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One-Sided Game: Florida Supreme Court Limits Defense Role in Punitive Damages Motions

In Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., No. SC2024-0058, 2026 WL 1689765 (Fla. June 11, 2026),...

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Florida Attorney Fees Ruling Could End Expert Testimony Mandate

You win your case, and the court finds that you are entitled to your reasonable...

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Sounding Right, Being Wrong: The Growing Threat of AI-Generated Court Pleadings

Courts in Florida and across the country are grappling with a rapidly growing crisis: the...

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Crecelius May End the “Lack of Prejudice” Defense for Late Witness Disclosures in Florida

In the 43 years since the Florida Supreme Court’s opinion in Binger v. King Pest...

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Conflict Certified: District Split on Impact Rule Comes Before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Florida announced on August 21, 2025, that it will hear oral...

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Recent Rule Change in Florida Can Protect Corporate Officials from Depositions

In 2021, The Supreme Court of Florida adopted the “apex rule” pertaining to attempts to...

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Punitive Damages 2023: The Statute Means What It Says

This article was originally published in the Trial Advocate, Volume 42, No 3, a publication of the...

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Appellate Courts Applying  Florida’s “New” Summary Judgment Standard: Takeaways and Practice Pitfalls

Just about two years ago, the Florida Supreme Court essentially adopted the federal summary judgment...

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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Eleventh Circuit Finds Medicare Secondary Payer Act Not Preempted by Procedural Requirements

This past week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that...

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Florida’s New Sixth District Court of Appeal Confirmed

Florida has not added a District Court of Appeal (DCA) since 1979 when the legislature...

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