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Florida - February, 2016

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• Menendez Atty Says Exec. Branch Meetings Were Protected
• Fla. House Advances Revised Gaming Compact Bill
• Berger Singerman Snags Ex-US Atty In Tallahassee
• Clear Choice Wants New Trial In TracFone Trademark Spat
• Fla. Nursery Wrongly Passed Over For Marijuana License
• Public Storage, Customers Seal $5M Settlement In Fee Suit
• In Engle Trials, Female Attys Face An Old Boy's Club
• General Dynamics, Ellwood Land $682M Bomb Sale To Turkey
• Yodle Yanks $75M IPO Ahead Of $342M Web.com Acquisition
• Reviving Time-Barred Financial Litigation In State Courts
• High Noon In America: Executive Orders After Justice Scalia
• NFL Player Must Tackle Common Privacy Pratfall In ESPN Suit
• 7th Circ. Backs NLRB In Florida AutoNation Layoffs Fight
• Seminoles Push Justices To Resolve Fla. Utilities Tax Row
• Buchanan Sues Accounting Firm In Fight Over AFL Team Buy
• Florida Bar Finds Gender Bias Still Rampant
• Fracking Bill Has One More Shot In Fla. Senate
• Construction Co. Price Hike Put Project On Ice, Suit Says
• Fla. Appeals Court Reverses Hold On Abortion-Delay Law
• NJ Talent Co. Pays $26M To Settle Fla. Unfair Practices Probe
• Auto Body Shops Ask 11th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Claims
• Dow Jones Can't Block Appeal Of Privacy Suit In 11th Circ.
• Tyco Can't Delay $60M Drug Heist Suit, Judge Rules
• Fla. High Court Says Pre-Bad Faith Damages Verdict Stays
• Widow Tells Jury RJ Reynolds Caused Husband's Fatal Cancer
• Fla. Gov. Signs Trade Secrets Bills Backed By P3 Industry
• 11th Circ. Says Ex-Ship Worker Ineligible For Citizenship
• Allstate Says Urine Testing Scheme Conned It Out Of $1.3M
• NY Jury Hits Fla. Atty With Money Laundering Guilty Verdict
• McWane Presses High Court To Review FTC's Monopoly Win
• Royal Caribbean Facing Class Action Over Nightmare Cruise
• High Court's Montgomery Ruling Fuels Demand For Pro Bono
• Giants Player Sues ESPN For Medical Records Disclosure
• Fla. Bank To Pay Feds $4M For Faulty Compliance Programs
• Citrus Co. To Appeal Wage Damages Award For Guestworkers
• CalAmp Hit With $3M Verdict In Vehicle Tracking Patent Row
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• Telemedicine: A Cure For Underserved Female Patients?
• Convenience Store Off $2M Hook In 17-Year Fight With Insurer
• Ex-Stiefel Exec Tells 11th Circ. Jury Instructions Fell Short
• Insurer Gets $1M In Alleged Claim Mishandling Trial
• Feds Want UBS Forced To Give Up Taxpayer's Bank Records
• CFTC Sues Fla. Resident, Co. For $3M Investment Fraud
• Fla. Court Told Attys' Fees In Engle Progeny Case Are Invalid
• ADT Says Jury Instructions In Logo Dispute Missed Mark
• NY Disbars Texas Atty Convicted In $137M Fraud Scheme
• Fla. House OKs Bill To Limit Judges To 2 Terms
• 11th Circ. Upholds Seminole Sovereignty In Termination Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Hines, G&C Herald, Jehovah's Witnesses
• Fla. Attys Fear AG Ruling Politicizes Whistleblower Suits
• Criminal Trial Attys Sue A&E For Libel Over True Crime Show
• Judge Rinses Claims In Wal-Mart Flushable Wipes Suit
• 11th Circ. Says Bank Must Face Payday Lending RICO Suit
• Ex-Credit Union Exec. Sentenced To 12 Years For Wire Fraud
• Fla. Utilities Accused Of Foisting Nuclear Costs On Customers
• RJ Reynolds, Philip Morris Beat $3M Engle Suit At Trial
• Trial Pros: Alston & Bird's Doug Scribner
• Real Estate Rumors: Elliot Sohayegh, Latin Cafe, Greystone
• Ex-Bank CEO Says He Was Scapegoat In Rothstein Fallout
• Smoker's Husband Wrote Book On Tobacco Hazards, Jury Told
• Ex-Dolphins Coach Wants To Keep Paul Weiss Case Moving
• Ex-Cay Clubs CEO Gets 40 Years For $300M Ponzi Scheme
• Fla. Judge Says Don't Apply Ethics Rules To Her Campaign
• Fla. High Court To Hear Suit Over CSX Conductor Death
• Fainting Atty's ERISA Case Should Be Nixed, 11th Circ. Told
• 5 Ways Social Media Can Land Employers In Court
• Jury Must Decide Geico Bad Faith Suit In Road Rage Row
• Adventist Pays $2M Over Chemo-Drug Practices FCA Suit
• Sports Agent Smuggled Cuban Baseball Players, Feds Say
• Florida CEO Gets 8 Years For $10M Investment Fraud
• Fla. Hits Humana With Penalty Over HIV Drugs Pricing
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• 11th Circ. Postpones Clean Water Rule Arguments
• Cay Clubs Ex-CEO Asks Judge For Lenient Sentence
• Rimon Scores Foley & Lardner Transactions Wiz In Fla.
• Ex-Player Says NFL Alumni Org Cut Him Out Of $1M A Year
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, Joel Gluck, Bank Of The Ozarks
• ACA Birth Control Mandate Challengers Lose At 11th Circ.
• Fla. Senate Panel OKs $3B Seminole Gaming Compact Bill
• Miami-Dade Sued For Boat Show Development On Public Land
• Carnival Co. Escapes H-2B Prevailing Wage Claims
• Ex-Defense Worker Receives 4 Years For $2M Kickback Plot
• Roig Lawyers Adds Liability Litigation Pro In Tampa
• Liberty REIT Offloads 8 Properties For $131M
• Real Estate Rumors: Google, Invesco, Panattoni Development
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Paulson Feeder Fund Investor's Suit
• Jury Hits Fla. Men With $9.5M Racketeering Verdict
• Feds Seek To Speak In 11th Circ. Tribal Tax Battle
• Fla. Appeals Court Revives Widow's $100M Copter Crash Suit
• Madoff Trustee Shuts Down $11B Investor Suit For Now
• Fla. Senate Panel Ditches Health Care Facility Reg Changes
• Judge Calls Foul On Carlton Fields Attys In Shaq Photo Row
• 51 Hospitals Pay $23M In Cardiac Device Settlements
• Amerijet Drops Suit Against Teamsters Over Pilots Contract
• Tobacco Cos. Bending Rules In Engle Case, 11th Circ. Told
• What Cuba Wants From New Investors
• Uber Blocked From Using TM For UberEvents In Fla. City
• Fla. Court Revives Ministry's Challenge To Property Tax Bill
• Insurer Seeks Win In Coverage Row Over Models' Privacy Suit
• Fla. House Panel Advances Bill To Block Syrian Refugees
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• Miami Builds International Arbitration Chops With New Court
• Fla. Judge Arrested For DUI Resigns From Bench
• Fla. Insurance Regulator OKs Aetna-Humana Deal
• Whistleblower Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Fresenius FCA Row
• Doctor Tied To Sen. Bribery Case Defends Medicare Billing
• Real Estate Rumors: Citadel, Brickman, Santander Bank
• Kaufman Dolowich Adds Ex-Becker & Poliakoff Litigation Pro
• Ocwen Urges 11th Circ. To Uphold $140M Force-Placed Deal
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Feds Ask If Arnold & Porter, Kobre Attys Have Conflicts
• Trinidad, Aluminum Co. Near Deal On $2M Arbitration Award
• FCC Proposes Dropping Rules On US-Cuba Telecom Route
• Settlement Reached In Huge Fla. Tech Support Scam
• 'Havana Club' Row Back In Spotlight Amid Obama's Cuba Pivot
• Lender Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Kluger Peretz Fraud Suit
• Dave & Busters Hit With Background Check Class Action
• Big Tobacco Hit With $9M Verdict For Computer Whiz's Cancer
• FCC Denies Fla. TV Station Auction Eligibility, Protection
• Fla. Judges Must Discourage Firms From Touting Atty Kids
• Ex-Assistant Gets 57 Months For Stealing From NBA Star
• Plane Leasing Co. Wins Nod For $4M Crash Settlement
• Trust Seeks $20M Tax Refund Related To Madoff Losses
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• KB Home Pays Millions To Resolve Fla. Construction Probe
• Fla. Pharmacies, Docs Settle Tricare Billing Row For $10M
• Fla. House, Senate Set Up Budget Showdown
• Obama Taps Ala. Judge To Fill 11th Circ. Vacancy
• Teamsters Ask 11th Circ. For Sanctions On Amerijet
• Porn Co. Wants Mass. Atty Sanctioned In Florida IP Fight
• MoneyGram To Pay $13M To Settle Nationwide Fraud Claims
• Shire, Adderall Buyers Agree To Settle Pay-For-Delay Case
• Waste Hauler Delays $450M IPO, Cites Weak Market
• Fla. Gov. Asks Corps For Help With Lake Okeechobee Flooding
• Pols Question Legality Of Treasury's Havana Club TM Renewal
• Fla. Case Should Help Stop TCPA Suits Against Gov't Entities
• Tobacco Cos. Owe Computer Whiz's Family $12.5M, Jury Told
• Fla. Judge Denies Recusal Bid By Convicted Ponzi Schemer
• Barred Broker Can't Sue FINRA For Opening Investigation
• Roig Lawyers Gains Int'l Arbitrator And Litigator In Miami
• Fla. House Dems Fight Planned Parenthood Contracts Ban
• Fla. Lawmaker Sees Even Odds For Seminole Gambling Bill
• Fla. Couple Must Pay $3M Over Precious Metals Scheme
• GrayRobinson Adds 4 Railey Harding Attys In Orlando
• Insurer Ordered To Pay Miami-Dade's Party Injury Settlement
• Employer Tips For Handling Office Romances
• Miami Doc Pleads Guilty In $20M Medicare Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Burlington, Weyerhaeuser, Bridgeton
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• Subrogation Claims Aren't 'Consumer Debts' Under Fla. Law
• 'Uber Bill' Passes 2nd Fla. Senate Committee Stop
• Fla. Senate Panel Deadlocks, Kills LGBT Civil Rights Bill
• Voters Want Fees In Florida Redistricting Map Row
• Fla. Contractor Sues Over Exclusion From Veterans Program
• Fla. Utility Blames Verizon In FCC Pole Attachment Dispute
• FTC Asks High Court To Reject McWane Monopoly Appeal
• Telemundo Plans New $250M HQ In Miami
• Wendy's Sued Over 'Lackadaisical' Security In Wake Of Attack
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• US Slams Bid To Recuse Judge In $300M Ponzi Scheme Fight
• A Broad Definition Of 'Value' For Fraudulent Transfers
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor, Droga5, Peterson
• Greenberg's Hilarie Bass Tapped For ABA Presidency
• 11th Circ. Denies Ga. County's Appeal Of DOL Admin Ruling
• Fla. Property Owner Asks High Court To Hear Takings Case
• 11th Circ. Finds Tax Court's Deduction Valuation Flawed
• Fla. Can't Shirk $15M Destroyed Trees Award, Class Says
• RBC Bank Can't Nix Consumer's Claims In Overdraft Fee MDL
• Developer Stalled Hotel Row, Lied About It, Court Told
• Fla. Judge Apologizes For Accepting Firm's Rays Tickets
• Broad And Cassel Adds Ex-Waller Health Law Pro In Fla.
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• CFTC Charges Fake Commodities Adviser With Fraud
• Fla. University Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
• Bankers Take Challenge Of Info-Sharing Law To High Court
• Pizza Hut Pays $3.1M To End Drivers' Wage Row
• Fla. Condo Group Wins $12M For Ex-Directors' Self-Dealing
• Policyholder Can Assign Benefits Without Consent, Court Says
• 9th Circ. Ruling Bolsters Takata Air Bag Suit, Drivers Say
• Full 11th Circ. To Rehear Fight Over Fla. 'Gun Gag' Law
• Fla. Trial Judge And State SG Appointed To Appeals Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Hotel Elysee, Telemundo, WeWork
• Florida House Passes Anti-Sanctuary City Legislation
• Hackers Target University Of Central Fla. Athletes, Workers
• Anda Pushes For W.Va. 'Pill Mill' Coverage In 11th Circ.
• Lifelong Smoker Says Tobacco Cos. Hooked Her At Age 10
• $59M In Miami Beach Apartments Trade Hands
• Trader In Forex Fraud Agrees To Penalties, Permanent Ban
• Retroactive Tax Change Was Constitutional, Fla. Justices Told
• Miami Firm Pays $1M For Anti-Money Laundering Violations
• Fla. Bill Limiting Judges To Two Terms Riles Bar, Lawmakers
• Shutts & Bowen Adds Former City Commissioner In Miami
• GAO Slams Air Force's Upgrade Of $285M Contract Bid
• Tesco Denied Bid to Join Investor Suits In New York
• Restrictive Covenants: The Law In Flux
• Fla. Laser Spine Clinic Is Owed Punitive Damages, Court Says
• Seminole Tribe To Ask High Court To Consider Fla. Tax Row
• Sale Of Fla. Mansion Gets Go-Ahead In Rothstein Liquidation
• Hasbro Settles With 'Saturday Night Fever' Mentor In TM Suit
• Judge Denies Exec's Motion For New Trial On $300M Scheme
• 11th Circ. Says Snooze Didn't Hurt Atty's Defense
• Insurer To Settle $2M Policy Row Over Cig Suit Malpractice
• $3B Fla. Pipeline Gets FERC OK Despite Enviro Concerns
• Stagehands Not Employees Of Referral Co., 11th Circ. Finds
• Fla. Airport Neighbor Seeks Class Certification In Noise Suit
• GrayRobinson Nabs Porter Wright Partner For Florida Office
• Real Estate Rumors: Comcast, Wonder Works, Everglades
• Does FICAA Provide More Expansive Injunctive Relief?
• Malibu Media Target Asks High Court For 2nd Shot At Fees
• 11th Circ. Will Still Rehear Engle Case After Judge's Recusal
• 3 Florida Stadiums Clear Hurdle To Renovation Tax Funds
• Would-Be Marijuana Nurseries Sue Over Denied Fla. Licenses
• Miami Atty Faces Disbarment Over Mishandled Escrow Funds
• 11th Circ. Rejects Chamber's Rehearing Bid In H-2B Case
• Fla. Court Affirms $3M Engle Award For Smoker's Widow
• Shire Says Expert Should Speak In Adderall Antitrust Suit
• Goldberg Segalla Opens New Offices In Fla., Md. And NJ
• Real Estate Rumors: Morgan Stanley, Sugar Hill, Bal Harbour
• Magic Leap Scores $793M In Funding Led By Alibaba
• How To Prepare A Premises Liability Case
• Fla. Regulator Can Set Horse Track Standards, Judge Says
• CMS Extends Bans On Home Health, Ambulance Cos.
• Ackerman Link Adds South Fla. Property Insurance Group
• Domain Names Infringed TracFone's Trademarks, Jury Finds
• Fla. Consumers Denied Cert. In Defective Coil HVAC Row
• Fla. Judge In Hot Water For Taking Rays Tickets From Attys
• Fla. Boater Asks 11th Circ. To Rehear Insurance Fraud Row
• Biotechs, Waste Biz Give IPO Pipeline A $585M Rev-Up
• GM Tells 11th Circ. Safety Sticker Class Isn't Cohesive Enough
• Real Estate Rumors: Occidental Petroleum, Ruben, Prologis