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• February 10, 2026

  Appeals Judge Questions Sanctions In Hurricane Straps Suit

  A Ninth Circuit judge on Tuesday said he's "scratching [his] head" over a magistrate judge's order sanctioning Robins Kaplan lawyers for "baseless filings" in the first version of a complaint later amended over allegedly corroding construction connectors and fasteners, saying it might just "not have been the best written complaint."

• February 10, 2026

  Former Teachers Union Leaders Get Prison For Stealing $2.6M

  A Florida federal judge has sentenced the former president and vice president of a Jacksonville teachers union to prison for embezzling more than $2.6 million in union funds, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

• February 10, 2026

  Fla. Social Media Ban Violates Teens' Rights, 11th Circ. Told

  Snap Inc. is fighting Florida's attempt to keep a state law restricting teenagers' social media use, telling the Eleventh Circuit that children also have a First Amendment right to speech on the internet regarding matters of public importance. 

• February 10, 2026

  What's At Stake In Possible Circuit Split On Medicaid Rule

  A recent Eleventh Circuit decision, reviving Florida's lawsuit against a federal rule that reduces Medicaid funding based on agreements between hospitals, sets up a potential circuit split with the Fifth Circuit, with important ramifications for states looking to private administrators to run provider tax programs, say Liz Goodman, Karuna Seshasai and Rebecca Pitt at FTI Consulting.

• February 10, 2026

  11th Circ. Revives Overtime Case For Death Investigators

  The work that six forensic death investigators performed was not directly linked to the general operations of a forensic pathology company, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Tuesday, ordering a new trial in the workers' suit seeking unpaid overtime.

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