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Second DCA Finds School Board Investigative Communications Not Entitled to Attorney-Client Privilege: Provides Lifeline to District Employees

In a recent decision, the Second District Court of Appeal (“Second DCA”) reiterated what is,...

Leonard J. Dietzen, III
Jeffrey J. Grosholz
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Employment and Labor

SCOTUS Rejects OSHA “Vax or Test” Rule, But Allows Narrower Healthcare Mandate

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued rulings in two consequential cases involving COVID-19...

Jeffrey J. Grosholz
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Employment and Labor

Governor DeSantis Signs New COVID-19 Related Laws that Have Immediate Effect in Florida

As all are keenly aware, the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects have “had far-reaching effects,”...

Leonard J. Dietzen, III
Jeffrey J. Grosholz
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Education

Cursing Cheerleader Wins at Supreme Court, but Schools Retain Ability to Punish Certain Off-Campus Speech

In the colorfully known “cursing cheerleader” case, the U.S. Supreme Court found a student’s school...

Jeffrey J. Grosholz
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Education

Justices Show Little Spirit for Expanding Tinker: SCOTUS Wrestles with Appropriate Standard for Regulating Off-Campus Student Speech

In 1969, the Supreme Court recognized both that students do not surrender their First Amendment...

Jeffrey J. Grosholz
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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Court Clarifies Applicability of Statute of Limitations for the Medicare Secondary Payer Act’s Private Cause of Action

RumbergerKirk attorneys secured a final summary judgment in MSPA Claims 1, LLC v. Tower Hill...

Samantha Duke
Jeffrey J. Grosholz
Employment and Labor

Fifth DCA Finds Florida’s Private Whistleblower Act Requires Proof of But-For Causation

In a recent decision by the Fifth District Court of Appeal, the court held that...

Jeffrey J. Grosholz
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