Law 360

JUNE 26, 2023

Florida asked a federal judge Monday to toss The Walt Disney Co.'s Ron DeSantis and other officials are immune from litigation, and that Disney lacks standing and failed to state a claim. s lawsuit challenging state officials' reorganizing of its self-governing district, arguing that Gov.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The class action lawsuit claims that Florida refuses to cover incontinence supplies for many disabled residents over the age of 21.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Friday to consolidate all similar cases in Florida federal court. A group of plaintiffs who claim they were defrauded by the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency platform FTX urged the U.S.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Florida plaintiff tells 'clown ass court' what he wants it to do with itself. The post Florida Man Tells Court To ‘Go F*#$ Themselves’ In Latest Filing… Except He Didn’t Use Symbols appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

AUGUST 17, 2022

Among the cases is a federal suit in Florida for product liability in which plaintiffs claim that Zantac consumption resulted in bladder, esophageal, gastric, liver and pancreatic cancers. The post First plaintiff in Zantac litigation drops suit against drug manufacturers appeared first on JURIST - News.

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LegalReader

MAY 8, 2021

On Thursday, Florida Gov. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, DeSantis has long touted the law as a fraud-fighting measure—even though there is no evidence that any widespread voter fraud occurred in the 2020 general election. Black Enterprise.

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Law 360

MAY 13, 2022

The Eastern District of Virginia rocket docket and the Northern District of Florida were last year’s fastest civil trial courts in the nation, and interviews with two of their judges reveal they have some of the same practices to keep litigation moving efficiently, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 23, 2021

Share Less than a month after the Supreme Court refused to disturb a federal moratorium on evictions imposed by the Centers for Disease Control because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Florida on Friday asked the justices to block the COVID-related restrictions that the CDC has outlined for cruise ships to follow before returning to sea.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Florida-based plaintiff claims that Velveeta Shells & Cheese macaroni cups' advertised 3.5-minute minute cook time doesn't account for steps such as removing the packaging and adding water.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 17, 2021

Florida state officials are pushing back against a lawsuit filed by parents who are unhappy about the recent executive order on masking in schools.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 6, 2024

A lawyer in Dunnellon, Florida, has filed a lawsuit alleging that attorneys at Blank Rome filed an “utterly baseless” suit against her in a bid…

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Law360 Real Estate Authority covers the most important real estate deals, litigation, policies and trends. Catch up on this week's key developments in California, Florida and New York — as well as the obstacles WeWork founder Adam Neumann faces if he tries to reclaim the struggling company that ousted him.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In its filing, the Southern Poverty Law Center claims that Florida has--in effect--developed an illegal system of parallel immigration enforcement that usurps the federal government's authority over immigration enforcement matters.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Law360 Real Estate Authority covers the most important real estate deals, litigation, policies and trends. Catch up on this week's key developments in California, Florida and New York — and on how a U.S. Supreme Court rollback of Chevron deference could affect Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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LegalReader

JULY 7, 2021

While the standard statute of limitations for personal injury cases in Florida is four years, certain factors can extend the deadline or effectively pause the timer.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Three sweeping civil procedure changes introduced by the Florida Supreme Court over the past year — a fresh summary judgment standard, a new apex deponent rule and immediate review of early punitive damages decisions — should lead to fairer and more predictable litigation outcomes, and signal a continued revamp in 2022 and beyond, says Kyle Robisch (..)

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Law 360

JANUARY 26, 2024

Law360 Real Estate Authority covers the most important real estate deals, litigation, policies and trends. This week brought key developments in California, Florida and New York — as well as a pitch for a 1,900-foot tower, which would unseat One World Trade Center as the tallest tower in the United States.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

DeSantis and other Florida officials promised the migrants jobs and assistance if they agreed to be blown to another state--only to leave them in Martha's Vineyard without any resources whatsoever. The lawsuit alleges that Gov.

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Law 360

APRIL 19, 2024

Investors who launched multidistrict litigation over cryptocurrency exchange FTX's collapse asked a Florida federal judge Friday to bless their settlement with founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who has agreed to assist in their case against celebrities who promoted the platform and other defendants alleged to be part of the fraud scheme.

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LegalReader

JULY 8, 2022

While the judge dismissed several of the lawsuit's claims, he will allow the plaintiffs to file a constitutional challenge against state-imposed restrictions on the teaching of critical race theory in Florida schools and colleges.

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Law 360

APRIL 4, 2024

A Florida federal judge presiding over a long-running multidistrict litigation against Chiquita Brands rejected expert witnesses offered by both Chiquita and plaintiffs who accuse the banana grower of financially supporting a defunct Colombian paramilitary group that allegedly killed their relatives.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

There must be considerable injury done to you or a loved one for a Florida medical malpractice claim to be valid.

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Law 360

MARCH 25, 2024

Parties in the multidistrict litigation against Chiquita Brands urged a Florida federal judge Monday to exclude each other's witnesses ahead of the upcoming bellwether trials, saying they were not timely disclosed and have no direct knowledge of the claims in the case.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The lawsuit claims that the Biden administration's so-called "catch and release" policy costs or will cost Florida millions of dollars per year.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Keep in mind that Florida is a comparative negligence state, which means that if you are partly to blame for the accident, your damages will be reduced accordingly.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Florida Gov. DeSantis claims that this is only the beginning of the Biden administration's supposed over-reach against unvaccinated Americans.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bloomberg Law News ] * Florida passes social media ban, earning the state another round of costly litigation that it will lose. Spoiler: things look really good for most firms making you really wonder about the handful of firms still laying people off. American Lawyer ] * IPO market leaned heavily on "cornerstone investors" last year.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Election litigation was heating up in battleground states as voters went to the polls Tuesday. Lawsuits have been filed over undated absentee ballots in Pennsylvania,…

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Three University of Florida political science professors have told a federal court that the university barred them from assisting plaintiffs in a challenge to the state’s new voting laws. As state employees, they were told that litigating against a state law would be “adverse to U.F.’s ’s interests.”

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Mondaq

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Florida Supreme Court just changed the litigation landscape regarding punitive damage claims.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 11, 2023

Two Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partners usually bill more than $1,500 per hour, but they trimmed the amount to only $950 per hour in a request for an award of attorney fees following successful litigation in the Southern District of Florida.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2022

The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division heard the case , with Judge Casey Rodgers presiding. Beal’s proceeding was the 16th trial in consolidated litigation against 3M over its earplugs. A federal jury Friday unanimously ordered 3M Co. to pay USD 77.5

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. The brief unsigned order means that the state cannot apply the law anywhere in the state while a Florida restaurant’s challenge to the law continues.

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Law 360

AUGUST 13, 2021

Duguid closes one door to potential Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits, Florida's newly amended state law — featuring a broader autodialer definition — has opened another, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll. Although the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Facebook v.

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Law 360

MARCH 25, 2022

A Florida federal jury on Friday awarded $50 million to a service member claiming he suffered hearing loss as a result of faulty earplugs made by 3M, the latest verdict in sprawling multidistrict litigation against the company, according to a statement from the plaintiff's attorneys.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

has joined with other non-trade creditors of Bang energy drink maker Vital Pharmaceuticals to ask a Florida judge to appoint a committee to represent them in Vital's Chapter 11 case, saying their hundreds of millions of dollars in claims entitle them to their own voice. Monster Energy Co.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Reuters ] * Florida asks Supreme Court to reinstate its anti-drag show law and somehow Clarence Thomas will decide that the ban comports with the original understanding of a bunch of guys who wore stockings and wigs. [ CNN ] * Forget government and academia, former Supreme Court clerks are making bank in litigation finance.

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