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Casualty Litigation

Combating Permanency Without a Defense Medical Expert

Originally published in Trial Advocate Quarterly, Winter 2018, Volume 37, Number 1. In Florida, a...

Product Liability

Florida Supreme Court Hears Argument on Daubert Standard

On March 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Florida heard argument in a case that...

Government and Administrative

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act: Fundamental Changes to Florida's Gun Laws

Originally published in The Florida Police Chief Magazine, March 12, 2018 The Parkland school shooting has...

Employment and Labor

How to Avoid a #MeToo Claim

This article appeared in the "Consult the Counsel" special advertising section in the Orlando Business Journal...

Employment and Labor

First Gig Economy Trial Decision: Independent Contractor

This article was first published by Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association, Spring 2018 issue. The...

Casualty Litigation

Attias v. CareFirst: Plaintiff Class Gets Foot in the Courthouse Door in Data Breach Lawsuit

Data breach is today’s hot button issue. And it just got hotter. On the heels...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Chapter 558 Pre-Suit Notice May Trigger an Insurer’s Duty to Defend and Indemnify

The Supreme Court of Florida recently issued an opinion in Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum...

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Blurring the Line between Money and Equity: Enforcing Proposals for Settlement in Cases Seeking Equitable Relief

Florida courts have been veering away from the bright-line rule that the offer of judgment/proposal...

Professional Liability

Florida Supreme Court Says Right to Privacy Survives Death and Prohibits Ex Parte Interviews in Medmal Actions

In the case of Weaver v. Myers, a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court recently struck...

Product Liability

Florida Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Daubert Standard

January 10, 2018 UPDATE:  The Supreme Court of Florida has scheduled oral argument in the...