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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...

J. Richard Caldwell, Jr.
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Appellate

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...

J. Richard Caldwell, Jr.
Brittney Polo
Appellate

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...

Michael R. Holt
Brittney Polo
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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...

Jeffrey J. Grosholz
Nicole Sieb Smith
Samantha Duke
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Appellate

Florida’s New Sixth District Court of Appeal Confirmed

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

Brittney Polo
Daniel J. Gerber
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Appellate

4th DCA Judge Calls for Reform of Proposal for Settlement Rule and Statute – RE: Ambiguity

On February 16, 2022, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of an...

Phoebe Thomas
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