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Securities and Financial Services

Steps to Avoiding Clearing Broker Liability

Courts and arbitration panels have increased their attention on the relationship between introducing securities broker-dealers...

Product Liability

3d DCA Rules Florida’s Proposal for Settlement Laws Conflict With Federal Maritime Law

On April 9, 2014, the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida issued an en...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Florida Supreme Court Expands Responsibility of Titled Vehicle Owners and May Have Created an Uninsured Risk

 In Christensen v. Bowen, decided April 10, 2014, the Florida Supreme Court imposed vicarious liability...

Toxic Torts

Functional Foods: Science is Ahead of the Law

Originally published in the ABA Section of Litigation, Products Liability News and Developments, April 7,...

Casualty Litigation

Must Medical Treaters Be Paid for Their Testimony?

Originally published in the Florida Defense Lawyers Association Trial Advocate Quarterly, Fall 2013 (Volume 32,...

Government and Administrative

Supreme Court Resolves Conflict Regarding the Testing of Individually Packaged Controlled Substances in Drug Trafficking Cases

In October 2013, the Florida Supreme Court resolved a conflict between Florida appellate courts regarding...

Employment and Labor

When The Playground Bully Becomes an Adult Workplace Bully

The recent high-profile example of bullying in the workplace comes from the National Football League...

Product Liability

Beware of Attorney Charging Liens

Attorneys’ fee liens, commonly referred to as “charging liens,” pose a difficult problem for defendants. ...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

First DCA Holds Father’s Selection of Non-Stacking UM Coverage Was Not Binding On Daughter

 In Horace Mann Ins. Co. v. Allison Chase, et. al, . Case No. 1D12-32132; 2013...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

The Fifth District Court of Appeal Addresses Number of Occurrences in Dog Bite Case

Maddox v. Florida Farm Bureau General, Case No. 5D12-3577; 2013 WL 4859249 (Fla. 5th DCA...