Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2023

The Garden State Could Remove Mental Health Questions From The Bar Exam Application : Should have happened earlier, frankly. The Garden State Could Remove Mental Health Questions From The Bar Exam Application : Should have happened earlier, frankly. How Am I Supposed To Do The Reading, Buy The Book?! Copyright law strikes again.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2023

In a first for a state bar, The Florida Bar is providing its entire membership of more than 111,000 lawyers with access to legal trust accounting software – a move designed to both help lawyers better comply with trust accounting rules and help protect members of the public from trust accounting errors.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has urged a federal court to toss a legal challenge by a group of Gainesville residents over new legislation that transfers control of a city-owned utility company to a board he appointed, saying immunity bars the complaint because he doesn't actually enforce that law.

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Law 360

JUNE 22, 2023

A Florida federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday ordered a "lockdown" barring the use of electronic devices reportedly in possession of the ex-CEO of Vital Pharmaceuticals, which makes Bang energy drinks, after an attorney representing the debtors said the executive extracted privileged company information he wasn't entitled to from the devices after (..)

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Below is my column in Fox.com on free speech controversies brewing in the “House of Mouse” as both the company and its talent face public backlash over public statements. Free speech in the corporate setting presents unique challenges and conditions that are vividly demonstrated by the tough month the company is experiencing.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Share A pair of challenges to controversial social media laws in Texas and Florida and a dispute over whether to freeze the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to reduce ozone levels across the United States headline the Supreme Court’s February 2024 argument calendar , which was released on Friday morning. Paxton and Moody v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a landmark law that aimed to curtail what the governor viewed as excessive censorship of conservative viewpoints by social media companies. 7072, contains a host of regulations on social media companies. A federal district court in Florida preliminarily enjoined the law, and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the technology industry and blocked a controversial Texas law that bars large social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the viewpoints they express. District Judge Robert Pittman barred the state from implementing it. When Texas Gov.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Related: “Can You Relocate Without Taking a New Bar Exam?” Back then, lawyers working anywhere but a traditional bricks-and-mortar office with their firm name on the door typically glossed over their nontraditional working environment. Working Remotely Was Once Unthinkable in the Legal Profession.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 24, 2023

Well, I came across this planner that I had purchased back in 2017 when I’d just moved from Atlanta to Florida. It had a section for writing out your goals and a vision for the company. Making a plan can feel like a daunting task, but the benefits can be endless. Have you thought about what you want your life to look like in 5 years?

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Patently O

AUGUST 30, 2022

StrikeLines is a small Pensacola, Florida business that collects and sells the coordinates of those artificial fishing reefs. Of some importance for this case, although Pensicola is in the Northern District of Florida, StrikeLines keeps its data on servers located in Orlando. Orlando is in the Middle District of Florida.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

In other words, those cases should not be dismissed with a retrial barred by double jeopardy. fishing company. fishing company. The trade secrets were on servers located in the Middle District of Florida, and the Smith’s conduct occurred at his home in Alabama. On appeal, the U.S.

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LawSites

JUNE 30, 2023

To kick off the show, we’ll be joined by Paul Garibian , CEO of Nota , to talk about his company’s first-of-its-kind relationship with The Florida Bar , announced Monday, to provide every lawyer in the state with free access to legal trust accounting software. Caroline Hill , editor in chief, Legal IT Insider.

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MyCase

MAY 18, 2021

That’s why the Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee released Proposed Advisory Ethics Opinion 21-2 in March. Accordingly, the Professional Ethics Committee issues this formal advisory opinion to provide Florida Bar members with guidance on the topic.”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Lawmakers and courts in the late 20th century enacted various substantive reforms that allowed upstart tech companies to operate without fear of legal liability — much as 19th century judges devised common-law principles to promote industrial development. What he didn’t say is that a series of court cases may soon clip its wings. Gonzales v.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2022

If you are looking for a scorecard naming those who are leading the charge on innovation in law, you can do no better than the Fastcase 50 , the annual listing by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 30, 2016

Landing in Orlando to catch an evening Uber to the hotel marked the beginning of our time with The Florida Bar at their 2016 annual convention. In true form to their association, I didn’t make it 20 feet inside the lobby before I was greeted by Florida public interest attorney Kimberly Sanchez. Abadin, and Bill Schifino.

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LawSites

AUGUST 22, 2023

Previously, he had been chief operating officer at Fastcase since 2017, where he launched a number of publications and product lines, resulting in substantial revenue growth for the company. In this new role, Errick will guide various strategic initiatives, develop services and products, and oversee the AAA’s marketing efforts, the AAA said.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This morning I ran a column on a proposed “First Amendment model” for Twitter once Elon Musk takes over the company. Right on cue, Twitter supplied another example of its corporate censorship culture that must be addressed if Musk is going to restore free speech protections to the social media company. Most people can speak.

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Rocket Matter

JANUARY 16, 2024

State rules vary The key here is to check your state bar rules and, in some cases, your local bar associations. States with special rules are: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas. Credit card fees can range from 2–5%, which can take a whopping $500 out of a $10,000 invoice.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

And because she dismissed her case in the district court, while she might be able to relitigate her unresolved claims, she will generally be barred from including again the claims she already lost. Williams’ lawsuit was transferred, along with other similar cases involving Zantac, to a federal district court in Florida.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For years, they have sued both broadcasters and digital media companies trying to exploit an ambiguity in copyright law over the status of pre-1972 sound recordings – songs as recorded by a particular band or artist before February 1972 when sound recordings first became subject to federal copyright law.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2021

The plaintiff was an American cruise ship passenger, Paul Turner, who brought a class action in federal district court in Florida alleging that the cruise line’s “negligence contributed to an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the Costa Luminosa during his transatlantic voyage beginning on March 5, 2020.”. On August 19, 2021, the U.S.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Well, I came across this planner that I had purchased back in 2017 when I’d just moved from Atlanta to Florida. It had a section for writing out your goals and a vision for the company. Making a plan can feel like a daunting task, but the benefits can be endless. Have you thought about what you want your life to look like in 5 years?

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Raiders Retreat Realty Company, LLC. LLC (Raiders) is a company organized under the laws of Pennsylvania. After the yacht ran aground in Florida and sustained significant damage, Raiders filed a claim. On February 21, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co.,

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LegalTalkNetwork

JANUARY 18, 2018

Lansing, MI – On January 16, the State Bar of Michigan in conjunction with Legal Talk Network released their new podcast, On Balance. Janet Welch, executive director of the State Bar of Michigan, said of the podcast, “I thought this was a terrific new way to deliver really meaningful content to our members.

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LegalTalkNetwork

APRIL 14, 2017

Kimberly Sanchez , Executive Director at Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida. John Stewart , Florida Bar Technology Chair. Is Florida (yes, Florida) raising the bar? Florida has recently changed their CLE requirements to now include three hours of mandatory technology training.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2021

New Jersey that sovereign immunity does not shield New Jersey from condemnation proceedings instituted by a private company in federal court to obtain properties for a pipeline. Share The Supreme Court held 5-4 in PennEast Pipeline Co. Gorsuch also separately wrote a dissent joined by Thomas. Background. New Jersey appealed, and the U.S.

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Customs & International Trade Law

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Successfully Mitigated Penalty Actions and Refunds Issued by CBP to our Clients. Our client wanted to know the status of prior CBP refunds and the status of the return of their collateral paid to their surety. Through our ACE report we were able to confirm over $500,000 in refunds, and our FOIA discovered where the checks were sent to.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The justices on Monday will consider the constitutionality of controversial laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) control content posted on their sites. NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

is the Chief Legal Officer at Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, where he oversees the Claims, Special Investigations, and Legal Departments. He founded the company with his partners in 2005 and has since helped it grow to become the 7th largest homeowners insurance company in Florida. Giulianti, Esq.

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Vanguard

MAY 20, 2020

So how easy is it for a company with 13 offices doing business in 40 states to determine when its employees can return to the workplace? . “ As g eneral c ounsel and c hief c ompliance o fficer , L eigh works in the company’s Nashville office, in a state where opinions and policies on reopening readily diverge. .

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 6, 2021

But recently he’d found a company that worked to help finance small-business plans like his. Photo by Octavio Jones/courtesy GQ.com. By the time the van arrived to shuttle Thomas Raynard James down to the courthouse, he’d been sitting in jail for three weeks. He had a notion of what was coming at the hearing. But he was hopeful.

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The Fashion Law

OCTOBER 22, 2021

A style name-specific issue arose in an Australian trademark infringem ent case, in which swimwear company Triangl was sued for using womenswear brand Pinnacle’s registered trademark “DELPHINE” as a style name for one of its popular bikini styles. Using style names that are trademarks.

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LegalTalkNetwork

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Legal Talk Network, the largest producer of legal-related podcasts, will be the Denver host for the Global Legal Hackathon, a worldwide event occurring over the weekend of February 23-25, 2018. Full Details and Registration Info. “We We have an established legal technology and start-up scene here,” said Trent Carlyle, CTO of Legal Talk Network.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 1, 2015

But what do the settlement and Florida decision mean for other users of these recordings? It’s another summer with music copyright issues hitting the press almost every day. Over the next week or two, we will try to catch up on some of the legal issues raised by all the music news. First, a review of the issue with pre-1972 sound recordings.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. Tyrance McCall, a Florida resident, filed suit in Georgia against Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Ohio, after a 2016 accident in Florida resulted from the alleged failure of a tire that Cooper manufactured in Arkansas.

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