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Florida - February, 2014

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• Judge Asked To OK Deal Over HSBC Force-Placed Policies
• Developer Seeks Dismissal Of $100M Helicopter Crash Suit
• Kluger Peretz Aided $130M Ponzi Scheme, 11th Circ. Hears
• Fla. Distributor Sues Dow Over Ex-Employee Contract
• Fla. Justices Rule On Limits For Defendant Status Changes
• AvMed's $3M Data Breach Deal Gets Key Nod With Rare Terms
• City And State Pensions Need To Bend Before They Break
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, J. Crew, Total
• Daughter's Facebook Boast Kills Dad's Age Bias Deal
• Fla. High Court Ditches Appeals In 2 Engle Cases
• $300M JPMorgan Force-Placed Deal Gets Judge's OK
• Telemarketer Tells 11th Circ. Injunction Killed Its Biz
• Swire Gains Zoning Approval For 1,000-Foot Miami Tower
• TD Asks 11th Circ. To Nix $67M Rothstein Scheme Verdict
• Fla. Judge Accused Of Professional Code Violations
• Fla. Bar Forms Task Force To Raise State Bench Diversity
• EFF Wants Docs On Warner Bros.' Alleged Copyright Abuse
• A 'Truly Obnoxious' Fla. Law May Be Unenforceable In NY
• Ameritox Loses Sanctions Bid In Millennium Antitrust Suit
• Former UBS Banker Pleads Guilty In Tax Probe
• 3 Nonprofits Ask To Join Fla. Gay Marriage Case
• NLRB Members Plan To Keep Up Rapid Pace Of Decisions
• Stiefel Urges 11th Circ. To Reverse $1.5M Stock Sale Ruling
• Panel Revives Fla. City's Suit Over Deepwater Horizon Funds
• Seafood Co. Says Contractors Cost It $10M In Military Sales
• Fla. Commodities Fraudster Fined $1.1M, Barred From Trading
• Fla. Doctor Agrees To Settle Medicare Fraud Claims
• 11th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of SunTrust Worker's ERISA Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms Arbitration For Carnival Worker's Injury
• Miami Firm Sued For Negligence Over $80M Recovery Suit
• Fla. Senate Floats Plan For Casinos In Miami-Dade, Broward
• Miami Hotel-Water Suit Should Be Covered, 11th Circ. Told
• AAI Says Sysco's $3.5B US Foods Buy Will Harm Competition
• 11th Circ. Blow Prompts LabMD To Drop FTC Fight For Now
• McGlinchey Stafford Lands Litigation Ace In Fort Lauderdale
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• Auto Shops Hit State Farm With Antitrust Suit
• $265M Bi-Lo, Delhaize Deal Clears FTC Antitrust Challenge
• A Close Look At M&A Brokers' New Registration Exemption
• Fla. Bill Would Limit Development Permit Conditions
• Fla. Senate Bill Would Revise Public Funding To Stadiums
• Ex-Employee Accuses FINRA Of Discrimination, Retaliation
• Ex-Fuel Supply Co. Worker Pleads Guilty In Kickback Scheme
• Fla. Hospital Settles Suit Over Epileptic Doctor's Firing
• Air France Breached $11M Deal For Aviation Co., Suit Says
• Greenberg Client Telemundo Escapes Sanctions In IP Fight
• Fla. Contracts Allow For Price-Fixing Claims, Court Hears
• Fla. Appeals Court Revives Excavation Permit Suit
• Embattled Judge's Defamation Suit Against Law Firms Tossed
• Fla. Bill Would Protect Info In Public-Private Proposals
• State-Backed Citizens Argues Immunity From Bad Faith Claims
• Miami New Times Cleared In Doping Clinic Privacy Suit
• Novartis Can't Shake $1.3M Zometa Verdict
• Fla. Real Estate Co. Protests $1.68M IRS Deficiency
• 11th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Cigna ERISA Case
• RLJ Ditches 11 Hotels After Nabbing $313M Hyatt Portfolio
• Virgin Islands May Intervene In Tax Cases, 11th Circ. Says
• Minimum Wage, Biz Tax Loopholes Top Fla. Dems' Agenda
• Fla. MRI Clinic Says Insurer Wrongly Denied PIP Benefits
• Fla. Dodges Tribe's Tax Suit Over Casino Restaurant Rent
• Harrah's Guards Brutally Assaulted Hotel Patrons, Suit Says
• Sports Clinic Owner Says MLB Ruined His Reputation
• Squire Sanders Adds Former Tew Cardenas Named Partner
• Abercrombie Says Island Lied To USPTO To Obtain Trademark
• Fla. Senate Panel OKs Bill Streamlining Big Development
• Fla. Bill To Thwart Anti-Gun Insurance Bias Clears Panel
• GoPro Camera Maker Accused Of Breaching Distribution Deal
• Rothstein Associate Expected To Plead Guilty
• Hunton Atty's Alleged Stock Tip Sparks Criminal Probe
• GrayRobinson Adds Bankruptcy Pro From Broad And Cassel
• MLB Drops Suit Against Drug Clinic That Supplied A-Rod
• Quarles & Brady Adds Akerman Corporate Atty In Naples
• Inside Fla.'s Data Breach Response Programs For Banks
• Anglo Irish Bank's $6M Mall Stake Selloff Nixed By Judge
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• Fla. House Panel Advances Bill Broadening Nurses' Duties
• Fla. Lawmaker Asks For Federal Help With Water Flow
• Social Media Privacy Bill Clears 1st Hurdle In Fla. Senate
• Affirmative Action Defense Strengthened For Contractors
• Cohen & Grigsby Boosts Estates Group With Ex-Harter Atty
• Guess, Others Accused Of Making Blind Shoppers Reveal PINs
• Fifth Third Bank Hit With Credit Reporting Class Action
• Fla. Gov. Allots $214M For Orlando Airport Improvements
• Greenberg Attys And Dufry GC Open Boutique Firm In Miami
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tyson Foods, Peugeot, Starwood
• IBRC Urges Bankruptcy Approval Of $5.8M Tampa Deal
• Class Counsel In $300M Forced-Place Deal Push For Approval
• Litigation Funding Could Tip Scales In Engle Tobacco Cases
• Miami Beach Project Lands $300M Loan From HSBC
• Law Firm Isn't Owed Defense For RE Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• Declaratory Judgment OK For CAFA $5M Hurdle: 11th Circ.
• FHFA Attys Fire Back At Appeals Over Tax Exemption
• Teammates Bullied Dolphins Lineman, Paul Weiss Report Says
• Fla. Pharmacy Chain On Its Own In TCPA Suit, Insurer Says
• Inside Fla.'s Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bills
• Fla. Supreme Court Clarifies Speedy Trial Recapture Rule
• Tobacco Cos. Ask 11th Circ. To Reverse $3M Punitive Award
• HCA Settles Fla. Nurse's Whistleblower False Claims Suit
• JPML Nixes Cargill's Truvia Suits Consolidation Attempt
• SunTrust Returns ERISA Case To 11th Circ.
• Fla. Sen. Floats New Retirement Plan For State Workers
• Limiting Scope Of Discovery In Fla. Premises Liability
• Diet Supplement Maker Says Inventor Peddling Its Product
• Carnival Ducks Further Sanctions In Hot Tub Infection Row
• Fla. Arcade Drops Challenge To Gray-Market Slot Ban
• Bill In Fla. Senate Would Legalize Medical Marijuana
• Fla. Atty Gets 6 Years For $300M Allied Vets Gambling Plot
• Marriott Faces 1 Less Claim In Miami Beach Hotel Spat
• Fla. Court Reverses Judgment For RJR In Smoker's Suit
• Adorno & Yoss Rebuffed In Real Estate Malpractice Appeal
• Condo Builder Sues Insurer For Coverage Of $23M In Repairs
• Fla. Appeals Court Nixes Atty Fees For Zurich In Caustic Fight
• As Exonerations Grow, States Make Them Harder To Win
• Cohen Milstein Joins Forces With Fla.'s Leopold Law
• Fla. Supreme Court Untangles Self-Insured Retentions
• Courts Wade Through Murky World Of Online Defamation
• 11th Circ. Nominee Tells Sens. High Caseload Is Manageable
• Rothstein Associate Found Guilty For Role In $1.2B Fraud
• MBC Exec Gets 15 Years For $837M Insurance Scam
• Fla. Bill Would Let Pharmacies Sue Over Abusive Audits
• Fla. Film Industry Touts Tax Credit Success
• USAA Cleared In Probe Of Death Benefit Search Practices
• 11th Circ. Says RBC Can't Arbitrate Overdraft Litigation
• Buyers Push For Sanctions In Trump Condotel Spat
• Orlando OKs $270M In Bonds For MLS Stadium, Citrus Bowl
• 11th Circ. Says Flood Insurance Regs Set Minimum Amount
• Stun Gun Maker Zaps Wholesalers With Patent Suits
• U. Of Miami Hit With Class Action Over Health Records
• Fla. Loses Bid To Seize Property Tied To Illegal Gambling
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Hotfile Case Will Shape Copyright Law Online
• Fla. Wrong To Approve Barrel Race Gambling, Court Says
• Vintage Capital Offers To Buy Rental Giant In $2.3B Deal
• Hospital Can't Prove FCA Whistleblower Lacks Standing
• Ex-UBS Exec Gets Tax-Conspiracy Trial Pushed Back
• Morgan Stanley Financial Advisers Get Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Despite Issues, Tax Sharing Deals Not Yet High Court-Ready
• 10 Cross-Border Bankruptcy Cases Shaping Chapter 15
• High Court's CAFA Ruling Won't Affect AG Enforcement
• Pitfalls In Fla.'s Revised Condo Termination Statute
• Fla. Jury Finds Radius CEO Liable For MBS Fraud
• Fla. Bill Eyes Ban On Gaming Industry Campaign Donations
• Air Passengers' Suit Over Miami Int'l Fuel Fire Nixed
• 11th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Guatemalan Workers' Torture Case
• Fla. High Court Takes Flexible View Of Self-Insured Retentions
• Commodities Cos. Ordered To Pay $5M Over Gold Scheme
• Holland & Knight Picks Up Aviation Finance Pro In Miami
• Bid To Silence Blogger Unconstitutional: Fla. Appeals Court
• Fla. Justices Mull Sublicense Terms In Blood Device IP Row
• Lobbyist Gets 1 Year In Fla. Corruption Case
• Litigation Costs Are In Your Control, So Take Control
• Rothstein Says Associate Did Not Know About $1.2B Scheme
• MLS, Beckham To Launch Miami Team If Stadium Plans OK'd
• Akerman Alcohol Industry Group Adds 3 Veteran Regulators
• Fla. Tax Regulator Eases Stance On Rental Improvements
• Fla. Developer, Marketer Agree To Pay $6.5M For Spam Texts
• Overchuck Atty, 3 State Judges Floated For Fla. Fed. Bench
• Fla. Appeals Court Backs Insurer In Rare Late-Notice Case
• Chase Knocks Objections To $300M Force-Placed Settlement
• 2013's Top 10 Tax Controversy Cases
• Class Cert. Granted In TCPA Junk Fax Suit Against MetLife
• Fla. Panel Passes Tax Incentive To Retain Defense Work
• Reuters To Pay $7.5M To End Fla. Automatic Shipping Claims
• Fla. Gov. Includes $325M For Aviation Improvements In Budget
• Investors Sue Prospect Capital Over Auto Loan Co. Merger
• RJ Reynolds Hit With $5M Verdict For Smoker's Death
• Fla. Agency Upholds Award Of $1B Medicaid Contract
• 21 States Tell 3rd Circ. EPA Water Standards Violate CWA
• Fla. Senate Committee Backs Bill To Cut Cellphone Tax
• Former Fla. Appeals Court Chief Judge Joins Diaz Reus
• Emeril, Martha Stewart Settle German Knife Trademark Spat
• Burr & Forman Lands Phelps Dunbar IP Wiz At Tampa Office
• Fla. Hotel Manager Protests $9.7M IRS Adjustment
• Hotel Co.'s Properties In 8 States Struck With Data Breach
• Tempt Hempmilk Accused Of Bogus Sugar Labeling
• GCs Name Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Ga. Asks Supreme Court To Flush Fla. Water Suit
• Fowler White Boggs Adds Tax Shareholder In Tampa
• Miami Widow Sues Philip Morris Over Smoker's Death
• $3.3M Judgment Against Nature's Upheld In Prolab Row
• Fla.'s Arbitration Code Comes Of Age
• Smith Currie Adds Ex-Bilzin Sumberg Construction Expert