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Employment and Labor

Exempt Employees – What Do They Really Do?

Managers paid a salary are considered exempt employees and are, therefore, not entitled to overtime...

Employment and Labor

Sovereign Immunity Bars Suits For Damages Against States Under The FMLA’s Self-Care Provision

On March 20, 2012, the United States Supreme Court held in Coleman v. Court of...

Casualty Litigation

DUI Crashes: Officer Liability

You pull-over someone for running a stop sign. The driver turns out not to have...

Product Liability

Guiding Principles Governing Corporate Representative Depositions Law 30(b)(6)

South Florida Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman recently sanctioned a plaintiff for failing to properly prepare his...

Product Liability

New Frontiers in E- Discovery: Help May Be on the Way

The digital revolution in our society has fostered sea changes in the lives of both...

Casualty Litigation

Reducing Liability from Dram Shop Laws

Under common law, commercial establishments historically were not liable for selling or providing alcoholic beverages...

Product Liability

Congress Passes Important Amendments to Jurisdictional and Venue Statutes

In late 2011, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law The Federal Courts Jurisdiction...

Product Liability

Product Liability Update for Retailers: Inherit the Whirlwind

The whirlwind builds slowly starting with a phone call, claim or suit papers hitting the...

Casualty Litigation

Reducing Liability from Dram Shop Laws

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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Florida Supreme Court Makes Decision With Regards to Burden of Proof in Sinkhole Litigation

A significant decision was recently issued by the Supreme Court of Florida regarding the burden...