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Florida - January, 2020

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• Fla. Court Nixes Doc Bid In Brazilian Power Co. Fight
• Miami Drops Discriminatory Lending Suits Against Banks
• Real Estate Rumors: Bank Of China, Ameris Bank, Erudite
• Crypto Co. Says Court Miscalculated $3M Award To Investors
• Cott To Sell Coffee And Tea Biz For $405M
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Kirkland, Skadden
• With Eye On Super Bowl, Kansas City Atty Spikes Trial Date
• Fed. Circ. Revives Screwdriver IP Asserted Against Biomet
• AseraCare FCA Ruling Is A Boon For Health Providers
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• Foley Cuts Ties To Venezuelan Official After Boycott Threat
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• Opportunity Zone Trigger Dates Flexible, IRS Official Says
• Burger King Says Impossible Whopper Isn't Billed As Vegan
• FCC Floats $13M Fine For 'Hateful' Political Robocaller
• DOJ Hammers On Sabre-Farelogix Merger Risk In Del. Trial
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revisit Suit Over False Bar Exam Results
• Fla. Court Sends Cigar Importer, Licensee To Arbitration
• Delta Travelers Defend Recusal Bid In Kickback Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Bridge33, Industrious, Code Capital
• Gunster Yoakley Steers Bank Holding Co.'s $62M IPO Plans
• Dolphins GC Runs Interference On Bids Ahead Of Super Bowl
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• Builder Says Miami Beach Owes $70M For Convention Center
• Patriot National Trustee Wants Ex-VPs' Severance Pay Back
• Black Knight Says Antitrust Suit Is Based On 'Lawful Conduct'
• Judge Recommends Class Cert. In Hertz Managers' FLSA Suit
• Autodialer Ruling Will Reduce TCPA Flood In 11th Circ.
• Baker McKenzie Nabs Ex-Bilzin Sumberg Duo For Miami Office
• Injured Couple Loses Bid To Intervene In AIG Insurance Fight
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• State AGs Diss Pfizer's Effort To Flee Price-Fixing MDL
• Flooring Co. Lowers IPO Pricing Expectations To $38M
• Insurer Wants Off The Hook For Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Defense
• Fund Manager Accused Of $17M Stock Scam Mulls Guilty Plea
• How Bilzin Sumberg Helped Miami Get Another Super Bowl
• Ex-Balch Partner, Coal Exec Ask 11th Circ. To Ax Convictions
• Gunster Adds Exec Compensation Pro In West Palm Beach
• Avis Rental Fees Suit Should Get Tossed, Fla. Judge Says
• Lawmakers Urge DHS To Give Employers 65K More H-2B Visas
• Real Estate Rumors: Amazon, G6 Hospitality, DL3 Realty
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• Bacardi Beats Suit Over 'Grains Of Paradise' Gin
• Swingers Club Fights To Erase $900K Award For Models
• Hurricane Can't Guard Utility From Outage Suit, Court Told
• 11th Circ. Deepens Autodialer Split With New Robocall Ruling
• 11th Circ. OKs Carnival's Trial Win In Passenger Death Suit
• Hotel Magnate Says Remodeling Fraud Suit Is Well-Built
• VW's $57M Suspension Defect Deal With Drivers Gets Final OK
• United Exec Brands Sabre-Farelogix Deal Antitrust 'Nightmare'
• Developer Faces Another EB-5 Fraud Suit Over Fla. Project
• Alan Parsons Says Ex-Promoter Used His Name For 'Knockoff'
• McCormick's $2.5M Deal In Slack-Fill Suit Gets Interim Nod
• Real Estate Rumors: Ladder, Horizon, BTI
• Airbnb Says Fla. Short-Term Rental Co. Stole $11M Investment
• Ticket Buyers Denied Class Cert. In Delta Kickbacks Suit
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• Wachtell, Davis Polk Guide $6B Bank Merger
• Phazzer's Ch. 7 Filing Throws Wrench Into $7.6M IP Spat
• Wachtel Missry, Atty Try To Shake $7.7M Malpractice Suit
• Del Monte Won't Have To Reveal Docs In $32M Pineapple Fight
• Stage Set For DOJ Antitrust Bout Over Sabre's Farelogix Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Cantor, Butters Construction, Elion
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• American HomePatient's $1M Deal Over Stolen Drives OK'd
• 11th Circ. Insurance Ruling Views Cybercrime Realistically
• Fla. Justices Lower Bar For Appealing State Immunity Denials
• Royal Caribbean Wants 11th Circ. To Slash $3.4M Death Award
• Fla. Cruise Line Hit With TCPA Suit Over Alleged Robocalls
• Nude Dancer Hits Fla. Club With Wage Suit
• Sun Capital Can't Shake $42M Suit Over The Limited Loan
• Murdered Sisters Not Enough To Win Asylum, 11th Circ. Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Clarion, Microsoft, CIT Group
• CBD Buyer Fights Fla. Retailer's Bid To Toss False Ad Suit
• Dycom Says Investors' Suit Is Based On A 'Thin Reed'
• Zantac Users Pile On Cancer Claims Ahead Of JPML Hearing
• NHL's Panthers The Latest Target Of Spam Text Claims
• Bridgestone Unit Must Face Suit Over Man's Quadriplegia
• Judge Confused By 11th Circ.'s Mandate In Biofuel Bankruptcy
• MasTec Says Bribes Cost It $500M In Puerto Rico Work
• 11th Circ. Backs Citrus Grove In Pipeline Land Value Row
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• Crypto Co. Can't Have More Time To Serve Foreign Firms
• Fla. Pro-Pot Group Says Initiative Text Is 'Coddling' Voters
• Justices Zero In On Consent In Steel Plant Arbitration Fight
• Jury Absolves Ethicon In Pelvic Mesh Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Shapack, Taco Bell, Madison Marquette
• NFL Seeks Atty Fees Following Tossed Disability Benefits Suit
• Royal Caribbean Spared Punitive Damages For Stormy Cruise
• Actresses, Models Say $900K Swinger Club Verdict Justified
• High Court ERISA Case Has States, Pharmacies On Edge
• Philip Morris Avoids Punitives After $2.5M Cancer Verdict
• Fla.'s Largest Pot Co. Calls Robocall Ban Unconstitutional
• Hollister Awarded $9.2M In Incontinence Device IP Row
• Pulling Up Stakes: Sidley, Baker Botts, Hogan Lovells
• Insurer Says Condo's Engineer Padded $30M Hurricane Claim
• Real Estate Rumors: AIG, Aziz Ali, Amherst Capital
• CBD Co. Says Consumer Suit Relies On Flawed Testing
• Law360's Tort Report: Meat Loaf's Suit Out Of Hell
• BCBS Illegally Delayed Cancer Treatment Coverage, Suit Says
• DC Judge Appears Wary Of Blocking EB-5 Program Overhaul
• Jack Nicklaus Sues Golf Device Maker Over Trademark Use
• 11th Circ. Kills EMT's Harassment Suit Despite 'Unsavory' Acts
• Senate Panel's OK Of Trump 11th Circ. Pick Angers Dems
• Fla. High Court Says Ex-Felons Must Pay Fines Before Voting
• Real Estate Rumors: Firmspace, GDF, Systra
• Gilead Hit With Another Antitrust Suit Over HIV Drugs
• DOJ Urges Justices To Back Immigration Court Review Limits
• Bias Case Gives Justices Chance To Rethink Title VII
• Top 10 Employment Law Developments Of The Decade: Part 2
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• Investors Say PNC Was 'Intimately Involved' In EB-5 Fraud
• The New Class Action Frontier Under Illinois Privacy Law
• 5th Circ. Says BP Must Pay Walmart $15M For Oil Spill Losses
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Shook Hardy Litigator In Miami
• Fla. Judge Hands Win To Hotel Owner In Feud With Ex-Partner
• Best Buy Hit With Suit Over 'Confusing' COBRA Notices
• Ex-Attys Can't DQ New Counsel In $350M Shire Deal
• Fla. High Court Told Opinion On Pot Ballot No Longer Needed
• Real Estate Rumors: Amli, Dax Real Estate, HSBC
• 3 Firms Shape Rayonier's $554M Pope Resources Buy
• 2 BigLaw Alums Among Reps. Prosecuting Trump In Senate
• Former Boies Schiller Lawyers Open 15-Atty Litigation Firm
• Robbins Approved To Lead Vape Co. Stock-Drop Suit
• Boies Schiller Pulls The Plug On Orlando Office
• Ex-Raydon Worker Pushes For Sanctions In ERISA Suit
• Bitcoin Founder Reveals Holdings After Sanctions Threat
• Real Estate Rumors: Telefonica, Hausfeld, Alejandro Araujo
• Minor League Wage Suit Halted For MLB's High Court Bid
• 2019 Trends In DOJ Civil Health Care Fraud Cases
• Ex-1 Global Capital CFO Gets 5 Years In $287M Scheme
• OSHA Wants $1M In Fines From 'Egregious' Roofing Co.
• Badia Settles Trademark Dispute With Rival Spice Co.
• Workers Sue Fla. For Failing To Cover Sex Reassignment
• Wine Co. Shareholder Objects To Report In $28.7M Award Row
• 'Cocaine Cowboy' Can't Kick Conviction For Car Fraud
• Fla. Pot Legalization Question Fails To Qualify For 2020 Ballot
• Fla. Pot Co. Says It Was Smeared In Short-Selling Scheme
• Barr Pressures Apple To Unlock Navy Base Shooter's IPhones
• Marvel Exec Wants Sanctions Against Litigious Neighbor
• Real Estate Rumors: Marquette, Morgan Stanley, Greystar
• Insurers Say Hertz's $23M Legal Bill In SEC Deal Not Covered
• Florida Bank Says Execs Stole Secrets Before Jumping Ship
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• Fla. Firm Launches Novel Practice Group For Children's Law
• Judge Lifts Hefty Sanctions Against Bitcoin Founder
• Robocallers Touting 'Free' Cruise Vacation Settle With FTC
• Royal Caribbean Looks To Sink Cuban Dock Suit
• 2019 Trends In DOJ Health Care Enforcement
• Precious Metal Fraud Bros. Face CFTC Suit After Sentences
• British Artist Says Fla. Garden Ripped Off His Light Sculptures
• 'Polite F-U' Email Stays In States' Drug Price-Fixing Case
• MLB Seeks Justices' Input On Minor League Wage Class Cert.
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, TM Real Estate, Refinitiv
• Pa. Lab Owner Guilty Of Paying Kickbacks For Medicare Tests
• $99M Navy Training Systems Deal Snagged By Florida Co.
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• Holy Spirit-Led Juror Rightly Axed From Ex-Rep.'s Fraud Trial
• CBD Retailer Says Gummy Potency Was Within 'Safe Harbor'
• 1 Global Exec Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy In $287M Scheme
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• Litigious Porn Studio Sued By Former Law Firm
• Enviros Say Fla. Road Plans Threaten Endangered Panthers
• Top 5 Drug And Medical Device Developments Of 2019
• Florida Exec Gets 4 Years For Bribing Venezuelan Oil Co.
• Real Estate Rumors: RHP, Oxford, Square Mile
• The Top FMLA And ADA Decisions Of 2019: Part 1
• Fla. High Court Rejects Energy Market Ballot Initiative
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• Casey Anthony Allowed To Shed Defamation Claim From Ch. 7
• Pfizer Beats False-Ad Suit Over FDA Approval Of Epinephrine
• Fla. Judge Frustrated With Pace Of Carnival Compliance Effort
• 11th Circ. Pushed To Rethink Bad Faith Bankruptcy Ruling
• 11th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Georgia Bar Exam Result Suit
• Enviros Sue Feds Over Habitat Designations For Turtle
• Inadvertent 'No' On Form Won't Doom Family's Asylum Bid
• 11th Circ. Backs Telecom In Atlanta County's Cell Tower Fight
• Ex-Boies Schiller Trio Opens Litigation Firm In Florida
• Real Estate Rumors: Vienna Beef, Normandy, Ignacio Murman
• Fla. StockX Data Breach Suit Is Moved To Mich.
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• Timeshare Exit Co. Loses False Ad Claims Against Wyndham
• Hospital, Whistleblower Told To Mediate Atty Fees In FCA Suit
• Medical Pot Co. Blasts Licensing Rules Before Fla. High Court
• Suit Over Adventist Health Church Exemption Nixed For Good
• Norwegian Cruise Line Dodges Suit Over Use Of Cuban Dock
• Day Pitney Nabs Jones Foster Estate Planning Pro In Florida
• DOJ Backs 11th Circ. Challenge To Fla. Blue Cross Rules
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• Diageo Wants $2.3M Verdict Reversed In Fight With Distributor
• 5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2020
• Ropes & Gray Guides Shoreline To $300M Debut PE Fund
• Investor Wants Judge Off Suit Over 'Shark Tank' Soap-Maker
• Real Estate Rumors: Cantor Fitzgerald, Kitopi, Northpoint
• Northwestern Mutual Wants Attorney's Widow Sanctioned
• International Paper Hits 4 Railway Cos. With Price-Fixing Suit
• Time Lapse Cited In Defense Of 'Argue With A Woman' Slogan
• Fla. Jurors Told Pelvic Mesh Degraded Inside Woman's Body
• Cruise Line Wins Dismissal Of Cuban Dock Suit
• Challenge To $249M Border Security Contract Is Rejected
• Ex-Dolphins Player Can't Pursue NFL Disability Benefit Claims
• Pa. Residents Ask To Revive Suit Over CSX Train Wreck
• Class Cert. In 11th Circ. Supplement Case Comes With Limits
• Former NFL Standout Seeks To Recoup Tax Scheme Penalties
• Real Estate Rumors: Savanna, Sunburst Hospitality, Passco
• Winn-Dixie Settles Price-Fixing Suit Against Dairy Producers
• 3 States Where Law Firm Acquisitions Were Hot In 2019
• Student-Athlete Pay Could Prevent Match-Fixing
• HIG's Credit Biz Nabs $1.1B For Lending Fund
• Fla. Judge Pauses CBD Suit To Wait For Federal Rules
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Minor League Players' Class Cert. Win
• Immunity Shields Fla. Tribe From Church Takeover Suit
• Gordon & Rees Hires New Insurance Partner In Florida
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• Bilzin Sumberg, Mayer Brown Steer $76M Miami Project Loan
• Fla. Court Sends Ex-Hobby Lobby Worker's Suit To Arbitration
• Real Estate Rumors: Brian Friedman, Prive Group, S3 Capital
• Imminent College Athlete Licensing Puts Cos. On Notice
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Whistleblower Says IT Contractors For Military Weren't Vetted
• 11th Circ. Hands DuPont Victory In Stock Option Suit
• Developers Want Out Of EB-5 Fraud Claims Over Fla. Hotel
• Estate Can't Yet Bar Bitcoin 'Inventor' Wife's Trial Testimony
• Cashless Tolls Vendor Gets Miami Contract Win Affirmed
• The Top 10 TCPA Cases Of 2019
• Phone Distributors Blast 'Shotgun' TracFone IP Suit
• Cannabis Cases To Watch In 2020
• Florida Litigation To Watch In 2020
• 4 International Arbitration Cases To Watch In 2020
• Florida Legislation To Watch In 2020
• Personal Injury And Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2020
• Construction Cases To Watch In 2020
• Policy Trends For Construction Attys To Watch In 2020
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2020
• Insurance Cases To Watch In 2020
• 5 Things To Watch In Litigation Finance This Year