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Florida - January, 2018

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• Bribery Theory Proved Too Tough To Retry Menendez
• Teikoku Swears Off Pay-For-Delay In Lidoderm Deal With AGs
• Toll Contractor Wins $53.3M For Miami-Dade Contract Breach
• 11th Circ. Scolds Winn-Dixie Rivals' Attys In Exclusivity Row
• Family Fights Verdict For Doc Who OK'd Surgery
• Insurer On Hook For $8M After Jury's Bad Faith Verdict
• Attys Beat Concert Promoters In Row Over Racial Bias Suit
• Ally Financial Must Face TCPA Suit Over Car Loan
• Insurance Services Firm Patriot National Hits Ch. 11
• Miami Restaurant Looks To DQ Ex-Worker's Attys In Wage Suit
• 7th Circ. Overturns Ariel Investments' Trademark Win
• Miami Law Arbitration Institute, ICC Team Up On Data Project
• GrayRobinson Opens In West Palm Beach With 3 Shareholders
• Resorts' Suits Against Timeshare Exit Firms Heat Up
• Insurer, Security Co. Denied Wins In Injury Coverage Row
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• Tribe Settles Suit Over Hard Rock Casino Guest's Death
• FERC Ruling Smooths Path For Municipal Electric Systems
• Menendez Corruption Case Nixed After DOJ Drops Retrial Bid
• No Consensus On Conspiracy Theory Of Personal Jurisdiction
• Yacht Worker Wins $70M Sexual Assault Verdict
• Honus Wagner Co. Can't Revive Trademark Suit In Fla.
• Traffic Ticket App Must Answer Fla. Bar's Injunction Bid
• Pineapple Grower Fights Bid To Protect $32M Award
• $90M Malpractice Suit Claims Van Ness Botched Land Deal
• Whistleblower Given 1 Month To Save Cancer Center Claims
• Cannabis-Focused SPAC MTech Acquisition Prices $50M IPO
• Geico Beats Ex-Worker's Vertigo Disability Bias Suit
• Phelps Dunbar, Paul Hastings Steer $69M Fla. Marriott Deal
• Fla. Ambulance Co. To Pay $5.5M For Medicare, Tricare Fraud
• Fla. Hospital Sues To Keep 'Adverse Incident Reports' Private
• Fla. Justices Urged To Pass On Miami Beach Minimum Wage
• Lockheed Wins $150M Navy Laser Weapons Contract
• Real Estate Rumors: Castellan, Lublinsky, Acore Capital
• Fox Sports Cos., Execs Duck Some Of TV Rights Bribery Suit
• Trump Fla. Golf Club Fights Tax Appraisal For 5th Year
• Fla. High Court Clarifies Privilege Question In Estates Cases
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Beckham-Led Group Scores MLS Franchise For Miami
• CSX Seeks 11th Circ. Win In Relocation, Stock Options Row
• 21st Century Oncology Urges Ch. 11 Court To Toss FCA Suit
• Dems 'Appalled' To See CBP Searching Bus For Immigrants
• Diamond Resorts Can Pursue Trimmed Suit Over Atty's Ads
• Tobacco Cos. Escape $1M In Atty Fees To Smoker's Estate
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Florida Waiver Ruling Reinforces Substance Over Form
• Three Plead Guilty In Fla. For 'Shell Factory Fraud'
• Chipotle Shouldn't Get $1.4M Fees, Costs In GMO Row: Judge
• Fla. Amputee Gets $109M After Botched Cyst Removal
• Abercrombie Shells Out $25M To End Worker Clothing Suits
• 11th Circ. Says FCA Helicopter Suit Needs Escobar Analysis
• Investment Adviser Seeks Quick Win In BofA Tying Lawsuit
• 11th Circ. Says Condo Defect Row A 'Suit,' Triggers Coverage
• Florida Car Dealer Hit With Another TCPA Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Humana Suit Over Medicare Funds
• British Owners Of Fla. Small Biz Sue USCIS For Denying Visas
• Fla. Mayor Charged After FBI Political Corruption Sting
• Health Hires: Frost Brown, EBG, McDermott, Dykema Cox
• Lessons For Data Breach Lawyers From Product Liability
• Farmers Pick Mo. To Host Dicamba MDL Against Monsanto
• RJ Reynolds Can't Trim $600K Engle Damages, 11th Circ. Says
• Fla. High Court Will Review Gov.'s Veto Of Firefighter Raises
• LivaNova Wants Consolidation Of Bacteria Exposure Suits
• Allergan, Restasis Buyers Can't Agree On MDL Venue
• Resort Co. Says Timeshare Exit Co., Attys Must Face Suit
• Fla. Gov.'s Measure To Make Tax Hikes Harder Advances
• Ford Pushes To Consolidate Transmission Defect Cases
• Patients Seek Calif. MDL In Suits Over Diabetes Drugs
• 11th Circ. Revives Cert. In Avis Insurance Fraud Suit
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Appointment Of CFPB Director Causes Rift Among State AGs
• Honda, Nissan, Class Defend $702M Air Bag Settlements
• Ex-Fla. Bar President Withdraws From $11M Antitrust Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms SunTrust Win In Race Bias Suit
• Fla. Case Points To Speculative Nature Of Asbestos Claims
• Fla. Court Revives Part Of $225M Suit Over Miami-Area Condo
• Miami Class Action Atty Exits Kozyak Tropin To Start Firm
• Illinois Pharmacy Keeps Another TCPA Suit Alive
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockwood, New Wave Loans, Showtime
• Enrique Iglesias Sues Universal For Streaming Royalties
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive $320M Fla. Hospice FCA Case
• Bill For Apps That Resolve Traffic Tickets Withdrawn In Fla.
• Winn-Dixie Escapes Ex-Worker's FLSA Retaliation Suit
• DOJ Wants Sanctuary Cities' Immigration Compliance Docs
• Rooms To Go Resolves TCPA Suit Over Marketing Calls
• Lessons On Atty Fee Recovery In Stay Violation Litigation
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2017 MDL Year In Review
• SEC Settles With Jay Peak Water Park Contractors For $225K
• Lloyd's Must Cover $10M Deal In Omni Execs Suit: 11th Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockwood, Goldman, TotalBank
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Online Retailer's Challenge In TM Spat
• 11th Circ. Won't Rethink Revival Of TCPA Suit Against Bank
• 'Brazen' Bid To Freeze Assets Of Nursing Co. In FCA Suit Fails
• Fla. Senior Homes Agree To Emergency Generator Rules
• 11th Circ. Upholds Ex-Peanut Corp. Execs' Convictions
• GE Unit Fights To Keep $45M Motor Dispute In Arbitration
• Fla. Justices Won't Reinstate $30M Verdict Against Small Town
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Woodbridge Settles SEC Ch. 11 Trustee Takeover Dispute
• Judge Aids BuzzFeed Hunt For Cypriot Info In Defamation Suit
• Fla. Felon Voting Rights Initiative Headed To Nov. Ballot
• Fla. Judge Orders Convicted College CEO To Forfeit Home
• Carnival Can't Escape Sick Passenger's Negligence Suit
• Fla. Supreme Court Rejects RJR's Appeal Of $13.5M Verdict
• 11th Circ. Upholds CFTC's Win In Metal Trader Fraud Case
• Fla. Developer Will Pay $11M To End EB-5 Fraud Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Lower 10½-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• Enviros Can't Halt Fla. Harbor Expansion Plan, Judge Says
• Cox Wins Arbitration Of Dealer's Used Car Antitrust Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Codina, Prudential Insurance, MCZ
• 11th Circ. Upholds Amgen, Pfizer Win In Infection Suit
• County Asks Fla. Supreme Court To Take Up Tax Fight
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Supreme Court Refuses Fla. Keys Property Rights Case
• How The Climate Changed For Renewables In 2017
• 15 Minutes With The Jacksonville Jaguars' General Counsel
• Counsel Scores $2M In Fees From Trump Fla. Golf Club Spat
• DOL Gets $1.9M Sanction Against Health Care Co. In OT Case
• Hanover Off Hook For Costs In Dershowitz Defamation Suit
• Fla. Atty In Allied Veterans Gambling Case Wins Costs
• Fla. Gov. Appoints State Agency's GC To Appeals Court
• ADT Leads 3 PE-Backed Firms' IPOs Raising $2.4B Combined
• Loews Wants Out Of 20% Restaurant Service Charge Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Liquidation Office, Romspen, Drive Shack
• Ford, Class Fight Exhaust-Odor Deal Objector In 11th Circ.
• 11th Circ. Affirms Sentences For Gulf Oil Spill Fund Fraud
• Fla. Panel OKs Bad Faith Claim Before Insurer's Appraisal
• Judiciary Can Stay Open For 3 Weeks After Shutdown
• Sony, Movie Producer Settle Suit Over 2014 Cyberattack
• Looking Back At The Life Settlements Industry In 2017
• Aubin Ruling Changes Nothing For Fla. Asbestos Claims
• Marriott Vacation Club Makes Deal In Cruise Fees Class Suit
• Investor In Wine Distributor Wants $28M Award OK'd
• 11th Circ. Frees Paul Weiss From Suit By Ex-Dolphins Coach
• Fla. Law Enforcement To Split $1.9M In Seized Bitcoins
• Real Estate Rumors: Quadrum, CMK, Everwood Hospitality
• Atty Agrees To Disbarment For Filming Women In Restrooms
• Cardno Says Bid To Vacate $15M Award Is Time-Barred
• Fake Medical Pot Certifications Get Fla. Atty Disbarred
• Amazon Trims List Of 'HQ2' Contenders To 20
• Senate Panel Advances Trump BigLaw Picks For DOJ, Judges
• Fla. Appeals Court Orders Retrial In $5M Diamond Sale Mix-Up
• Greenberg Traurig Faces DQ Bid By Onetime Vet-Led Client
• Bock Hatch Looks To DQ Foley & Lardner For Fla. Bar Violation
• US Backs Whistleblower's Ch. 11 Suit Against Cancer Center
• Nursing Home Patient's Family Can't Revive Axed Jury Win
• Investor Gets 1 Year For Insider Trading On Gilead Buy
• Panasonic Can't Escape AC System Price-Fixing Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: Taconic, Lennar, 601W
• Corvette Drivers' Warranty Claims Outrun GM Dismissal Push
• Wendy's Rips Cert. Bid In Data Breach Suit
• What It Means If States Can Set Medicaid Work Requirements
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: FCA Case Law
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Jay Peak Investor Suit Stayed Pending Related Settlements
• Trump's Mar-A-Lago Again Cited For Food Safety Issues
• Woodbridge Unsecured Creditors Oppose Noteholder Panel
• Firms Deserve $9M Fine For 'Baseless' Engle Suits: Report
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive $428M Bond Suit Against Fifth Third
• Cobra, Engineering Cos. Settle $18M Hydropower Plant Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Scripps, Piedmont, Empire State
• America's Shifting Views On Marijuana Post-Cole Memo
• Justices Won't Hear Fla. Firm's Tribal Immunity Case
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: Trends In FCA Cases
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Woodbridge Resets Biz Model During Ch. 11 Control Battle
• Ex-Bankrate VP Gets 5 Years Despite Cooperating With Gov't
• NJ Atty Suspended After Disbarment In Fla. Over Land Deals
• Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting Victim's Family Sues Delta
• Fla. House Passes Ban On Sanctuary Cities
• Hard Rock Injunction Bid In TM Suit Too Sweeping, Co. Says
• Harvey Class Attys Hit Back At Royal Caribbean Sanctions Bid
• Fee Award In Godiva Receipt Deal Too Sweet For Objectors
• Fla. House Passes Bill Aimed At 3rd-Party Insurance Payouts
• 11th Circ. Says Seaquarium Orca Not Harmed By Conditions
• State Objections May Mean Rough Seas For DOI Drilling Plan
• Holland & Knight Hires 5 From Jones Day In Mexico City
• Real Estate Rumors: Agassi Fund, Chetrit, Marcel Van Poecke
• An 11th Circ. Update On Motions To End Supervised Release
• Judge OKs $160M Settlement In Liquidation Of Fla. Builder
• Suing Models Seek To Freeze Assets Of Fla. Swingers Club
• Fla. High Court Agrees To Take Up Med Mal Appeal
• Escobar Erases Nursing Co.'s $350M FCA Verdict
• Fla. Compounding Pharmacy, Execs Escape Rep's FCA Claims
• Atty Can Revive 'Grisham'-Like Counterclaims Against Firm
• Plane Co. Can't Sue S. African Broker In Fla., 11th Circ. Says
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Endo Hit With Subpoena For Opioid-Related Docs
• Fla. Residential Facility Not Bound By FLSA, 11th Circ. Says
• $605M Takata MDL Settlement Overpays Attys, Drivers Say
• Fla. Businessman, Brightstar Settle Dispute Over Joint Venture
• How Sanctuary City Regs Could Impact Houston Real Estate
• Hotel Malware Attack Raises Unusual Insurance Questions
• Christie Wants NJ Coast Out Of Offshore Drilling Plan
• Bad Conduct Should Limit Tribal Immunity, High Court Told
• Judge Says Apple, Qualcomm Should Face Patent Suit In Fla.
• High Court Won't Review Real Estate Arbitral Venue Dispute
• Fla. Court Affirms New Trial In $3M Tobacco Case
• Yale Doc Fights To Keep Fees After Beating Defamation Suit
• Saul Ewing Adds Ex-Sedgwick Partners In Miami, New York
• Real Estate Rumors: Discovery, CBRE Global Investors, Cofe
• Supplement Co., FTC Settle Cancer Treatment Product Suit
• DOL Wins OT Suit After Health Care Co. Shirks Court Orders
• Properties Take Key West Stormwater Fee Suit To Fla. Justices
• LGBTQ Protections And Best Practices Under Title VII
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• Fla. Bar Seeks To DQ Ex-Prez From $11M Antitrust Row
• DOI Says It Will Remove Fla. Coast From Drilling Plan
• Fla. Judge Finds 24-Hour Abortion Delay Law Unconstitutional
• 11th Circ. Says Commodores Founder Can't Use Band's Marks
• Dimond Kaplan Lands Fla. Bar President-Elect
• Firm Says Ex-Partner Exploited Widow To Sign Over $2M
• Real Estate Rumors: WR Berkley, Google, Triarch Capital
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• How A Fla. Verdict Could Change Asbestos Litigation
• Goldberg Segalla Adds Ex-Sedgwick Med Mal Defense Atty
• Real Estate Rumors: NY Condo, Speyside, AAA Investment
• Ex-Bankrate Exec To Testify Against CFO, Asks For Leniency
• Supreme Court Rejects Med Mal Arbitration Fight
• Guatemalan Bank Must Pay $3.72M In Contract Fee Fight
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• Time-Share Exit Co., Law Firms Seek To End Conspiracy Suit
• Justices Vent Frustration With Feds In Fla. Water Dispute
• Fyre Fest Organizer Nixed From Suit After Service Failure
• Supreme Court Won't Review Ruling On Engle Liability
• Supreme Court Shuts Off Fla. Satellite-Cable Tax Battle
• Clyde & Co Expands Insurance Practice With Hinshaw Team
• 3 Enforcement Priorities For State AGs In 2018
• BofA Inks $5M Foreclosure FCA Deal After US Intervenes
• Spokeo Dooms Burger King Receipt Row, Fla. Judge Says
• Lydecker Diaz, Ex-Client Spar Over Failed $12M Loan
• Subway Founder's Cos. Get $10M Atty Fees Award In Row
• Apollo-Backed Home Security Co. ADT Launches $2B IPO
• Judge Sticks By Approval Of $350M Shire FCA Deal Split
• FordHarrison Nabs Ex-Holland & Knight Employment Pro
• Time-Share Owners Say Fla. County Can't Escape Marriott Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: NP, New York Met, Henderson Land
• GEICO Customers Seek Class Cert. In Car Tax Payment Suit
• Fla. Attys Look To Toss Ticket Startup's $11M Antitrust Suit
• Apartment Complex's Hail Coverage Win Upheld By 11th Circ.
• Ex-US Atty, AUSA Join Bradley Arant Office In Florida
• The Broader Implications Of Sessions' Marijuana Move
• Greenberg Traurig To Pay $5M To Defunct Builder In JV Row
• 11th Circ. Affirms Convictions In $64M Medicare Fraud
• Fla. Worker Seeks New Trial In Car Wash FLSA Suit
• Sessions' Reversal Likely To Kill Any Pot Buzz For Banks
• Sessions Reverses Obama-Era Marijuana Enforcement Policy
• Fla. Infectious Disease Doctors Escape Price-Fixing Suit
• Shipping Co.'s $800K Award For Canceled Cow Shipment OK'd
• End Of The Line For 'Rambling' RICO Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• No Coast Is Off Limits In New DOI Offshore Drilling Plan
• Real Estate Rumors: GL Homes, Natixis, Retail Properties
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Dispute Over Calif.-Fla. Legal Partnership Lands In Court
• Feds Can Intervene In BofA Foreclosure Suit, Judge Says
• Relator Can't Sue Gov't For FCA Settlement, 11th Circ. Rules
• Chiquita Loses Bid To Escape Trial In Terrorism MDL
• Life Time Fitness Hit With ADA Suit Over Website Access
• Miami Beach Asks Fla. Justices To Take Up Min. Wage Row
• Israeli Court Nixes OK Of Award In Real Estate Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Wells Fargo, Schmier & Feurring, Pepsi
• Morgan Lewis, Manufacturing Execs Resolve Discovery Row
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-GrayRobinson Atty In Tallahassee
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• Honus Wagner Co. Seeks Redo In Licensing Dispute
• LabMD Seeks Full 11th Circ. Review In Tiversa Fraud Row
• Medical E-Records Co. Files $30M Suit Against Rival
• La-Z-Boy Reaches $13.5M Settlement In Footrest Patent Case
• SEC Slams Exec, Seeks Trustee In $1B Woodbridge Ch. 11
• Firing Ex-Tobacco Atty Doesn't Fix Engle Case Conflict: Court
• Travelers Must Cover $23M Junk Fax Deal, 11th Circ. Told
• RJR Ordered To Continue Fla. Tobacco Payments
• Apple Knowingly Slows Old IPhones Via Updates, Class Says
• Gloria Estefan's Hotel Wins $5.64M In Hurricane Claims Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Ivanhoe Cambridge, Azure, Sears
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• 4 Ways Tax Reform May Affect The Sports World
• Congressional Forecast: January
• Medical Malpractice Cases To Watch In 2018
• Florida Cases To Watch In 2018
• Florida Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2018
• State & Local Tax Regulations To Watch In 2018