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Florida - February, 2018

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• Mallinckrodt Hit With Subpoena To Provide Opioid Info
• Fla. Home Health Agencies' Owner Sentenced For $66M Fraud
• Hearing Ordered In Bid To Toss Spirit's Suit Over Engine
• Tobacco Co. Merits A Loss In Asset Transfer Row, Judge Told
• PE-Backed Norwegian Cruises Prices $1.1B Share Offering
• Honda Gets Final Nod On $605M Deal In Takata Air Bag MDL
• Feds Seek Lesser Sentence For Ex-CEO In $36M Fraud Case
• Settlement Averts Swartz Campbell, Chartwell Poaching Trial
• Bill To Extend Tribe's Gambling Pact Hits Fla. House Floor
• Real Estate Rumors: Akelius, Sterling Bay, Sabal
• Fla. Court Told Beckham's $9M Stadium Land Deal Is Illegal
• Atty Linked To Petraeus Scandal Sanctioned For Overbilling
• Senate Confirms Ga. Appeals Judge For 11th Circ. Seat
• Justices Leery Of Broad Ruling In Retaliatory Arrest Case
• MLB Union Questions 4 Clubs' Use Of Revenue-Share Money
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• Pa. Firms' Poaching Trial Shows Market's Fierce Competition
• NY-Led Coalition Slams EPA Bid To Undo Clean Power Plan
• Baker Donelson Nabs Hopping Green & Sams Enviro Atty
• Playa Hotels Pays $300M For 5 Of Sagicor's Jamaica Resorts
• Geico Blasts Law Firms, Network In $15M Fake Claims Suit
• Fla. Lawmakers OK Gun Bill, But Not Assault Weapons Ban
• Samsung Hit With $4.3M Verdict In Image Editing Patent Suit
• Akerman Adds County Gov't Pro In Miami, Fort Lauderdale
• Real Estate Rumors: JPMorgan, Fla. Apartments, TD Bank
• Greenberg Traurig Team Exits Suit By Vet-Led Former Client
• SEC Slaps 6 In 'Shell Factory Fraud' With $2M Disgorgement
• Coffee Maker Co. Sells To Kitchen Supplier In $224M PE Exit
• Ex-Fla. City Commissioner Sentenced For Corruption Scheme
• Fla. Man, City To Spar Over Retaliatory Arrest In High Court
• Real Estate Rumors: StepStone, Maxim Capital, Brock
• PE-Backed 'Emerging Growth Co.' Files For $300M IPO
• Trump Golf Club Members Seek OK Of $5.4M Settlement
• Florida Gov, Lawmakers Propose Raising Gun-Buying Age
• US Steps Into Tricare FCA Suit Against Pharmacy, PE Owner
• Ocwen Sues Insurer Over Coverage Of Investor Suit
• SC Federal Court Lacks Jurisdiction, Reservations.com Says
• Latham & Watkins Advises Hyatt On $1B Sale Of 3 Hotels
• Akerman Adds 6 Professional Liability Litigators In Fla.
• Pattern Of Disruptive Behavior Gets Fla. Lawyer Disbarred
• Miami Medicare Conspirator Gets 5 Years For $63M Scheme
• NY Tells 2nd Circ. To Toss Couple's $5M Income Tax Appeal
• Judge Tells Marlins To Cough Up Financial Info On $1.2B Sale
• Website Accessibility Suits Highlight Need For DOJ Rule
• Menendez-Connected Eye Doc Gets 17 Years For $42.6M Fraud
• Ex-Herbalife Sellers Blast Arbitration Bid In $1B RICO Suit
• 11th Circ. Revives Car Auction Co. Equal Pay Suit
• Guidelines Set At 20-24 Years For Eye Doc's Fraud Sentencing
• CooperVision To Pay $3M To End Contact Price-Fixing Suit
• Woodbridge Seeks Ch. 11 Judge's OK For Calif. Consent Order
• Meet The Forthright Judge Who Crushed A $350M FCA Verdict
• Duo Settles With SEC For Selling Outlandish Patent Stocks
• Feds' 'Sanctuary' Funding Cut Threat Illegal, Fla. City Says
• ​​​​​​​Argentine Woman Wins Removal Review At 11th Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Angelo Gordon, GGP
• Miami-Dade Sues Marlins For Cut Of Profits From $1.2B Sale
• High Court Won't Hear Atty's Appeal Of Essay Sanction
• Woodbridge Ponzi Defendant Seeks Toss Of SEC Charges
• Medical E-Records System Maker Counters Rival's $30M Suit
• Monat Products Cause Irritation And Hair Loss, Suit Says
• Traffic Ticket Firm Seeks Sanctions For $11M Antitrust Suit
• Justices Let Stand Health Workers' Convictions in $63M Fraud
• Unions Say Disney World Withheld $1K Tax Cut Bonuses
• Atty Relishes Role As Longtime Foe Of Tort Reform Laws
• Tampa Bay Rays Call Foul On Concessionaire's Dismissal Bid
• SDFL Adopts Guidelines For Cooperation On Int'l Bankruptcies
• Massage Envy Ducks EEOC Suit Over Ebola Fear-Driven Firing
• Fla. Judge Should Be Removed For Campaign Offenses: Panel
• Uber Driver Can't Sue Over Gun-Carrying Ban, Judge Says
• Robot Surgery Suit Tossed Too Soon, Fla. Appeals Panel Says
• Real Estate Rumors: RBC, Gramercy, Virgo Business Centers
• Ashford Hospitality Prime Buying Florida Ritz For $171M
• Register Your California Cannabis Trademarks Now
• Tension Over 'Place Of Business' Timing For Patent Venue
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• Environmentalist Hit With $4M Verdict For Hindering Project
• Real Estate Rumors: Union Investment, ADME, Braintree
• DynCorp Still Hasn't Returned $5.1M Aircraft, Suit Says
• EquiTrust Hit With Suit Over Unauthorized Payout Fees
• Daddy Yankee Dodges $1.7M Attys' Fees In Defamation Row
• Forfeited $10M Deposit Not Capital Gain, 11th Circ. Says
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• Miami Partner Rejoins Shutts & Bowen From Holland & Knight
• 11th Circ. OKs States' Bid To Quickly Remand Water Rule Suit
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Tobacco Co. Merits Win In Transfer Fraud Row, Judge Advises
• Dead Smoker's Suit Against RJR Revived On Appeal
• Real Estate Rumors: HNA, Estate Investment, CBRE
• Trump Narrows Southern Fla. Judicial Finalists To 3
• 11th Circ. Affirms 11-Year Stint For $80M Eli Lilly Drug Theft
• Sailing Looks Clear For 10th Circ., Other Judge Picks
• Fla. Court OKs Spa Customer's $814K Award, Adds Atty Fees
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms $2M Award For Smoker's Widower
• Diaz Reus Adds RE, White Collar Attys In Miami, Bogota
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• 4 Takeaways For Lenders From Recent TCPA Decision
• Rothstein Slams Feds' Try To Rescind Reduced Sentence Bid
• Bristol-Myers Hit With Sanctions Bid Over Abilify Notebooks
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Prudential, GreenOak
• Fla. Justices Shut AG Out Of Oral Args In Asbestos Case
• Anesthesiologist Case May Lower Bar For Fla. Med Mal Suits
• Cohen Milstein Joins Call For Fla. Ex-Felon Voting Rights
• Labor Dept. Helps Retirement Plans Recover Nearly $16M
• BuzzFeed Defends Press Privilege In Dossier Defamation Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: JK Equities, Moishe Mana, Codecademy
• AGs Back Ban On Sex Harassment Arbitration Clauses
• Wyndham Wiggles Out Of Suit Targeting Timeshare Operations
• Fla. Judge Arrested In Prostitution Sting
• Fla. Appeals Block Of Abortion Waiting Period Law
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• 'Throw' Your Mini-Opening To Get The Best Jury Possible
• Bucs Look To Dodge Player's Negligence Claim In Injury Suit
• Cryptocurrency Outlet Hit With Another Investor Fraud Suit
• Consumers Seek Sanctions For Destroyed Abilify Evidence
• Spokeo Derails $580K Deal In Pet Store Receipt Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Google, SunTrust, Fla. Community Bank
• Health Hires: Ropes, Brown Rudnick, Mallinckrodt, DLA Piper
• DHS Agent Gets 3 Years For Taking Bribe From Cartel Member
• Train Conductor's Widow Sues Amtrak, CSX Over Fatal Crash
• Records Clinched Amputee's $109M Win In Surgery-Error Trial
• SEC Seeks Contempt For Accused Woodbridge Ponzi Boss
• Eminent Domain In The Wake Of Natural Disasters
• Your Case Was Remanded By The MDL Court — Now What?
• Asset Freeze Denied For Alleged $2B Cryptocurrency Scam
• Maritime Co. Loses Bid For $2.5M Antitrust Case Coverage
• Gunster Continues Hiring Run With Elections Law Partner
• MD's Knowledge Of Risks Bars Hernia Patch Defect Claims
• Fla. Cops Had Right To Nab Predator Suspect, 11th Circ. Says
• Fla. Bill Would Let Gov. Appoint Administrative Law Judges
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• 11th Circ. Revives Defibrillator Failure Claims Against Zoll
• Accused Ponzi Leader Seeks End To SEC's $1B Asset Freeze
• Fla. Court OKs Toss Of Engle Cases Filed For Dead Plaintiffs
• Ex-Federal Prosecutors Join Baker Donelson's Fla. Office
• Receiver Can Reinvest Funds From Fraud-Wracked EB-5 Deal
• Sierra Club Challenges Power Rate Hike In Fla. High Court
• Judge Sinks Suit Against Royal Caribbean Over Harvey Cruise
• Judge Questions Attys' Fees In 2 Takata Air Bag Deals
• 11th Circ. Favors Publix Super Markets In Slip-And-Fall Suit
• Foley & Lardner Slams DQ Bid In Suit Against Bock Hatch
• Models Say Fla. Strip Club Ripped Off Their Likenesses
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• Epic Beats Whistleblower's 'Woefully Deficient' FCA Suit
• Ex-Perry Ellis CEO Makes $430M Go-Private Offer
• Walmart Bid To Move TCPA Suit To Another Fla. Court Denied
• Pursuing $15M Award, Cardno Says Death Doesn't Halt Default
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• Former NFL Player Convicted Over $40M Tricare Fraud
• Docs Call Cigna's 11th Circ. Appeal Over $25M Deal Premature
• $4.1M Refund Ordered In US-Halted Engine Sale
• NBC Pushes To Arbitrate $30M 'Housewives' Defamation Suit
• Ford Wins Toss Of Mustang Defect Suit Over Class Issue
• A 'More Than Peanuts' Sentence Of Food Company Officials
• Jury Tacks $28M Onto Smoker's $14M Win From RJ Reynolds
• Investors Seek Asset Freeze For BitConnect In Fraud Suit
• Jury Awards Developer $26M In Fight Over Miami-Area Condos
• Chiquita Settles With Families Before Terrorism Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: Bank Of The Ozarks, Feil, Lennar
• Shutdown Looming, FERC Downplays Pipeline's GHG Impact
• NextEra Says Group Shut Access To Personnel Database
• Fla. High Court Won't Hear Key West Stormwater Fee Dispute
• Chiropractors Fight State Farm Bid To End Payments Suit
• Ex-Smoker Urges 11th Circ. To Revive $20M Punitive Win
• From Amazon To Foxconn, Incentives To Woo Biz Scrutinized
• Key Recent Changes To Lobbying, Campaign Finance Rules
• Fla. Judge Resigns Amid Ethics Investigation
• 11th Circ. Seeks Clarity For Shipping Row Arbitration Forum
• FERC Pressed To Keep Fla. Pipeline Running
• Real Estate Rumors: Oxford, Arbor Lodging, Isaac Kassirer
• Fla. Swingers Club Fights Bid To Freeze Assets, DQ Atty
• Century Arms Concealed AK-47 Defect, Gun Owners Say
• Tampa Bay Rays Concession Co. Moves To Nix Contract Suit
• Florida PI Firm Sheds Never-Served Overtime Suit
• Judge OKs $1M Deal In Zurich, Flooring Co. Coverage Row
• Jay Peak Owner Settles EB-5 Suit With SEC For $81M
• Patriot National Workers File WARN Act Suit In Ch. 11 Case
• Judge Strikes Down Florida's Felon Voter Restoration System
• Fresh Starts But Not A Clean Break As Miami Firm Splits
• Receiver Seeks To Reinvest Cash From Jay Peak EB-5 Project
• DynCorp, AAR Settle $10B Counternarcotics Contract Row
• Beatles Biz Launches $100M Suit Over Alleged Counterfeits
• Amazon Fights Cert. Bid In Background Check Suit
• Buchanan Ingersoll Pulls In Miami Immigration Firm
• Full 11th Circ. Nixes 30-Year Precedent On Tax Affidavits
• Fla. Resort Edited Out Employees' Overtime Pay, DOL Says
• 11th Circ. Backs Appeals Board In Chinese Man's Removal
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age