Insights


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,...

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,...

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...

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...