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Florida - April, 2015

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• Frontier, Verizon Tell FCC Wireline Deal Will Benefit Public
• Engle Plaintiff Asks Full 11th Circ. Panel To Mull Preemption
• Fla. Senate Dems Ask Court To Order House To Reconvene
• Fla. High Court Suspends Miami-Dade County Judge
• Kelley Kronenberg Adds Bankruptcy Practice In Tampa
• Fla. High Court Rejects Judge's Agreed Punishment For DUI
• Others May Take Notice If Fla. County Law Prompts Uber Exit
• Broadstone Net Lease REIT Acquires $95M Worth Of Property
• Whistleblowers Get New Ammo On FCA Extrapolation
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Ex-DHS Atty's Discrimination Claims Gutted
• Doc Gets 5 Years For Role In $67M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Display Of FinCEN's Aggressive Anti-Laundering Approach
• High Court Bolsters State Bans On Judicial Fundraising
• Related Pays $270M For Over 3,000 Affordable Housing Units
• Fla. Senate Leader Challenges House's Abrupt Early Closing
• Atty Loses Bid To Share Funds Sparked By His Criminal Acts
• 11th Circ. Says Laminate Floor Co. Didn't Copyright Nature
• Stevedoring Co. Avoids In-House Atty Deposition In Fla. Case
• R.J. Reynolds' Lies Killed Smoking Bodybuilder, Jury Told
• Fla. Appeals Court Grants Atty Stay In Ex-Partner's Suit
• Drone Privacy Bill Passes Florida Legislature
• Whole Foods Can't Stay FCRA Suit Until Spokeo Decision
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: UBM, NYC FC, Margaritaville
• Grant Thornton Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Fainting Plaintiff's Case
• Supreme Court Upholds Fla. Ban On Judicial Fundraising
• Gov. Scott Sues Feds Over Health Care As House Ends Early
• CORRECTED: Hospital's Discovery Objections In Humana FCA Suit Nixed
• Malicious Prosecution Claims On The Line In Fla. Case
• Carlton Fields, Shumaker Loop Guide $117M Property Deal
• Sirius Asks Fla. Judge To Mute Turtles' Suit Over Pre-'72 Music
• 11th Circ. Says $20M Highway Fraud Suit Belongs In Mexico
• Cigna Hit With Class Action Over AIDS/HIV Drug Program
• Ocwen, Assurant To Pay $140M To Settle Force-Placed Suit
• U-Haul Slams PODS 'Brazen' Bid To Double $60M TM Verdict
• Sanctions Skirted In Row Over Mall Shooting Death
• BofA Tells Fla. Court Rothstein Investors Must Arbitrate
• Bayer Settles False Ad Suit Over WeightSmart Vitamins
• Dead Greenberg Traurig Atty Blamed In $73M CFTC Suit
• Dickstein Shapiro Adds Ex-CIA Director Porter Goss
• Fla. House Passes Contentious Fracking Regulation Bill
• Fla. Oil Distributor's Owner Gets 6.5 Years For Bank Fraud
• FinCEN Miami Order Sends Banks Scrambling To Comply
• Marine Science Institute Says Resort Co. Botched Dolphin Deal
• No Sanctions For DQ'd Atty In Medical Supplies Co. FCA Suit
• Fla. County Wants $1.75B DOT Rail Project Halted
• Auto Body Attys Slam Insurer's Sanctions Bid In MDL
• Medical Supplier Wants DQ'd Atty Sanctioned In FCA Suit
• Fla. Appeals Court Upholds Acquitted Mayor's Reinstatement
• Carnival Settles With Many Of Cruise Disaster Plaintiffs
• Fla. Sen. Seeks To Revive Seminoles Tribe's Cigarette Sales
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: AMLI, Anbau, Leslie J. Garfield
• Fla. Appeals Court Reinstates Same-Sex Divorce Case
• Fla. Budget Impasse Lingers As Senate Rejects House Offer
• Philip Morris Beats $20M Punitive Award In Engle Suit
• Fla. Lawmakers Pass Anti-Pregnancy Discrimination Bill
• Transport Co. Wants Discovery Sanctions In Shipment Row
• Fla. Senate Passes Term Limits For Utility Regulator
• Migrant Workers Fight To Keep HR Co. In Discrimination Row
• DHS, DOL Say They Are Close To Issuing New H-2B Visa Rule
• Simon Joins JV For Retail Portion Of $1.05B Miami Complex
• Feds Slam Ex-BankAtlantic CEO's New Trial Bid
• Rothstein Trustee Settles Investor Row In Bankruptcy Case
• 11th Circ. Takes Up Ala. County's Appeal Of Ch. 9 Challenge
• Greenberg Traurig Faces Sanctions Bid In Telemundo IP Row
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Weingarten, Tier REIT, Orbach Group
• Vitacost Drops Beef With Ex-Counsel Over Botched IPO Docs
• Holland & Knight Ducks Sanctions Volley In TM Suit
• Auto Parts Manufacturers Can't Ditch Antitrust MDL
• Town Sues To Void Deal That Would Move Miami Boat Show
• Miami Hospital Says Humana Underpaid For Services
• Fla. Jury Sides With Tobacco Cos. In Ex-Smoker's $14M Suit
• Judge Won't Dismiss Wal-Mart Juice Misleading-Label Suit
• Miami-Area Officials Ask NRC To Stop Nuclear Project
• Fla. Appeals Court Clarifies Construction Lien Law
• Smoker's Death Case Against Philip Morris Goes To Jury
• Climate Change Is Evident, Obama Says In Everglades Speech
• Winston & Strawn Slips $100M Suit Over Investment Scam
• Precious Metals Dealers Must Face CFTC's $2.6M Fraud Suit
• 27 Charged In Florida Marriage, Immigration Fraud
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Fla. Judge Seeks Stay Over Late Evidence In Discipline Case
• 11th Circ. Snubs LabMD's Rehearing Bid In FTC Data Suit
• Cozen O'Connor Grows With Health Care Attorney In Miami
• 11th Circ. Exclusive Dealing Decision Is Big Win For FTC
• Fla. Town Appeals Acquitted Mayor's Reinstatement
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Greenberg Land Use Atty In Fla.
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Fla. 'Structural Damage' Suit
• Miami Developer Seeks Permit Order On Controversial Project
• 11th Circ. To Hear Fight Over Shareholder, Pension Payments
• SunTrust Suit Says Morgan Stanley Broker Took Trade Secrets
• Shutts & Bowen Sues US Century Bank For Unpaid Fees
• Class Demands GM Fork Over Docs in Safety Sticker Row
• Imperial Holdings Brass Face Class Action Over Bylaw
• Miami Electronics Exporters See Anti-Laundering Crackdown
• Symantec's Argument In FCA Suit Defies Logic, Feds Say
• Jury Slaps RJ Reynolds With $25M Punitive Damages
• 3 Different Scenarios For Marijuana In Indian Country
• Inside Florida's Mortgage Lender Licensing Law
• 11th Circ. Certifies Tax Shelter Question to Fla. High Court
• Ex-Smoker Urges Jurors To Add Punitives To $21.5M Verdict
• Radius And Former CEO Will Pay $2.7M For Securities Fraud
• Fla. Bars Judges From Giving Tips To Former Firm's Clerks
• Fla. Gov. Agrees To End State Worker Drug Test Dispute
• SEC Seeks $180M From Rothstein Feeder Fund Owner
• Fla. Sends State Senate LIP Model To Feds As Suit Looms
• High Court Won't Hear Chiquita War Crimes Appeals
• Supreme Court Declines Challenge to Fla. County Land Law
• Wells Fargo Says Businessman's Tax Shelter Suit Is Too Late
• 'Primary Users' May Be On Speed Dial For TCPA Suits
• A New Paradigm For Industrial Hemp Farming On Tribal Lands
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• Homeless Case Fee Fight Imperils Other Suits, 11th Circ. Told
• Fla. Ethics Panel Says Former Congressman Deserves Fine
• High Court Urged To Hear Chiquita War Crime Row
• Fla. Dems Urge Governor To Drop LIP Funding Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Stock Certificate Loss Case
• 11th Circ. Tosses Wells Fargo Bid To Dismiss FCA Suit
• Fla. High Court Strictly Construes Offer Of Judgment Statute
• Fla. Cargo Airline Tries To Lift Miami-Dade's Wage Law
• A Trend Toward More State Focus On Lawyer Mobility?
• Fraudster Tells High Court His Privacy Rights Were Trampled
• Gunster Hires Ex-Duane Morris Corporate Law Pro In Miami
• Oprah Network Says Fla. Man Used Its IP In Fraud Schemes
• P&G Urges High Court To Stay Out Of Fixodent Evidence Claim
• Virginia's 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar
• Fla. Atty Susan Kelsey Named To State Appeals Court
• SEC Seeks $1M From Ponzi Scheme Feeder Fund Manager
• Fla. House OKs 'Right To Try' Bill For Terminal Patients
• Publix Pushes For Sanctions In Racial Discrimination Suit
• Kirkland Steers Lovell Minnick's $100M Finance Co. Investment
• Fla. Gov. Threatens To Sue Feds Over Health Care Funding
• Fla. Doc In Menendez Scandal Denies Medicare Fraud Charges
• Fla. Utility Regulator OKs State's Largest Solar Project
• Stay On H-2B Rule Termination Extended By 1 Month
• Medical Supplier Says Disqualified Atty 'Tainted' FCA Suit
• Fla. Developer Verzasca Exec Sees Shift To Affordable Luxury
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Macerich, Zell, Thor
• US Withholding $1B To Force Medicaid Expansion, Fla. Says
• Atty In NFLer's Stock Scheme Loses Insurance Defense Row
• 11th Circ. Upholds FTC's Pipe-Fitting Monopoly Ruling
• Settlement of Marlins Stadium Workers' Claims Turned Back
• Jones Day Conflict Frees Fiat Chrysler From MDL Mediation
• Hartman Simons' Win Flipped In Malpractice Coverage Row
• Travelers Can't Skirt Pre-Tender Defense Costs, 11th Circ. Told
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: GLPI, Blackstone, Federal Capital
• Doc In Menendez Scandal Indicted On Medicare Fraud Charges
• Drop From Terrorism List Hastens Opening Of Cuban Market
• NextEra Sues US For $98M In Alleged Tax Overpayments
• Fla. Tribe Rebuffed In FOIA Suit Targeting Ex-DOJ Atty
• Fla. Cabinet Backs 82-Acre Land Sale For Miami Mega-Mall
• DOL Urges 11th Circ. To Allow Reinstatement Of H-2B Rule
• Lewis Brisbois Adds Ex-Rogers Towers Atty As Partner In Fla.
• Fla. High Court Denies Judge's Contempt Claims Against Bar
• Solar Co. Sues Attys Who Inked Contract With Bogus Firm
• Rothstein Associate Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Her Conviction
• Auto Law Firms Deny Blame For Audited Dealer's Bad Contract
• Why Florida's New Condo Termination Bills Are Problematic
• Ex-Scientologists Challenge Arbitration Order In Fraud Suit
• GrayRobinson Picks Up Gunster Transactions Pro In Miami
• Ex-Mutual Benefits Atty Seeks Retrial Over 'Jury Crasher'
• Lorillard Sheds 36 Engle Claims, Philip Morris Ends 2
• Jones Day, Weil Named In Fund Manager's RICO Suit
• Stroock Strengthens Litigation Practice In NY, Miami
• BofA Not Covered Under AIG Policy In Boat Defect Row
• Miami Pop Artist Sues Apple For Copyright Infringement
• SeaWorld Backlash Mounts With Fla. Orca Abuse Claims Suit
• Inside CMS Proposed Mental Health Parity Rules
• Firm's Mortgage Advice Bankrupted Ex-Doctor, Trustee Says
• Fla. Nursing Home Says CMS Put It In 'Financial Chokehold'
• Ref Wants Fla. Attys In PIP Dispute Disbarred, Suspended
• Chiquita Urges Justices To Reject Review Of War Crimes Suit
• Chrysler Protests Jones Day Atty As Mediator In Takata MDL
• 11th Circ. Affirms Tobacco Co. Owner's $40M Tax Liability
• Fla. Court Reinforces Right To Transfer Policy After Loss
• Judge Lights Fire Under $111M Taylor Bean Coverage Tussle
• Clinic Settles EEOC's 1st Transgender Suit Under Title VII
• Fla. Judge Affirms Nicholson & Eastin DQ In FCA Row
• The Latest Litigation Over FCA Public Disclosure Bar
• Fla. House Panel Passes Pared-Down Gaming Bill
• Engle Ruling Unlikely To Shift Outcome Of Tobacco Trials
• Judge Threatens Default In Arnstein & Lehr Harassment Suit
• SEC Sues Fla. Microcap Co. Over $11M Investor Fraud Scheme
• U-Haul Blasts $60M Trademark Award To PODS
• P&G, Wal-Mart Escape Fixodent MDL After Experts Excluded
• RJ Reynolds Wins Interest Cut On $25M Engle Award
• Panel Sends Medical Marijuana Bill To Full Fla. Senate
• Lexus Buyers Seek Fla. Toyota Melting Dash Suit Remand
• 11th Circ. Chews Up Big Apple's Janus Claim In SEC Suit
• Zurich Must Face Health Co.'s Suit Over $10M Payroll Fraud
• Atty Slams Porn Co.'s Sanctions Bid In BitTorrent IP Row
• 11th Circ. Agrees To Hear Frigidaire Challenge To Mold Class
• Auto Co. Fenix Parts Eyes $100M IPO To Fund Merger
• 2 Cases Audit Firm Defendants Can Rely On
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms Retroactive Tax Change Is Illegal
• P&G, Wal-Mart To End Fixodent MDL After Crushing Ruling
• 11th Circ. Says Fed. Law Blocks Claims In Engle Progeny Suit
• DOJ Urges Supreme Court To End Inmate Care Rate Challenge
• Suit Settled Over HUBZone Misuse To Get $11M In Contracts
• IHeartMedia Finalizes $369M Portion Of Tower Asset Sale
• Berger Singerman Adds Energy Partner In Tallahassee
• Fla. Appeals Court Sends $4.9M Diamond Sale Mix-Up To Trial
• 11th Circ. Upholds Conviction Of Ex-CEO Over Iran Shipments
• Nicholson & Eastin Properly DQ'd In FCA Row, Med Co. Says
• Fla. High Court Told Eminent Domain Fees Law Unfair
• Fla. Tribe Asks To Merge Appeals Over Sanctions, RICO Suit
• Kicker Calls NFL's Tampa Bay Bucs Negligent In MRSA Case
• Leech Tishman Drops Fee Dispute With Biotech Co.
• Fla. City Defends FHWA's Bridge Approval In Enviro Suit
• Chiquita Can't Stop Colombian Paramilitary Depositions
• Police Union Asks Court To Overturn Miami's Unilateral Action
• AIDS Foundation Paid Kickbacks Galore, Ex-Staffers Say
• 11th Circ. Rejects Insurer's 'Trigger' Claim In Coverage Suit
• Dershowitz Underage Sex Claims Dropped From Case
• Catholic Says AutoZone Denied Promotion Over Sunday Hours
• Gibson Dunn Aids Realogy Unit In Coldwell Banker Biz Buy
• Ex-BankAtlantic CEO Seeks New Fraud Trial Under Omnicare
• Fla. Gov. Changes Course On Medicaid Expansion
• Fla. Panel Floats 1-Year Seminole Blackjack Extension
• Challengers To $18M Miami Project Want Suits Reinstated
• Fla. Tribe's Sanctions Challenge Headed To 11th Circ.
• REIT Physicians Realty Spends $234M On Q1 Acquisitions
• High Court Told $1M Arbitral Award Not For Illegal Contract
• High Court Rebuffs Loan Servicer In Tribal Arbitration Row
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2015
• This Week in Congress: The Calm Before The Budget Debate
• 11th Circ. Told Wells Fargo Appeal Is Premature In FCA Suit
• La. Archdiocese Wants Stay Lifted In Founding Partners Row
• Fla. Agency Fires Staff Attorney Following Bar Discipline
• Cruise Excursion Insurer Wins Injunction Against Ex-Workers
• CSX Wants Gov't To Shell Out $4.1M For Overpaid Taxes
• Feds Slam Scientists' Acquittal Bid In Grant Fraud Case
• Noted Banking Expert Moves To Shutts & Bowen In Miami
• Chamber Fights Class Arbitration In 11th Circ. Timeshare Row
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Google, TF Cornerstone, Prologis
• Tobacco Ruling Causes Mistrial 'Nightmare,' Judge Says
• Bombshell Engle Rulings Leave Big Tobacco Facing Retrials
• Fla. House OKs Budget, Minus Senate's Health Care Expansion
• BJ's Charges Full Sales Tax On Discounted Items, Suit Says
• Swiss Banker Pleads Guilty Days Before Trial In Fla.
• Humana Stuck With FCA Suit Over Medicare Advantage Billing
• TD Bank Asks 11th Circ To Return $67M Ponzi Settlement
• Feds Attack Fla. Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Plan On Appeal
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Invesco, Starwood, Blackstone
• Fla. High Court Keeps Big Tobacco Open To Punitive Damages
• Fla. Aluminum Co. Settles FCA Suit Over Chinese Duties
• Duperval And DOJ's Expansive Approach To Foreign Bribery
• Jones Day Partner To Guide Takata Air Bag Settlement Talks
• Broad and Cassel Adds 3 Attys In Real Estate, Regulatory
• Asst. Store Managers Bring FLSA Suit Against Toys R Us
• Fla. Senate Passes Budget, But Faces Huge Gap With House
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms $1B Judgment For Lennar
• Keiser Whistleblowers Ask 11th Circ. To Boost Attys' Fees
• Here's How The CARERS Act Could Change Cannabis Policy
• SEC Wins Fla. Trial Against Rothstein Fund Manager
• JZ Capital, RedSky Drop $97.4M On Four Miami Properties
• Darden Slams Bid To Intervene In EEOC Age Bias Suit
• Fla. County Sues DOT Over Improper Rail Project Review
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider