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Government and Administrative

Florida Supreme Court Resolves Conflict, Extends Stand Your Ground’ Immunity to LEOs

Originally published by PoliceOne.com on January 19, 2019, David Marsey discusses Florida’s statutory immunity from criminal...

Employment and Labor

Drug Testing Florida School District Job Applicants Is Tricky Business: Finally, Some Judicial Guidance

Is mandatory drug testing for all school district job applicants constitutional? A recent case from...

Government and Administrative

The People Have Spoken: Marsy’s Law and its Impact on Law Enforcement Agencies

Published in Florida Police Chief’s Association, Green Alert, December 28, 2018 Marsy’s Law was approved...

Employment and Labor

Interpreting Accident under ERISA-Governed AD&D Coverage

Originally published in The ERISA Report, Volume 13, Issue 3. Typical ERISA-governed accidental death and...

Employment and Labor

Employers Hope Supreme Court Will Close the Door on Class Arbitration

Mandatory arbitration long has been a fixture in many employment agreements but there has been...

Product Liability

Florida Supreme Court Rejects Daubert, Returns Florida to Frye Standard

On October 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Florida invalidated the 2013 legislative changes to...

Professional Liability

Morris v. Muniz: A Sword Against Whom?

Until recently, there had been confusion regarding the application of Florida’s Medical Malpractice Act[1] (the...

Casualty Litigation

Social Media Policy – Still the Wild West

Originally published in the ACC Docket, September 10, 2018 and reprinted with permission.  Co-written by...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Interpleader: Court Holds Plan Benefits Must Be Distributed to Beneficiary and Insured’s Estate May Not Assert Claims Against Plan Trustee Regarding Distribution of the Death Benefits

Originally published by DRI’s Life, Health and Disability Committee in The ERISA Report, Volume 13,...

Government and Administrative

Finally, Public Agency Does Not Have to Pay Media's Attorneys' Fees under Florida Public Records Act

In State Attorney’s Office of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, et al., v. Cable News Network,...