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Florida - October, 2017

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• Law Profs Go To Bat For Minor Leaguers In 9th Circ. Wage Suit
• Fla. Swingers Club Must Face Models' Suit Over Images In Ads
• Cardno Looks To Enforce $15M Award Following Bribery Plot
• FTC Says Fla. Invention-Promotion Co. Is Delaying Scam Case
• Fla. City Blasts Enviros' Evidence In Sewage Discharge Row
• Holland & Knight Snags Carlton Fields Shareholder In Fla.
• State AGs Triple Size Of Generic Price-Fixing Litigation
• Jury Awards $45M To Family Of Driver Killed In I-75 Crash
• Cuban Ballplayer Smuggler Can't Get Feds' Visa Records
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Fla. Doc Must Pay $16M To Amputee Over Delayed Treatment
• Real Estate Rumors: SL Green, Patrick Beach, Capri Street
• Florida Coastal On Notice Over ABA Accreditation Standards
• Staffing Co. CEO Loses Fight Over Contract Case Jurisdiction
• Health Care Fraudster Gets 2.5 Years For Role In $175M Plot
• Claire's, Carnival Hit With Blind Access Suits Over Websites
• Ex-Humana Worker Denied Collective Cert. In OT Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Clipper Realty, AJ Capital, Maverick
• Insurer Urges 11th Circ. To Spare It From $15M Injury Verdict
• Montel Williams Says Pot Cos. Used His Name In 'Fake News'
• Tribe Atty Violated State Bar Rules, Ref Tells Fla. High Court
• Congressional Forecast: November
• EEOC Again Pushes For Change In Age Bias Trial's Scope
• Fla. Judge Can't Clarify That Ruling Voids Nursing Home Rule
• Goodwin Procter Steers Lennar In $9.3B CalAtlantic Buy
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Seminoles Ask 11th Circ. For Sanctions In Subpoena Appeal
• Family Diamond Embezzlement Fight Heads To Arbitration
• Why The Mammoth Engle Sanctions Order Is Likely To Stand
• Judge Bars Emergency Rules On Nursing Home Generators
• Ruling Puts Banks On Hook For Fla. Real Estate Back Taxes
• Stearns Weaver, Friedlander Misler Aid $82M Banyan-TA Deal
• Feds Want For-Profit College CEO's Home In $1.9M Forfeiture
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Eager To Run, Fla. Medical Marijuana Industry Crawls Forward
• 11th Circ. OKs Intervenors In Buccaneers Junk Fax Suit
• Proof In Quicken Loans TCPA Case Is 'Powerful,' Court Told
• Job Applicants Can't Consolidate Waffle House Class Actions
• Discovery Halt Sought In Family Diamond Embezzlement Fight
• On Pre-1972 Records, It's All Down To California
• Trump Signs Bill To Extend Bankruptcy Judgeships, Hike Fees
• Fla. Justices Affirm Access To Adverse Medical Incident Docs
• Fla. Regulator OKs Duke Deal To Cut Rates, Add $6B In Solar
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Real Estate Rumors: Brooklyn Gym, Fla. Tower, Northstar
• The Turtles Lose Pre-1972 Copyright Battle In Fla.
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Final OK Sought For $741M In Settlements In Takata MDL
• Fla. Court Revives Ch. 7 Trustee's Legal Malpractice Claims
• Court Again Chucks Chicken Chain's TCPA Deal
• Foley & Lardner Welcomes Back Ex-Schlumberger Enviro Atty
• Tobacco Cos. Must Pay Fees In $10.5M Case, Fla. Court Says
• Amherst Scoops Up 1,500 Single Family Rentals For $153M
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $220M To States In Libor-Rigging Deal
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• Gov't Must Face Suit Over VA's Delayed Cancer Diagnosis
• NextEra Isn't Due $90M Tax Refund, Gov't Tells 11th Circ.
• Tobacco Co. Wants Quick Win On Transfer Fraud Claim
• Real Estate Rumors: Pinnacle, Montecito Medical, BBX
• Tension Between Legal Marijuana Use And Employer Rights
• Trending In Telehealth: Behavioral Health Services
• Injured Ship's Cook Says Employer Should Pay For Arbitration
• Blind Can't Bet At Florida Casinos, Racetracks, Suits Say
• Minor Leaguers Urge 9th Circ. To Add Classes In Wage Suit
• Media Orgs Urge 11th Circ. To Make FBI Cough Up 9/11 Docs
• Holland & Knight Reps Birks In Sale Of Mayor's Jewelers
• Senate Passes $36.5B Hurricane, Wildfire Cleanup Aid Bill
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• Walmart, Fla. Firm Face Class Cert. Bid In Robocall Suit
• VA Surgery Patient Severely Burned By Blanket, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Carlyle, Peapod, Triple Five Group
• 11th Circ. Just Got More Attractive For Business Bankruptcy
• Everglades, Beaches Highlight Fla. Gov's $1.7B Enviro Budget
• Manufacturer Urges Fla. Court To Chuck $8M Asbestos Verdict
• Fla. High Court Won't Take Up Health Records Fee Case
• FTC Can Seek Refunds In $17M Time-Share Scheme Suit
• Full Play Fights To Block Return To Soccer TV Rights Suit
• Fla. Woman Gets More Than 4 Years For Medicaid Fraud
• Health Staffing Co. Sanctioned Over Payroll Doc Destruction
• Fort Lauderdale Litigation Firm Announces Dissolution
• Darden Chain Says EEOC Can't Change Age-Bias Trial's Scope
• Miami Police Union Demands $350M In Back Pay, Benefits
• TPG Picks Up Medical Device Maker Exactech In $625M Deal
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• Real Estate Rumors: Tesla, CubeSmart, Kushner Cos.
• Atty In $2.8M Fraud Can't Use Bipolar Disorder To Duck Prison
• Testing Judicial Control Over Attorney Conduct At Depositions
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Builder Opposes Stay In Bid To Toss $23M Arbitration Award
• $120M State AG Deal With GM Preludes More State Actions
• Energy Co. Bringing Turbines To Puerto Rico Faces Obstacles
• Justices Asked To Decide When Copyright Owners Can Sue
• Fla. Atty Will Propose Tough Frivolous Action Rule In Court
• Seattle Firm Says Time-Share Contract Suit Is Retaliatory
• Body Armor Co.'s Bulletproof Vests Are Defective, Suit Says
• Telecom Co. Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Deal Over $9M Merger
• Real Estate Rumors: Deutsche And HSBC, JRG, HES Group
• Senate Passes Budget To Be Used For Tax Reform Vehicle
• Ace Insurance Gets Nod For $9.8M TCPA Class Settlement
• Greenspoon Marder Duo Open Alcohol Industry Firm In Miami
• Road Designer's Policy Excludes Crash Death Suit: 11th Circ.
• 11th Circ. Upholds $27M Boston Scientific Pelvic Mesh Loss
• Fla. Appeals Court Upholds Nursing Home Generator Rule
• Fla. Doctor Faces Health Care Fraud, Obstruction Charges
• GM To Pay $120M To End States' Ignition-Switch Probes
• Real Estate Rumors: Katie Couric, ESG Kullen, Windhaven
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• Fla. Firms To Pay $9.1M For Engle Ethics Disaster
• Tobacco Giants Must Pay Full $35M Jury Award: Fla. Court
• Argentine Co. Still Excused From Soccer TV Rights Suit
• Fla. Court Revives Challenges To New Water Standards
• Imax Looks To Nix Awards In Latin American Theater Row
• Bed Bath & Beyond Says Cotton Suit Hangs On Sham Test
• Restaurant Asks 11th Circ. To Toss Objection To Card-Fee Deal
• 11th Circ. Vacates $1.8M Forfeiture In Tax Return Fraud
• Fla. Justices Asked To Rule On Judge's Facebook Friendship
• Workers Say Lincare Exposed Their Data In Phishing Email
• Cuban Ballplayer Smuggler Wants Feds' Visa Records
• Real Estate Rumors: Deutsche, Maxx Properties, Jamestown
• 11th Circ. Clears Fla. Medical Practice In Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• Navigating The Pitfalls Of Civil Investigative Demands
• Sham Affidavits In Medical Product Liability: Part 2
• 7th Circ. Upholds 4-Year Sentence For Defrauding Seniors
• Crist Visit To Menendez Doc Used To Counter Bribery Charges
• Fla. Constitution Panel Dismissed Public's Ideas, Groups Say
• Time-Share Suit May Stifle Consumers' Rights, Court Told
• Hard Rock Cafe Says 'RockStar Hotels' Infringes Trademark
• Cohen Milstein Forfeited Fees For Exiting Suit, Court Told
• 11th Circ. Revives Prisoner's Suit Over Hep C Treatment
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• BuzzFeed Argues To Keep 'Russian Dossier' Source Secret
• Do Defect Notice Letters Trigger The Duty To Defend?
• Agents' Vague Answers Mixed Bag For Defense In $1B Fraud
• 21st Century Oncology Cleared To Solicit Ch. 11 Plan Votes
• Real Estate Rumors: Bronstein, JDS, Former Picasso Home
• Verdict Slashed By $2M In Fla. Ladder-Fall Trial
• Accused ICE Impersonator Denies Role In Bribery Scheme
• Loan Servicing Co. Investors Seek Final OK For $6M Deal
• Country Club Dodges Residents' Suit Alleging $17M Losses
• 'Time-Share Advocate' Firm Denies Meddling With Contracts
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• Mediation, Trial Set In TracFone-Simply Wireless Dispute
• Cigna Tells 11th Circ. 'Interloper' Is 'Looting' $25M Deal
• Catfishing, Conning Attys Gets Fraudster 40 Years, $13M Ding
• Fla. Denied Bid To Remove Judge In Medical Pot License Suit
• Florida Tribe's Claim Against Utility Tax Denied
• Diamond Resorts Says Time-Share Service Misled Customers
• Hurricane Readiness And Response: The Hospitality Industry
• Trump Golf Club Members Ask 11th Circ. To Back $5.7M Win
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• Harvesters Ask 11th Circ. To Uphold Fruit Co. Wage Ruling
• Travelers Unit Says It Needn't Cover Hotel Breach Claim
• Cities Get Last Chance To Show They're Not 'Sanctuaries'
• Fla. Nursing Home Generator Rule May Be Untenable, For Now
• ERISA Time Limits Can Be Waived, 11th Circ. Says
• Class Fights Objections To $740M Takata Air Bag Deals
• Fla. Justice Decries Confusion On Foreclosure Filing Rules
• House Passes $36.5B Disaster Aid Bill
• Adapting To Equal Pay Laws In Flux
• 3 Strategies I Learned From LegalZoom
• Fla. Energy Biz Partners Trade Barbs At Bankruptcy Trial
• Patients Fault Cancer Center Over Ch. 11 Plan Info Omissions
• Fla. Jewelers Say Distributor Undercut Their Businesses
• House Panel OKs $36.5B Hurricane, Wildfire Relief Measure
• SEC Says Attys Sent Fraudulent Penny Stock Opinion Letters
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• Condo Owners Don't Pay Tax On County Land, Fla. Court Says
• 11th Circ. Upholds BIA Removal Decision Under Chevron
• Cuban Ballplayer Smugglers Seek Light Sentences
• Fla. Court Says Firm Waived Arbitration By Suing Ex-Partner
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms $35M Jury Award For Smoker's Kin
• AGs Tell Experian, TransUnion To Halt Fees Post-Equifax
• The End May Be Nigh For FACTA Claims
• Insights On Protecting Referral Sources With Noncompetes
• Partner Says He Tried To Keep Bankrupt Energy Co. Going
• Chinese Co. Drops $160M Suit Against Becker & Poliakoff
• Electrolux Washer Deal Would Net Up To $3.7M For Attys
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Ex-Worker's Antitrust Appeal
• Layne Christensen Worker's Hostile Workplace Claim Revived
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• Fox Units Urge Court To Toss Soccer TV Rights Bribery Suit
• Ford Seeks Dismissal Of New Takata Air Bag MDL Claims
• Dealer Fights Cox Arbitration Bid In Used Car Antitrust Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Highgate, TA Realty, BMC Investments
• New Miami Litigation Boutique Focuses On Client Experience
• Insurers Stiffed Chiropractors On Injury Claims, Suits Say
• Fla. Judge Says Attys Immune From Court Filing Fees Suit
• Theft Of Plane Electronics Not Covered After Delay
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• Texas Justices Tackle 11th Circ.'s Discovery Rule Question
• Real Estate Rumors: New York REIT, Optima, Lennar
• Psychic Cops To Hiding $3.5M In Exorcism Income From IRS
• Miami Beach Hotel Can't Ax Ex-Worker's OT Suit
• Transamerica Hit With Class Action Over TCPA Claims
• Atty Seeks Out Of Country Club's Time-Share Contracts Suit
• Fla. Tinder User Reasserts Claim That App Isn't Free
• BALCA Rejects Labor Cert. For Personal Care Aides In Fla.
• Penn-Florida Closes $398M Via Mizner Resort Deal
• Post-Crisis AG Enforcement Is Just The Beginning
• FCA Suit Against Alere Unsealed After US Passes On Case
• Tax Court Orders Transferee To Settle $6.9M Liability Row
• DHS Sued Over EB-5 Visas For $31M Fla. Development Project
• Real Estate Rumors: Sam Chang, Pulte Homes, Mack
• Fla. Bar Should Pay Disbarment Defense Costs, Referee Says
• Fla. High Court Suspends Atty For Year For Client Solicitation
• Hotel Reservation Website Hit With Suit Over Hidden Fees
• Feds Push For Stiff Sentences In Ballplayer Smuggling Case
• 6 Charged In Florida Chiropractic Insurance Fraud Scheme
• Steps For Government Contractors To Take After Hurricanes
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• 11th Circ. Kills Malpractice Claims Against Boies Schiller
• 11th Circ. Affirms $2M Default Judgment In Pageant TM Row
• RJR Takes $13M Product Liability Appeal To Fla. High Court
• Frontier Hid $10.5B Verizon Purchase Deadbeats: Investors
• Venezuelan Agency Goes MIA, Ex-Counsel Gets Suit Tossed
• Tyson Moves Chicken Price-Fix Suit From Florida To Illinois
• Irma Could Trigger Uptick In Nursing Home Claims
• Nonprofit Accused Of Sex Bias In Denying Man Maternity Job
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Chipotle Consumer's GMO Suit
• Fla. Doctor Urges High Court To Pass On Malpractice Appeal
• EEOC Fights To Keep Expert Witness In Darden Unit Bias Suit
• Three Floridians Plead Guilty To Syrian Export Scheme
• Insurer Not Liable For Condo Co.'s IP Infringement Defense
• How Law Firms Responded When Disaster Struck
• Real Estate Rumors: Knotel, Bank Of The Ozarks, TheSkimm
• Feds Aim To Pause Soccer TV Rights Bribery Suit
• 11th Circ. Revives Fla. Inmate's Lawsuit Over Delayed Meds
• 2 Fla. Men Nabbed In $3M Con Involving Drinkable Motor Oil
• Citing 'Problematic' Case Law, 11th Circ. Revives TM Spat
• Fla. Couple Can't Shake $79M Tax Bill, 11th Circ. Says
• Fla. Can't Enforce Abortion Law That Violates Free Speech
• FBI Agent Testifies About Search In $1B Health Fraud Case
• Smoker's Widow, Philip Morris Seek Changes To $350K Verdict
• Florida Powerhouse: Holland & Knight
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• Real Estate Rumors: Lawrence Stroll, KeyBank, Carlyle
• Free Trade Needs Rule Of Law, Experts Say At Miami Summit
• Justices Won't Disturb Fla. Patient Arbitration Dispute
• Dominican Republic Ducks $50M Suit Over Irrigation Contracts
• Florida Powerhouse: Greenberg Traurig
• Branch Retail Inks $110M Deal To Finance 6 Properties
• Diamond Fight Can't Be Arbitrated, Fla. Court Told
• Justices Won't Hear Fla. Hospital's Records Access Case
• High Court Rejects Petitions For Several Immigration Cases
• Supreme Court Won't Tackle Century-Old Bail Question
• Spokeo Dooms UPS Background Check Suit, Judge Rules
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• Real Estate Rumors: Henley, CSG, Convene
• High Court Turns Away Handful Of Employment Petitions
• Waffle House Wants Applicant Background Check Suit Tossed
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come