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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Fifth DCA Strikes Blow to Popular Policy Exclusion

The Fifth District Court of Appeal recently issued a decision that will likely force homeowners...

Government and Administrative

Back to the Basics: Cost Effective Strategies for the Reduction of Law Enforcement Liability

Originally published in The Florida Police Chief Magazine, April 18, 2018 Law enforcement risk management...

Employment and Labor

Eleventh Circuit Reiterates Employers' Heavy Burden under Equal Pay Act

The Eleventh Circuit’s holding in Bowen v. Manheim Remarketing, Inc., 882 F.3d 1358 (11th Cir....

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...

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...