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Employment and Labor

Florida Employers: It’s Hurricane Season—Are You Ready?

As we move into the 2022 hurricane season (June 1 through Nov. 30), there is...

Casualty Litigation

Judicial Notice Gets a Modern Update

Picture this: you’re in court involving a personal injury crash and you want to reference...

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Government and Administrative

Freely Flying Flags Can Lead to Flagrant Free Speech Fouls

While it is axiomatic that when the government speaks, it speaks only for itself; however,...

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Government and Administrative

Eleventh Circuit Clarifies the Standard for the Abrogation of Government Officials’ Entitlement to Sovereign Immunity

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has recently clarified the legal standard necessary to strip...

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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Legal Update: Recent Changes to Florida Insurance Law and Its Effect on Litigation

It is no secret that Florida’s residential property insurance market has experienced a tumultuous past...

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Employment and Labor

What Employers Should Do To Prepare For Natural Disasters

The EF4 tornado that roared through Mayfield, Kentucky, in the late hours of Dec. 10,...

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Government and Administrative

Ding Dong! Lemon’s Dead: SCOTUS Clarifies Establishment Clause

Well that didn’t take long. Fresh off the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Kennedy...

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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Eleventh Circuit: Disagreement Over Valuation Is Not Per Se Bad Faith

A little more than one year after Progressive scored a bad faith win in Eres...

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Commercial Litigation

Eleventh Circuit Reiterates Availability of Postjudgment Rule 11 Sanctions

The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently reversed a district court’s denial of...

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Casualty Litigation

The Road to Alignment:  Florida Supreme Court Amends Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 to Follow Florida Statute § 768.79 Regarding Nonmonetary Terms in Proposals for Settlement

Effective July 1, 2022, Proposals for Settlement in Florida shall no longer contain nonmonetary terms,...

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