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Florida - March, 2019

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• Bush v. Gore Atty Calls Arrest Account 'Substantially Untrue'
• NASA Beats Protest Over $447M Space Center Ops Deal
• Cameraman Seeks To Zap WWE Star's Cattle Prod Shock Suit
• Fla. Court Eyes Constitutional Issue In Med Mal Cases
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, MoFo
• Becker Snags Construction Litigation Pro In Florida
• Great American Loses Sanctions Bid In Fla. Condo Suit
• Fla. Court Upholds $20M Anti-Mafia Settlement Of Ch. 7 Debt
• Walmart Loses 8th Circ. Appeal Over OSHA Violations
• VA Hit With $10M Suit Over Cancer Patient's 'Painful' Death
• If ACA's Invalid, So Are Health Fraud Charges, Esformes Says
• Seminoles, IHS Denied Quick Wins In Health Funding Suit
• Ex-SeaWorld Lawyer To Shell Out $65,000 For Insider Trading
• Office Depot Inks $25M Deal With FTC Over Computer Repairs
• Lawmakers Aim To Abandon Courts' Forbidden Patent Types
• Fla. High Court May Crack Down On Benefit Assignments
• Delta Fliers Seek Cert. In Insurance Scheme Suit
• Fla. Hospital Cut From Suit Over ER Patient's 'Butt Lift' Death
• NextEra Can't Undo $275M Fee Denial, Justices Told
• Real Estate Rumors: Baywood Hotels, Calmwater, Fluidigm
• New GOP Bill Floats Social Security-Funded Parental Leave
• Tampa Faces Wrongful Death Suit In Garbage Truck Tragedy
• Debt Collector Denies Bribing Court Clerks For Contract Work
• Investor Alleges Belize Ponzi Fraudsters Swiped $8M
• Car Dealership Gets TCPA Suit Sent To Arbitration
• 'This Emperor Clearly Has No Clothes': 2018 In Patent Dissent
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer Centene's $17.3B WellCare Buy
• Adventist Health Ducks 'Convoluted' ERISA Suit For Now
• FTC Deals Halt Fake Services Behind Billions Of Robocalls
• Golf Club's Bad Faith Claim Against Zurich Tossed, For Now
• General Electric To Pay $49M To Settle Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Omni Asks 11th Circ. To Revisit 'Optical Illusion' Injury Suit
• Insurer Must Reimburse Contractor In Florida Condos Suit
• WPT Industrial REIT Drops $226M On US Portfolio
• Setting The Record Straight On Women In Court Reporting
• Chiquita Terror Victims Say They Can Prove Murder Claims
• $4M Verdict Came After Botched Defense, Importer Says
• Nationwide Claims Axed In GM Defective Transmission Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Appeal Of Overturned $16.5M Verdict
• Pa. Rehab Operators Charged In Insurance Fraud Scheme
• High Court Won't Revisit Law Firm's IRS Summons Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Sydell Miller, Taurus, Safco
• High Court Swats Away 2 Employment Cases
• 10 Years After Koehler, NY Still Good For Judgment Creditors
• Limiting Supreme Court's Size Is Not Enough
• Lawmakers' Letter Much Ado About 'Sorting,' Says NLRB Head
• Fla. Judge Takes Stand In Esformes Trial To Clear His Name
• REIT InvenTrust Drops $64M On 2 Fla. Retail Properties
• Real Estate Rumors: Oak Ventures, CVS, Baywood Hotels
• A Limited Victory For Pension Reform
• Holland & Knight Adds DLA Piper Private Equity Partner
• Miami Beats Suit Over Beckham Soccer Stadium Referendum
• What's Ahead For Autonomous Vehicle Test Driver Regs
• Spirit Balks At Flyers' 2nd Circ. Bid To Revive Bag-Fee Suit
• Full 11th Circ. Clarifies Worker Comparison Test For Bias Suits
• Law360's Tort Report: Personal Injury & Med Mal News In Brief
• JetBlue Made Worker Expose Breasts For Drug Test, Says Suit
• Ready Capital Nets $105M In Loans For Properties In 4 States
• RICO Claim Tossed In Fla. Suit Against Timeshare-Exit Firm
• US Policy On Cuba Litigation Comes With Risks For Cos.
• $10M Buyout Sealed For Squeezed-Out Fla. Hospital Investors
• Real Estate Rumors: JDL, Rodan Property, Diana Chen
• Lenders Score Major High Court Victory In Foreclosure Case
• Trial Counsel's Role On A Mass Tort Virtual Law Team
• Tech Trends From SXSW Pose Unique Questions For Lawyers
• What's In A Judgeship? More Than Meets The Eye
• Swamped: How Magistrate Judges Salvaged Louisiana's Judicial Crisis
• Pointed Questions Suggest Longer FCA Time Limit Is Likely
• GrayRobinson Adds Sustainability Focus To Enviro Practice
• Raydon Workers Fight Bid To Nix Suit Over $60.5M Stock Sale
• Fla. Insurer Must Give Up Partial Provider List In Contract Spat
• Insurers Can Seek Costs From Bridge Collapse Suit Coverage
• Vaping Products Supplier Greenlane Files $92M IPO
• Beckham's Miami MLS Team Can Proceed With Stadium Plans
• Ex-GC To Tampa Agencies Charged With Domestic Violence
• New Trial Ordered In Engle Suit Over Widower's Testimony
• Akerman Atty Joins Miami Boutique As Whistleblower Chief
• In Bar Admissions Process, It's Candor Or Bust
• Bankruptcy Court Reversed For Ignoring 11th Circ. Mandate
• 11th Circ. OKs Sanctions Against Firm For 'Reckless' Filings
• McAfee Founder Must Pay $25M Over Belize Neighbor's Death
• 'In A Timely Manner': Three Decades Of Judgeship Bills
• From Showdowns To Hotlines, Frazzled Judges Get Creative
• Stephen King Wants $1.2M After Beating 'Dark Tower' IP Suit
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Hit With Sanctions In Bribery Suit
• Au Pair Agency Not Covered In Wage Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• Fruit Grower's Contracts May Be Resold To Pay $32M Award
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockwood, AIG, Spottswood
• Fla. Retailer To Pay Ex-Worker $322K Over Race Bias Claims
• Pulling Up Stakes: Jones Day, Pillsbury, Greenberg
• DHS Worker Claims Retaliation After Mishandled Bomb Report
• Judging A Book: Bashant Reviews 'Doing Justice'
• $25M Punitive Award In Crash Suit Not Covered, Insurer Says
• As Judicial Ranks Stagnate, 'Desperation' Hits The Bench
• These Are The Nation's 27 Most Overworked District Courts
• High Court Turns Down 3 Employment Cases
• Fla. Judge OKs Settlement Of Oil Co. Sales Tax Class Action
• Insurers Say REIT Can't Seek $20M In Coverage Row
• House Dems Want Probe Into EBSA Enforcement
• High Court Won't Take Honduran Woman's Deportation Case
• Atty Asserts Good Faith In 'Sham Pleading' Disbarment Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: CapitaLand, Min Kao, Grover Corlew
• Justices Want SG's Take On Walgreens Religious Bias Case
• Fla. Oncologists Hit Cancer Centers With Antitrust Suit
• High Court Won't Take Up Spirit Airlines Class Arbitration Row
• Del Monte Says Pineapple Grower Can't Duck Atty Fees
• Ocwen, Wells Fargo Can't Nix ERISA Suit Over Mortgages Yet
• Firms Can Leverage Communications When Economy Is Slow
• Allegiant, TPG Reveal Plans For Up To $1B Hotel Partnership
• Willkie, Skadden Steer FIS' $43B Worldpay Buy
• Pulse Gunman's Employer Dodges Suit Over Mass Shooting
• Ex-Health Inspector Denies Problems At Esformes Facilities
• Atty Must Return Docs In Row Over Ex-Partner's $2M Policy
• Bradley Arant Snags Ex-Quarles Real Estate, Banking Pro
• Dems Warn NLRB About Farming Out Joint Employer Work
• Chiquita Fights Class Cert. In Terror-Funding MDL
• Fla. Security Cos.' No-Poach Deals Stifle Wages, Suit Claims
• Fla. Judge OKs $38M Gun Defect Settlement
• Federal, State And Local Governments Vie For Control Of 5G
• Esformes Paid Man At Center Of College Bribery Scheme
• Russian Co. Tied To DNC Hack In Newly Unsealed Report
• Court Trims Several Counts As Feds Rest In Esformes Trial
• Evidence Shows Esformes Texted College Bribery Case Figure
• White Eagle Ch. 11 Plan Lands With Unanswered Questions
• Ultimate Software Investor Sues Over $11B PE Buyout
• Fla. Car Dealer Sued Over Unapproved Credit Checks
• Ex-Colombian Minister Asks 11th Circ. To Block Extradition
• Real Estate Rumors: Brookfield, AEW, Wurzak
• Insurer Asks Fla. Justices To Bless Benefit Assignment Limit
• Shumaker Loop Hires Land Use, Zoning Attys In Florida
• Chancery OKs Rent-A-Center Walkaway From $1.4B Merger
• Ethical Social Media Marketing For Lawyers
• A Chat With Norton Rose Diversity Director Nina Godiwalla
• Medicare Funds Traced To $1.6M Ferrari In Esformes Trial
• Makeup Co. Sees Red Over Denial Of TM Suit Against Rival
• Fired Firm Due Fees For Work On $1.1M Wrongful Death Case
• States Face Many Hurdles On The Way To Legal Sports Betting
• 'Sloppy Pleading' Ends State Farm Mass Call Suit
• Ethics Claim Dismissed Over Beckham's Miami Stadium Plan
• Phone Co. Urges Court To Decide Forum For $25M Arbitration
• Fla. Mobile Home Owners Sue Park Over Lot Rental Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Toni Ko, Icon Realty, In-Rel Properties
• Esformes' Attys Take On Ex-Penn Coach Over Bribery Claims
• Wyndham Says Fake Law Firm Advertising Timeshare Defaults
• Fla. Atty Could Face Ethics Lessons For Disparaging Judges
• Fla. French Restaurant Hit With FLSA Suit By Ex-Server
• Glancy Prongay Seeks To Lead Nerve-Repair Co. Investor Suit
• Wal-Mart Can't Ax Women's Gender Bias Suit, For Now
• Cancer Centers Can't Escape Suits Over Data Breach
• Attys Win $10M Of Subway's Record $31M FACTA Settlement
• Real Estate Rumors: Union Labor, Clarion, Brickless
• Georgia Tells High Court Legal Texts Are Copyrightable
• 5 Mistakes Law Firms Make When Responding To RFPs
• Ocwen Says 'Too Late' To Merge CFPB, Fla. Suits For Trial
• Esformes Was Obsessed With Facilities' Census, Feds Say
• Priderock Contract Dispute Nets $1.25M For Financial Expert
• Chancery Says $127M Rent-A-Center Breakup Fee 'Unlikely'
• LMFAO, Producers Find Harmony In 'Hustlin'' Copyright Suit
• Daytona Speedway Wants Liability Waiver Ruling Reversed
• Real Estate Rumors: AllianceBernstein, Invesco, Triarch
• Senators Follow AGs' Lead, Line Up Behind Robocall Bill
• Oil Cos. Prevail In Venezuela Bribery Suit Brought By Trust
• Venezuelan Airline Dodges Miami 'Exit Fees' Suit
• Royal Caribbean Owes $3.4M For Passenger's Death
• Enviro Groups Can Challenge Fla. Utility's Nuclear License
• Real Estate Rumors: Chrysler Building, S2, Manhattan DA
• Fla. Judge's Dissent Rips 'Meaningless' Workers' Comp Ruling
• States Grapple With Complexities Of Health Reform
• Ex-Penn Coach Says Esformes Paid To Get Son On Team
• What To Expect From Increased FTC-State AG Collaboration
• Esformes Practices 'Inappropriate,' Nursing Home Expert Says
• New Miami FBI Corruption Unit Sets Sights On Latin America
• Leon Panetta In The Courtroom, Langley And Area 51
• Law360's Tort Report: Personal Injury & Med Mal News In Brief
• Fla. Bar Seeks Atty's Disbarment For Misuse Of Client Funds
• Holland & Knight Adds Real Estate Partner In Florida
• Bayrock Financial Targets $100M For New Real Estate Fund
• Ferry Co. Ex-CEO Owes $2.8M For Breaching Fiduciary Duty
• FCA Claim Rightly Axed In $70M Kickback Suit, Judge Says
• Bankrate To Pay $28.5M To Resolve DOJ Fraud Claims
• Applicant Says FedEx Violating FCRA With Background Check
• Injured Man's Atty Didn't Belong On Stand, Fla. Court Rules
• DACA Holders Barred From Selective Ga. Colleges: 11th Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Evan Seiden, Rabsky Group
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Finding A Voice, And A New Home
• Insurer Ignored Law, Can't Force Appraisal, Says Fla. Panel
• Marlins Urge Panel To Send Row Over $1.2B Sale To Arbitrator
• Sentencing Data Raise Major Questions About Guidelines
• Ex-Informant Fights To Block SEC's Subpoenas As Retaliatory
• Publix Promotes Atty To GC As Top Lawyer Plans To Retire
• Lululemon Lied About Clothing's Cotton Content, Suit Says
• Legal Tech Download: Dentons, Husch Make Tech Moves
• Prada Eggs On Court To OK Award Of Gator Hatchlings
• Miami-Dade Can't Escape Firefighter's Discrimination Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Saber, Bridge Investment, IStar
• Tampa Bay Lightning Sued For Sending Spam Texts
• A Wave Of Litigation Hinges On Trump's Next Cuba Move
• State AGs Applaud Bill To Combat Illegal Robocalls
• Laser Surgery Chain's Abrupt Closure Prompts WARN Act Suit
• Fla. Condo Board Not Insured Against Defamation, Judge Says
• Judging A Book: Willett Reviews 'Guilty Pleasures'
• Insureds Should Fear Exclusions With Broad Preambles
• Fla. Firm Claims USAA Attys Colluded With Judge's Counsel
• Insurance Groups Support Travelers In 11th Circ. Breach Row
• Full 11th Circ. Tosses Body Shop Claims Against Insurers
• 4 Things To Know About Big Copyright Registration Ruling
• Omni Hotels Must Face 'Optical Illusion' Carpet Injury Suit
• Labor Dept. Affirms H-2A Cert. Denial For Fla. Citrus Co.
• Verdict Tossed in Fla. Smoker Death Suit Over Juror Row
• CFTC Seeks $10.9M From Fla. Metals Dealer For Ponzi Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Industrious, Ameritus, Broward County
• Cruise Vacationer Awarded $2M Over Heart Attack Treatment
• High Court Passes On Challenge To Ala. County's Ch. 9 Plan
• FIU Bridge Collapse Forces Contractor Into Ch. 11
• Doctor's Work Complaints Not Free Speech, 11th Circ. Says
• Trump Opens Door For New Lawsuits Against Cuban Cos.
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer KKR's $900M NextEra Investment
• Women In Law Need Equal Treatment, Not Affirmative Action
• High Court Says Copyright Owners Must Wait To Sue
• TCPA Suit Says Cable Co. Keeps Calling Over Bogus Billing
• Judge Tosses Copyright Suit Over Stephen King's 'Dark Tower'
• Tax Appeal Win May Lead To Heartburn For Darden
• Trenam Law Snags Ex-Adams and Reese Bankruptcy Pro
• Homeowner Sues NextEra Energy Over Wind Farm 'Invasion'
• 2 Firms Steer $50M KKR Investment In Cyber Risk Training
• Russian Exec Wants BuzzFeed Defamation Suit Revived
• Real Estate Rumors: Palm Beach Newspapers, FCP, State Life
• Visible Diversity Is A Sign Of Organizational Health
• Simple Secrets For Writing A Killer Brief