Insights

Categories
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...

Francis H. Sheppard
Robert P. Barton
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...

Jacey Kaps, CIPP/US
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,...

Joshua D. Lerner
Meredith Jowers Lees
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,...

Leonard J. Dietzen, III
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Hurricane Irma Damaged My Kitchen or Did It?

Originally published in Strength Through the Storm, by Demotech, Inc and Security First Insurance Company,...

Darryl L. Gavin
Professional Liability

What to Do When Faced With a Complaint Against Your Professional License

This article appeared in the "Consult the Counsel" special advertising section in the Orlando Business...

Francis H. Sheppard
Commercial Litigation

Revisiting The Fax Provision: Technology’s Impact On TCPA

Originally published in Law360, Expert Analysis, July 24, 2018 There has never been a more...

Commercial Litigation

Technological Change As A Defense to TCPA Fax Class Actions

In Scoma Chiropractic, P.A. v. Dental Equities, LLC, MasterCard International, Inc., et al., Judge Steele...

Professional Liability

Failure to Warn: Fourth DCA Invalidates Entire Arbitration Provision for Failure to Satisfy Fee Dispute Rule

In Owens v. Corrigan,[1] the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that an arbitration provision...