Appeal Provides Clean Slate
- The Importance of the Opening Session at Mediation
- Federal Judge Rules on State Attorney’s Lawsuit Against Governor Ron DeSantis
- Firm Success
2022
November / December
- Civil Procedure – Settlement – Mediation
- The Power of the Public Records Policy
- Fifth District Court of Appeal Rejects Orange County Rent Control Ordinance
- The Changing Landscape for Electronic Evidence
- Firm Success
- Firm Announcement
September / October
- City Did Not Discriminate Against Sober Living Home
- Sudden Medical Emergency Defense
- Firm Success