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Florida - February, 2015

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• Smoker's Widow Gets $340K Verdict In Engle Progeny Suit
• 11th Circ. Rips Life Insurance 'Speculator' For 'Dumb' Expert
• High Court Asked to Review 'Erroneous' Deportation
• Not All Property Damage Is 'Structural Damage': 11th Circ.
• 11th Circ Seeks Fla. High Court's Aid In Pruco Insurance Row
• Fla. AG Defends State's Credit Card Surcharge Ban
• 4 Classes Seek Cert. In GM Safety-Rating Sticker Suit
• Fla. High Court Asked To Weigh In On State Property Law
• 11th Circ. Widens Split Over Class Action 'Pick Offs'
• A Means To Stave Off Medicare Termination
• What Amazon Giveaway Means For Sweepstakes Laws
• Obama Picks New Judges For Fla., NJ District Courts
• Fla. Appeals Court Nixes Injunction Blocking Luxury Condos
• Hotel Developer Says Partner Reneged On Project Stake Deal
• Fla. Town Settles DOJ Claims Over Firefighter's Miscarriage
• Buchanan More Than Doubles Government Team In Florida
• Jury Favors ADT's Rival In $27M Alarm Trademark Suit
• CFTC Suit Claiming Atty Aided Investment Scam Can Proceed
• J&J Units Look To Ditch Sunscreen SPF Labeling Claims
• Permira-Backed Investor Eyes $535M Exit From Chemical Co.
• Quicken Loans Can't Unplug TCPA Class Action
• Fla. Exculpatory Clauses Enjoy Their Moment In The Sun
• Miami-Dade Civil Court Records To Move Fully Online
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Berger Singerman's Siddiqui
• State Engle Settlement Unlikely Despite Higher Verdict Pricetag
• Obama Defends Immigration Policy At Miami Town Hall
• 5 Attys To Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel In Takata Air Bag MDL
• Attorneys React To High Court's Sarbanes-Oxley 'Fish' Ruling
• Hectic Trial Schedule May Have Forced $100M Engle Deal
• Fla. High Court Wants Suspension Added To Judge's Penalty
• High Court SOX Fish Ruling Cuts Hole In Prosecutors' Net
• Removed Fla. Judge Faces Additional Bar Charges
• Receiver Says 11th Circ. Erred In Nadel Clawback Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pharmacyclics, Sycamore, HP
• Insurer Can't Dodge $23M Dispute Over Condo Repairs
• Supplier For MLB Doping Ring Sentenced To 18 Months
• Interstate JV Scores $110M Loan For Hotel Portfolio
• Walker & Dunlop Scores Record $177M Housing Loan Deal
• Big Tobacco Pays $100M To End 400 Engle Cases
• Justices Say SOX Shredding Provision Doesn't Apply To Fish
• Fla. Judge Faces Misconduct Charges Over Verbal Assault
• Fla. Sues Insolvent Insurer's Officers Over Mismanagement
• Judgment Waits As Engle Case Jury Returns Partial Verdict
• Jackson Lewis Adds Akerman Employment Pro In Orlando
• Carnival Can't Sink Cruise Suit By Triumph Passengers
• Jury Nixes ADA Claims By Ex-Walgreen Worker With Arthritis
• Vivint Settles Robocalling Class Action for $6M
• Feds Seek Early Win In Symantec Whistleblower FCA Suit
• Fla. Judge Says Consular Visa Decision Not Open To Review
• Don't Forget About Publicity Rights In Estate Planning
• US Immigration Policy: Adventures In Fantasyland
• PGA Tour Wants Antitrust Class Action Transferred To Fla.
• Philip Morris Hit With $17.4M Engle Jury Verdict
• Metal Producers Globe, FerroAtlantica Ink $3B Merger
• Fla. Health Agency OKs 2,600 New Nursing Home Beds
• Fla. Appeals Court Vacates Ruling Upholding Blind Trust Law
• High Court Won't Review WellPoint Antitrust Suit
• Immigration Cases To Watch In 2015
• Gabelli Also Limits SEC Relief Sanctions, 11th Circ. Told
• Trump Golf Club To Enter Talks With Miami Suburb Over Noise
• Self-Storage REIT Jernigan Capital Targets $110M IPO
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• 11th Circ. Upholds Orders In Miami Property Ownership Row
• 11th Circ. Denies TD Bank Stay For $74M Ponzi Suit Order
• DOL Says Waiter Has No Claim In H-2B Visa Rule Fight
• Jury Sides With RJ Reynolds, Philip Morris At Engle Trial
• Sauerkraut Co. Underpaid Migrant Workers, Suit Says
• Juice Maker Sued Over Deceptive Product Label
• Rothstein Funder Gets 3.5 Years For Role In $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• Abu Dhabi Fund Closes On $230M Marriott, Will Buy More
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• Ex-Commodores Guitarist Asks 11th Circ. To Use Band's Name
• Ex-Smoker Asks Fla. Jury For $13M In Engle Progeny Case
• Fla. Class Suit Against MetroPCS Sent Back To State Court
• Fla. High Court Suspends Atty Who Claimed Microchip Plot
• Fla. Bill Would Cap Punitive Damages In Tobacco Cases
• Amazon Says Customers Don't Confuse 'Fire' With 'Fyre'
• Fla. State Senator Blasts AG Bondi For Immigration Suit
• Investors Smear Young Conaway's Sunken Treasure Defense
• Insurers Want 11th Circ. To Rethink Rental Car FACTA Suit
• Who Flips The Switch?
• Lorillard Cigarettes Caused Smoker's Death, Engle Jury Finds
• Engle Plaintiff Looks To Discredit Tobacco Cos.' Final Witness
• TD Bank Appeals Order To Pay $67M Over Rothstein Scheme
• 11th Circ. Backs Human Smuggler's Gunfire Sentence-Hike
• Fla. Court Affirms Dismissal Of Law Firm's Defamation Suit
• Fla. Health Co. Owner Pleads Guilty To $14M Medicare Fraud
• Health First Faces FCA Suit Over Self-Referral Kickbacks
• RJ Reynolds Defeats Challenge To Engle Progeny Ruling
• Ex-Concert Promoter Pleads Not Guilty In $300M Fraud Case
• Feds Drop Challenge To Subpoena In $10M Grant Fraud Case
• 11th Circ. Upholds Sentences In Medicare Fraud Case
• Tobacco Cos. Lose Bid For Mistrial In Engle Case
• 11th Circ. Says Fla. County Worker's Suit Wasn't In Bad Faith
• Trump Golf Course Challenges Fla. City's Noise Rules
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear ACA Employer Mandate Delay Suit
• Insurer Says No Coverage In Navy Software Contract Row
• Fla. Solar Ballot Initiative Clears Hurdle For Court Review
• Surcharge Bans For Retailers Look Ripe For High Court
• Porn Site Urges Judge To Douse Amazon's Use Of 'Fire'
• Papa John's To Settle Fla. Delivery Tax Class Action
• UBS Whistleblower Asked To Aid French Probe Of Bank
• Ringleader In MLB Doping Scandal Gets 4 Years In Prison
• Key Players In Bush V. Gore Recall Whirlwind Appeal
• SEC Says Ex-BankAtlantic CEO's Bid For Retrial Lacks Merit
• Fla. Courts Look To Secure Long-Term Funding Source
• Sanctions Denied Again In Heated Egg Cooker IP Dispute
• Fla. Atty Suspended For Failing To Show Up At Sentencing
• Fixodent Injury MDL Members Urge High Court To Revive Suit
• 11th Circ. Says Essex Can't Reform Nightclub's Policy
• South American Investors Drop $140M On Miami Office Tower
• DC Circ. Mulls Texas, Fla. Bankers' Challenge To Info Sharing
• Arnstein & Lehr Adds Veteran Litigator In Tampa Office
• Miami Panel Backs $15M For Riverfront, Biz Park Projects
• Condo Developers Sue For $225M Over Neighbors' Challenges
• Fla. Bill Would Curb Fees In 3rd-Party Insurance Suits
• Fla. Mall Site Set For Sale After Bankruptcy Conversion Denied
• Fla. Retailers Ask 11th Circ. To Strike State Swipe-Fee Law
• DOL Appeals Invalidation Of H-2B Rule To 11th Circ.
• Rothstein Wife's Ex-Atty Disbarred In NY For Hiding Assets
• EEOC Blasts Darden For Age Bias At Seasons 52 Restaurants
• RJ Reynolds Hit With $2.1M Jury Verdict In Smoker's Death
• Canadian Mining Investors Can't Duck Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Honda Dealer Must Face New Whistleblower Trial: Fla. Court
• TD Bank Has 2 Weeks To Pay Rothstein Ponzi Investors $67M
• FTC Gets $1.7M In Telemarketing 'Boiler Room' Suit
• Battle Over Future Of Bankrupt Fla. Malls Looms
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Sycamore Partners, Veolia
• Judge Calls Bid To Nix Payment Patent Under Alice Premature
• Fla. Judge Who Took Bench Drunk Quits, Charges Dismissed
• Hilton Uses $1.95B Waldorf Sale To Pick Up 5 Hotels
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 11th Circ. Says Wells Fargo Didn't Waive Arbitration Rights
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Nadel Ponzi Scheme Clawback Suit
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Engle Plaintiff Says Smoking Death Suit Wasn't Too Late
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• GNC, Wal-Mart Hit With More Suits Over Herbal Supplements
• Fla. Law Claim Stands In $60M Eli Lilly Warehouse Heist Suit
• Seminoles Ask 11th Circ. To Uphold Fla. Casino Tax Ruling
• Miami Sued Over Marine Stadium Redevelopment Plans
• Wells Fargo Shakes Final Claims Over $168M Ponzi Scheme
• 'Saturday Night Fever' Mentor Hits Hasbro With Trademark Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms FCPA Conviction Of Ex-Haiti Official
• Ex-Venezuelan Judge Gets 6.5 Years For Protecting Drug Lord
• Dershowitz Didn't Do Work On Conviction Appeal, Suit Says
• Fla. Hospital Takes Arbitration Row To US Supreme Court
• LMFAO Can't Duck Rick Ross 'Hustlin'' Trademark Suit
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• Fla. Lawmaker Floats Drone Bill With Sky-High Privacy Rules
• New York Atty Suspended For Fla. Law Firm Embezzlement
• Illicit Stock Certificate Loss Not Covered, 11th Circ. Rules
• $3.6M Asbestos Verdict For Carnival Cruise Director Set Aside
• Rapper Pitbull Sues Oakley Over 'Pit Bull' Sunglasses
• Foley Adds Ex-Florida DEP Secretary Vinyard
• Scientists Try to Subpoena Prosecutor In $10M Fraud Case
• Tobacco Cos. Say Plaintiff's Expert Poisoned Trial
• Coke Can't Consolidate Juice False Ad Suits
• Fla. Bill Takes Aim At Local Transgender Protections
• Fla. Court Orders Lowndes Back On Bus In Malpractice Suit
• Fat Loss Pill Buyers Fight For Class Cert. At 11th Circ.
• $9M SkyRise Miami Subsidy Breaks Vow To Voters, Suit Says
• Miami Turning Blind Eye To 'Rogue Cos.' Uber, Lyft: Suit
• Investors Ask 11th Circ. To Revive Fraud Suit Against HMA
• MLB Doping Scandal Co-Conspirator Seeks Lighter Sentence
• Burger King Stiffs Coach Trainees Of OT Pay, Suit Says
• Disaster Cleanup Co. Says Rival Can't Prove Smear Claims
• Harris To Pay $4.75B For Fellow Defense Contractor Exelis
• 11th Circ. Will Wait On High Court's Gay Marriage Ruling
• Enviros Brace For Fight Over Fla. Conservation Funding
• Fla. Justices Show Skepticism Over Challenge To Bonds
• JPML Combines Takata Air Bag Suits In Fla.
• Fla. Gov. Scott Vows Reforms In Wake Of Firing Scandal
• Feds Charge Rothstein Adviser Linked To $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• GE Capital Can't Merge Suits Over $3.6B Petters Ponzi Plot
• Skadden Guides Frontier To $10.5B Verizon Wireline Buy
• Same-Sex Marriages Open A New Frontier In Fla. Tort Law
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Tony Upshaw
• Legislation Needed For P3 To Blossom, Industry Reps Say
• Florida Mayors Say P3 Is Key To Infrastructure Goals
• Tobacco Cos. Say Fla. Rule Bars Engle Plaintiff's Fraud Claims
• Rothstein Investors Aim To Collect On $67M TD Bank Verdict
• Hard Candy Wants Madonna Deposition Taped In TM Fight
• Fla. Gov. Says Obama Budget Underfunds Everglades Project
• $1.25M Accentia Shareholder Settlement Wins Green Light
• Fla. High Court Weighs $200M Bond Issue For Clean Energy
• Porn Site Denied Bid To Douse Amazon's Use Of 'Fire'
• NJ Just Set The Standard For Health Data Protection Laws
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Akerman's Michael Chavies
• Religious Orgs Win Suspension Of ACA Abortion Coverage
• U.S. Appeal of Fla. Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Plan Lives On
• KeyBank Again Denied Arbitration In Overdraft MDL
• Task Force To Tackle Miami-Dade Court Infrastructure Issues
• Trust's Property Tax Challenge Not Too Late, Fla. Court Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: RadioShack, AT&T, Staples
• Kaplan Whistleblowers Ask 11th Circ. To Revive FCA Case
• Fla. Senate Panel Passes Employment Bill For The Disabled
• SEC Says Sales Agent Can't Stay Investment Scheme Suit
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Amazon, Apple, Shore Club
• 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
• Arcapita Doubles Its Money In $1B-Plus Pods Exit
• A Condo Termination Bill That Could Satisfy Public Outcry
• Tobacco Cos. Fight To Keep 'Tortious' Conduct Off Engle Trial
• Persels Can't Defeat Predatory Debt Relief Suit On Remand
• Fla. Senate Panel Advances Corporate Tax Break Bill
• Attys Refute Counter Sanctions In Sunken Treasure Con Suit
• Symantec's Bid To Kill FCA Suit Blasted By Three States, Feds
• 11th Circ. Backs 2.5-Year Sentence For Deportee's Re-Entry
• Convicted Fla. Mayor's Ex Gets 8 Years For $8M Mortgage Plot
• TCPA Class Plaintiff Already Got A Good Deal, Court Told
• An Update On USPTO's Patent Pro Bono Initiative