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Florida - September, 2015

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• Fla. Appeals Court Again Rejects 'Novel' Takings Claim
• 11th Circ. Sinks Contractor's Suit Over 'Love Boat' Deal
• NASA, Boeing Pen $1.18B Extension Of Space Station Contract
• Chartwell Acquires Wadsworth Huott, Nabs 22 Attys In Fla.
• CVS Hit With Two Class Wage Suits In Fla., Calif.
• Young Conaway Calls Treasure Suit A Rehash Of Old Claims
• SEC Suspends Fla. Attorney For Investment Fraud Scheme
• Doc Guilty Of $7M Medicare Fraud Through False Diagnoses
• Akerman, Katz Barron Steer $370M Miami Beach Retail Deal
• OPINION: Paul Harvey, RIP
• Morgan Stanley, Advisers Press Cert. Arguments In OT Suit
• Fla. Plaintiffs' Attorneys Object To Reciprocity Proposal
• USAA Can't Ditch Class Action Over Sales Tax Compensation
• 11th Circ. Says Atty Had Vague Role In Botched Insurance
• 11th Circ. Won't Rethink 7th Geico Car Crash Trial
• Ex-TD Bank VP To Plead Guilty Over $1.2B Rothstein Scheme
• Ex-Clinton Adviser Appeals Sanctions Denial In 'Treasure' Row
• CFTC Cracks Down On Fla. Precious Metals Schemes
• Coca-Cola Faces Wage Suit Over Software Application Policy
• FTA Awards $93.4M Grant For Fla. Rail Expansion
• Fla. Bar Renews Ethics Case Against Expelled State Judge
• Related Scores $166M Loan For Miami Luxury Hotel Complex
• Florida Gov. To Tackle Hospital Price-Gouging
• Fla. High Court Suspends Removed Judge's Legal License
• 10 Marketing Tips From A Young Partner Perspective
• Water District Not Needed In Corps Dispute, 11th Circ. Told
• Insurer Sues To Recover $300K Fondue Fireball Settlement
• Broward Says Airport Noise Suit Can't Fly In Federal Court
• Miami-Dade Wants Out Of Credit Card-Receipt Class Action
• Law360 Names Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms Of 2015
• Class Rep Slams Morgan Stanley Bid To Kill OT Suit
• Miami Law Firm Increases Claims Against USAA To $20M
• Ex-Orion Execs Slam CFPB In $67M Debt-Relief Scheme Row
• Noxious Drywall Not Covered, Fla. Appeals Court Affirms
• Fla. DOT Hits Navy With $4M Bridge Damage Suit
• RJ Reynolds Took Couple's American Dream, Jury Told
• Fake Fla. Atty Gets 6 Years For $11M Ponzi Scheme
• CORRECTED: Judge Trims Suit Accusing Virgin Of Stealing Cruise Idea
• Miami Mortgage Fraudster Gets 11 Years For $64M Scheme
• US Chamber Arms Itself For Push To Further Open Cuba Trade
• Fla. Judge Accused Of Using Misleading Campaign Materials
• 11th Circ. Won't Rethink Estee Lauder Antitrust Ruling
• OPINION: Have Big Law Firms Lost Their Way?
• Rush Is On To Apply For EB-5 As Lawmakers Debate Reforms
• GCs Flag Risks Of Doing Business In Latin America
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Commissioner's Bribe Conviction
• Media Cos. Want Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Suit Records Unsealed
• Levan Must Leave BankAtlantic, Pay $1.3M For Fraud Case
• Miami-Dade County Looks To P3s To Gain Competitive Edge
• FTC Hits Fla. Weight-Loss Company With False Ad Suit
• Fla. Tomato Growers Get Remand In Duty Suspension Suit
• 'Handmade' Vodka False Ad Suit Largely Tossed by Fla. Judge
• Fla. High Court Instructs Bar To Limit Nonlawyer Referrals
• Bucs Can't Block Ex-Kicker's $20M Infection Suit With CBA
• Full DC Circ. Review Sought Over IRS Foreigner Account Rule
• Fla. Bar Examiners Say Reciprocity Is Against Public Interest
• Lieff Cabraser Can't Remove Engle Fee Fight, Firms Say
• 10 Men Charged Over Steroid, Money Laundering Conspiracy
• Ocwen Violated TCPA With 218 Calls, Fla. Jury Finds
• Law Firm Accused Of Axing Partner After Cancer Diagnosis
• Banks Seek Review Of Miami's Discriminatory Lending Win
• Verizon Sued After Employees Copy Woman's Nude Photos
• Judge Tosses Car Repair Shops' 'Shotgun Pleadings' In MDL
• Female Migrants Win $17.4M In EEOC Sex Harrassment Suit
• 'Glorified Cashiers' Hit Kmart With OT Collective Action
• $120K Atty Fee Award Against State Farm Ruled Too High
• Fla. City Backs FHWA In Enviros' Bridge Project Dispute
• Acquiring Failed Subdivisions: The Risk Of Tyrannical HOAs
• Palm Beach County Extends Uber Pact, Eyeing State Action
• Fla. High Court Gives Redistricting Hearing The Go-Ahead
• Duane Morris Partner Beats Sanctions In Fla. Bankruptcy
• 5th Man Pleads Guilty In $36M Low-Income Housing Fraud
• Tax Court Says $6.8M Loss On Properties Not Justified
• SEC Fines Stein Mart Over Accounting Of Discounted Goods
• Fla. Funeral Home Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit
• FTC Blasts 11th Circ.'s Reading Of 'Debt Collector'
• DOT Connected Car Program Revs Up In NY, Fla., Wyo.
• Tobacco Cos. Win Defense Verdict In $50M Cancer Trial
• Trump Golf Club Says Ex-Members Quit Before It Took Over
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Family Seeks $50M From Tobacco Cos. In Cancer Death Trial
• Tobacco Cos. To Blame For Heavy Smoker's Death, Jury Told
• Toll Contractor Rests Miami Case With $58M Push
• 11th Circ. Says Amerijet Is Subject To Miami-Dade Wage Law
• States Tell 11th Circ. District Court Is Place For CWA Suit
• Adventist Health To Pay $119M To End FCA Claims
• EEOC Hits Nestle Waters With Sex Discrimination Suit
• Port Canaveral Officials Give Developers OK To Sign Tenants
• Porn Supplier Sues Seyfarth Over Brazilian Tax Shelters
• Will Fla. Abolish The Concurrent Cause Doctrine?
• Iran, Cuba Deals Could Cause Headaches For US Companies
• Fla. City Can Get Fees After Beating Property-Taking Claim
• Gordon Rees Adds Ex-Sacher Zelman Partner In Miami
• Bills Propose Term Limits For Fla. Appeals Judges, Justices
• Fla. House Says Proposed Congressional Maps Favor Dems
• Fla. Appeals Court Says Expert Pay Allowed As Evidence
• SEC Hits Racetrack Operator's Ex-Chair With Fraud Suit
• Telemarketer Denies Running $20M Detroit House Scam
• US Eases Legal Services, Banking Sanctions On Cuba
• Fla. County Tangles With Rules For Ride-Hailing Cos.
• Fixodent Users Try To Revive Zinc Sickness MDL Against P&G
• Fla. High Court Clarifies Voiding Of Default Judgments
• 11th Circ. Calls Copyright Suit 'Instrument Of Censorship'
• LMFAO Can't Use Parody Defense To Escape Rick Ross Suit
• Butler & Hosch Founder Says WARN Only Applies To Cos.
• Louisville Slugger Maker Sued Over Legend's Name On Bat
• Bucs' Rookie QB Can Sue Rape Accuser For Defamation
• Bucs Accused Of Roughing The Ex-Kicker's $20M Suit
• Seminole Tribe Urges 11th Circ. To Rehear Fla. Tax Row
• Stiles' GC Joins Greenberg's Florida Real Estate Team
• Whistleblower Says Fla. Lacked Power To Drop FCA Case
• Fla. High Court Asked To Review Searcy Denney Fee Cap Spat
• Celebrity Fails To Decertify Doctor Class In Fla. Court
• Whole Foods Settles Suit Over Background Check Notices
• Fla. City Seeks To Wash Away Class Cert. In Stormwater Row
• $100M Engle Tobacco Deal Spawns Firm Fee Battle
• Lumber Co.'s Rotting Wood Rehearing Denied By 11th Circ.
• Rick Ross Can't Copyright 'Every Day I'm Hustlin''
• Fla. High Court Denies Appeal Related To Miami Tower Lease
• Fla. Jury Returns $6.5M Verdict For Car Accident Injury
• Chubby Checker Brings Trademark Suit Over Cufflinks
• SEC 'Victim' Mark Cuban Wades Into Fight Over In-House Case
• CFPB Hits World Law Group For $67M Debt-Relief Scheme
• Florida's Take On Telling Clients To Scrub Social Media Pages
• Black Business Fund Challenges Florida's Contract Win
• Fla. Hospital District Pays $69.5M To End FCA Suit
• Pizza Hut Says Drivers Don't Need Quick Appeal In Wage Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Compass, Gaedeke, lebua
• Ocwen, Assurant's $140M Force-Placed Deal Beats Objections
• Fla. Atty Says County's Proposed Uber Rules Defy State Law
• Pop Artist Urges Judge Not To Toss Suit Over Apple Designs
• Suit Over $88M Miami Worldcenter Tax Break Gets Axed
• Honda Fights To Pare Economic Injury Claims In Takata MDL
• Morgans Shareholder Offers $507M For Pair Of Hotels
• Adderall Buyers Slam Drugmaker's Class Cert. Objections
• 11th Circ. Revives Grad Student Wage Class Action
• Dredging Co. Denied $12M Claim Over Miami River Work
• A Setback For Plaintiffs Attempting To Expand The FDCPA
• Fla. Attys In DUI Setup Appeal Judge's Call For Disbarment
• Ex-Butler & Hosch Workers Fight Dismissal Bids In WARN Suit
• 4 Tips For Protecting Trademarks During The 'Cuban Thaw'
• Florida Governor's Ex-GC To Lead Powerful Water District
• Egg Cooker Manufacturer Broke IP Settlement, Suit Says
• Nursing Homes Blast Legal Fees Bid After $17M Settlement
• Tobacco Cos. Hit With $12M Verdict In Lung Cancer Death Suit
• Fla. Scientists Sentenced For $10.6M Federal Grant Fraud
• Fla. Pols Slam Suit Over $237M In Conservation Funds
• RJ Reynolds Slammed With $35M Verdict In Veteran's Death
• Abercrombie, Hollister Reach $10M Deal Over Unwanted Texts
• Fitness Club Chain Seeks Sanctions In Discrimination Suit
• College Athletics Puts Title IX In The Spotlight
• Larry Klayman's Iran Deal Suit Tossed Over Standing
• Tech Co. Founders Charged With $5.3M Investment Fraud
• Jury Awards Farm Workers $17.4M In Sex Harassment Case
• Fla. High Court's Fashion Statement Calls For Basic Black
• GCs Name States With The Worst Legal Climates
• RJ Reynolds Should Pay $15M For Veteran's Death, Jury Told
• Bucs Want Discovery Stay In Ex-Kicker's $20M MRSA Suit
• States Won't Drop Bid To Enjoin EPA Clean Water Act Rule
• Taxi Cos. Say Fla. Agencies Fail To Regulate Uber, Lyft
• 11th Circ. Blesses Lender With Default-Rate Interest
• Tobacco Cos. Hit With $6M Verdict In Cancer Death Suit
• Atty Beats Malicious Prosecution Row Without Privilege
• Trinidad And Tobago Defends $2M Aluminum Project Ruling
• Fla. Court Upholds Arbitration Clause In Samsung Sales Row
• Tobacco Cos. Should Pay $20M For Father's Death, Jury Told
• Whole Foods Customers Ready To Drop Homeopathy Claims
• Fla. Anti-Fracking Bill Goes To Environmental Committee
• Wicker Smith Expands South Fla. Offices With 9 New Attys
• Miami Agency Sues R&B Singer, Def Jam Over Contract
• Execs Conned Skin Care Investors With Land Deal, SEC Claims
• Greenspoon Expands Alcohol Law Group Into Miami Beach
• Rogers Towers, Broad & Cassel Guide $81M Florida Mall Deal
• Toll Builder Seeks $55M Over Termination Of Miami Contract
• DynCorp Accuses Rival Of Espionage That Hurt Contract Bid
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Partners And Counsel In Miami, DC
• Florida Bar To Charge 2 Miami Lawyers For Misconduct
• LMFAO Says Kia Sales Expert Vital To Rapper's Copyright Suit
• Estate Asks 11th Circ. To Rethink 7th Geico Crash Trial
• Fla. Atty Says High Court Lacked Jurisdiction To Suspend Him
• Fla. High Court Rejects Deal For Judge Who Hit Cop Car
• Jury Says Disney World Discriminated Against Haitian Worker
• Calif. Donor Disclosure Rule Unconstitutional, High Court Told
• Tobacco Cos. Share Fault With Ex-Smoker For $2.5M Verdict
• Landscaping Group Blasts Bid To Alter Court's H-2B Ruling
• Tobacco Cos. Caused Businessman's Fatal Cancer, Jury Told
• Ocwen, Altisource Securities Fraud Actions Thrown Out
• Walter Mngmt Settles Reverse Mortgage Scam Suit For $30M
• Genzyme Seprafilm Admissions Muted In New DOJ Settlement
• Importers Settle FCA Suit Over China Aluminum Duties
• Fla. High Court Says Trial Court Will Review Redistricting
• Smoker Who Lost Lung, Voice Seeks $21M From Tobacco Cos.
• Fla. Judge Approves $4M Deal In Kashi GMO False Ad Suit
• Canadian Energy Co. Emera Inks $10.4B Deal To Buy TECO
• Fla. Appeals Court Agrees Storm Panels Require Local OK
• Real Estate Rumors: Amancio Ortega, RedSky Capital, PMF
• 11th Circ. Rips Jurisdiction Call In Ameritox Kickback Row
• Fla. Bar Prez Welcomes Reciprocity Debate Despite Backlash
• Ex-Terra Exec Loses Bid For New Trial On Bribery Charges
• 5 Florida Office Properties Trade Hands For $111M
• Two Plead Guilty In $126M Miami-Area Health Care Fraud
• Akin Gump Launches New Effort To Advise On Cuba Matters
• FCC OKs Frontier Purchase Of Verizon Operations In 3 States
• Ala. Can't Bring Casino Suit Against Tribe, 11th Circ. Says
• Genzyme Pays $32.5M Criminal Fine For Seprafilm Marketing
• Gunster Adds Shareholders In Employment, Real Estate
• Ex-NBA Player's Gofer Convicted Of Stealing $2.8M, Tax Fraud
• Piper Aircraft Confirms Channeling Injunction Limits
• NFL Players, BB&T Settle Negligence Suit Mid-Trial
• Ex-Casino Guard Fights Tribe's Fee Bid In Termination Suit
• Vendors Allegedly Bilked NASA With Fraudulent Claims
• AAA Slapped With Suit Over Hotel Booking Fees
• Florida City Barred From Environmental Suit To Stop Bridge
• Fla. Panel Revives Shareholder Suit In Riverside Bank Collapse
• Doc's Trustee Slams Dismissal Bid In Atty Malpractice Suit
• Software Co. Says ArrivalStar Violated Fla. Patent Troll Act
• Real Estate Rumors: Gilead Sciences, Starwood, TGM
• Wal-Mart Hit With FLSA Suit From Florida Worker
• Jacksonville Jaguars Owner Seeks Long-Term London Deal
• Judge Ignored Fla. Law In Turtles IP Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• TracFone Dealer's Websites Don't Infringe, 11th Circ. Told
• Universal Theme Park Hit With FCRA Employment Class Action
• Fla. Construction Law: 5 Things Developers Should Know
• Fla. High Court Told Voters Should Have Say On Solar Power
• Jury Finds Man Most To Blame In Fatal Saw Guard Accident
• NFL Player Almost Loses Jury Rights In BB&T Fraud Trial
• Fla. County Sued Over Noise At Fort Lauderdale Airport
• BB&T, Assurant Unit Facing Suit Over Force-Placed Insurance
• BofA, Others Can't Dodge Miami's Discriminatory Lending Suit
• Applebee's Franchisee Can't Escape Arbitration Pact Suit
• Fla. High Court Won't Rethink State Judge's Removal
• GrayRobinson Opens Development Focused Fort Myers Office
• Fla. AG Tells 11th Circ. Not To Stay 'Gun Gag' Decision
• RJ Reynolds Dodges Most Blame For Cancer Death, Jury Says