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Florida - February, 2022

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• Fla. Court Denies Bid For New Trial Against Bitcoin 'Inventor'
• MedMen To Sell Fla. Medical Pot License, Assets For $83M
• Fla. Injury Atty Says Disability Firm Stole 'Tucker Law' Name
• The Battle To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Florida Residents Drop Suit Targeting Sugarcane Burns
• Florida Real Estate Roundup: Blockchain.com, PEBB, Sprouts
• Real Estate Rumors: Estate Cos., TIAA, Turnberry
• Ex-Worker Says Amazon's Health Benefit Notices 'Threatening'
• McDonald Hopkins Snags Florida Broad And Cassel Partner
• Flora Growth Boosts US Presence With $30M JustCBD Buy
• Party Leaders Vow Open Minds For New High Court Pick
• DOJ Has Few Allies, Many Foes In High Court Opioid Brawl
• How Judge Jackson Beat Out Competition For High Court Nod
• Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Honored This Historic Judge
• American Airlines Seeks Dismissal Of Suit Over Cuba Airport
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya Says Jackson Will Be 'Balanced'
• Real Estate Rumors: Constellation, Templafy, Conway
• Biden's Supreme Court Pick Was Star Debater In Miami
• Feds Seek Fla. Border Suit Stay For 'Remain In Mexico' Ruling
• The Key To Turning Solid Briefs Into Winning Briefs
• What's At Stake In Doctors' Opioid Liability Case In High Court
• ABI Panelists, US Chamber Support Ch. 11 3rd-Party Releases
• NJ Latest State To Probe Use Of Jailhouse Informants
• Ga. Judge Finds Atty Fees Must Be Public After $200M Verdict
• Why Courts Are Skeptical Of Past-Due Pay Status Cases
• Refugee Nonprofit Settles Bias Suit Over Remote Work Denial
• The Big Picture: COVID Coverage Cases In Fed. Appeals Court
• Latham, Loeb & Loeb Steer Tech SPAC's Upsized $275M IPO
• 6 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Opinions To Read Now
• Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To High Court
• Security Firm Scoffs At Rival's Fee Bid In Cybersquatting Suit
• ATP, Madrid Open Tennis Tourney End Suit Over Scheduling
• Judge Orders 500 Cases In 3M Earplugs MDL To Prep For Trial
• Ex-Patriots Player, Feds Strike Restitution Deal In COVID Scam
• Real Estate Rumors: City National, Bullfinch, Benjamin Group
• Fla. Consumer Says Debt Collection Co. Rejects Debt Disputes
• GrayRobinson Snags Former Tampa Assistant City Attorney
• How Courts Are Ruling On The Arbitrability Of ERISA Claims
• Praise, Doubts As Carnival's Pollution Probation Nears End
• Benihana Sinks Class Cert. Bid In Imitation Crab Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Dynamic City, BridgeCity, Terranova
• Fla. Senate Committee Rolls Condo Reforms Into Single Bill
• Law Firm, Engineer Settle With Surfside Collapse Victims
• Carbon Cost Injunction Signals Hurdles For Biden Plans
• Ex-Fla. State Atty Pleads Guilty To Bribery, Extortion
• Latham-Led Tech SPAC Upsizes IPO Target To $275M
• US Says Gulf Coast Unclear On Fate Of Pandemic Payments
• 11th Circ. Judge Hints High Court Ruling Ends Debtor's Case
• Florida Group Says Appraisal OK In $40M Irma Coverage Suit
• MyChart Maker Wants Protection From NPE's Patents
• Del. Chancery Won't Stop $224M Florida Railroad Buy
• Fla. High Court Takes Up County's Appeal In Tax Fight
• Creditor Slams Bankrupt N.C. Sawmill's Ch. 11 Plan
• Cruise Lines' Havana Dock Fight Must Go To A Jury
• 11th Circ. Revives Part Of Crypto Ponzi Scheme Class Action
• Costco Reaches Deal To End COBRA Notice Language Suit
• Justices Won't Clarify If 1-Year Probation Warrants Removal
• Self-Evaluative Privilege May Protect Internal Investigations
• Google Antitrust Judge OKs DOJ's 'Likely' Witness List
• Robinhood Says Investors' Antitrust 'Meme Stock' Claims Fail
• 11th Circ. Wary Of School's Gender-Based Bathroom Policy
• Charities Ensnared In NJ Antitrust Suit Over Cancer Drugs
• Real Estate Rumors: MG3, Avenir, Property Markets
• Justices Reject Ex-Balch Atty, Coal Exec's Bribery Appeal
• Fla. Fintech Payments Platform Qolo Hires First GC
• Wachtell, Gunderson Guide SoFi's $1.1B Deal For Technisys
• Justices To Hear Arguments In States' MoneyGram Dispute
• Insurer Urges 11th Circ. To Affirm COVID Coverage Denial
• DOJ, Google Still Can't Agree Over 'Likely' Witness Lists
• Ga. Law Puts Fight Over Canceled Event In 'Unique Posture'
• Del. Judge Accepts Sanctioned Attorney Over Hertz's Protest
• Buyers Hit Abbott Labs With Baby Food Suit Amid FDA Probe
• Walter Dellinger's Little-Known, Outsize Impact On Legal Aid
• Real Estate Rumors: Ferber, Capital One, Tatum Martin
• Sacklers Offer Another $1.6B For Purdue Ch. 11 Settlement
• FCC Floats $45M Fine Against Health Insurance Robocaller
• Ex-CSX Exec. Fights Toss Of Severance Pay Lawsuit
• Homeowner Asks 11th Circ. For Redo On Hurricane Ruling
• 11th Circ. Tosses Fla. Motorist's Red-Light Ticket Fee Suit
• Cruise Line Urges 11th Circ. To Affirm Dismissal Of Death Suit
• American, JetBlue Can't Get Consumer Harm Docs From DOJ
• Insurer Cites Water Damage Provision To Win Fla. Appeal
• Travelers Hit With $16M Verdict In Collision Coverage Case
• Why I'll Miss Arguing Before Justice Breyer
• Australian Condom Co. Takes 'Naked' TM Fight To Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Seagis, Granite Point, Daniel Kodsi
• Comerica Says It Is Facing CFPB Investigation
• Fla. Town's Suit Over Lennar-Backed Roadway Revived
• Fla. Atty Suspended For Using Altered Police Photo Lineups
• Timeshare Asks Judge To Sanction Law Firm In False Ad Suit
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Military Base Toxic Water Suit
• Purdue Gets OK For 2-Week Opioid Suit Freeze Extension
• Firetruck Maker Can't Recoup Loss After IP Row, Judge Rules
• Harvey Law Group Adds 1st US Office In Miami
• Bradley Arant Snags Construction Duo From Hill Ward
• Defendant In $350M Bribe Case Helped DEA, Filing Shows
• Digital Rights Groups Ask 11th Circ. To Nix Apple's IP Appeal
• 11th Circ. Backs Siemens' $13M Jury Win In Contract Row
• College Must Face Tuition Refund Suit Despite Immunity Law
• Rarely Used Fla. Condo Law May Be Key In Surfside Deal
• What Cos. Can Learn From The 2021 FCA Recovery Statistics
• House Dems Probe USCIS On Silent Processing Center
• Real Estate Rumors: Benjamin Group, Trinity, City Line
• 11th Circ. Upholds Geico's Win In Bad-Faith Suit
• Insurer Fights Arcade's 11th Circ. Virus Coverage Appeal
• Recent Rulings Show Lawyer Criticism Of Judges Is Perilous
• Florida City Escapes Class Suit Over Massage Parlor Sting
• Hertz 'False Police Report' Claimants Defend Counsel Choice
• Fla. High Court Urged To Advance Review Of Casino Initiative
• American, JetBlue Say DOJ Must Show Consumer Harm
• Univ. Of South Florida Tuition Fees Fight Sent To State Court
• Chancery OKs $15M Homefed-Jefferies Merger Suit Settlement
• Weil-Led Black Knight Buys Rest Of Optimal Blue For $1.16B
• CVS Wants Consolidated Drug Pricing Suit In Arbitration
• Real Estate Rumors: Publix, Beacon Capital, Macklowe
• Diana Muller, Trademark Expert For Sports Icons, Dies At 75
• Ex-Shutts Partner Fights Employment Arbitration Clause
• Breyer's Role In Courthouse Design Sets A Judicial Template
• Prince Andrew Settles Epstein Victim's Sex Abuse Suit
• Fla. Health System To Pay $5.5M For Barred Medicaid Funding
• 11th Circ. Revives $100M Trade Secrets Claim Against Boeing
• Peru Call Center Fraudster Gets 8½ Years For $9M Scam
• Expect Aggressive Life Sciences Enforcement In 2022
• BMW Suit Alleging Sales Incentives Faces Trimming
• Energy Co.'s $287.6M Dominican Republic Claim Denied Again
• Greenspoon Marder Adds Latin America Partner In Miami
• Real Estate Rumors: Moskovits, GL Homes, AccentCare
• HotelPlanner, Reservations.com Latest To Cancel SPAC Deal
• Fla. House OKs Lobbying Ban For Former Judges, Justices
• Fla. Man Gets 5 Years For Death Threats To Federal Judge
• Real Estate Rumors: Terreno, Progress Capital, Clarion
• Surfside Victims' Attys Reach $83M Deal To Split Proceeds
• Syniverse Still Has $750M Partnership After Failed SPAC Deal
• Bilzin Sumberg Juggles Nearly A Dozen Sales In Marina Deal
• Disbarred Fla. Atty Pleads Guilty To $5M Crypto Fraud
• Google Calls 300 Potential DOJ, AG Witnesses A 'Fake List'
• Florida Real Estate Roundup: 710 Edge, Abanca, Treo Group
• Biden Admin.'s Carbon Social Cost Metric Barred By Judge
• Sober Home's Medical Chief Convicted Of $110M Billing Fraud
• 2 Firms Get $12.2M For $45M Surgery Partners Suit Settlement
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Dechert, Gibson Dunn
• Fla. High Court Eases Bar Requirements For Foreign Attys
• Fla. Justices Weigh Courts' Power To Compel Foreign Assets
• Fla. Clinics Can't Ditch Gilead's HIV Drug Charity Scam Claims
• Rail Bidder Seeks Chancery Injunction For 'Corrupt' Process
• Strip Club Says Miami Beach Rules Violate 1st Amendment
• Feds Pledge $5B For National EV Charging Network
• Nursing Home Biz Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Facility Sale Plans
• KKR Drops $70M On Self-Storage Portfolio
• Fla. Justices Won't Hear Gov.'s Query On Redistricting, Race
• Real Estate Rumors: Bloom Ventures, Arbor Realty, Seagis
• CFPB Fights To Revive Mortgage Service Suit Against Ocwen
• GOP Immigration Bill Faces Roadblocks From Both Parties
• Feds Seek Judgment To Collect $3.9M Ex-Delta VP Owes CFTC
• GOP Sens. Demand Review Of Any New Iran Nuclear Deal
• 11th Circ. Preemption Ruling May Force Airline-Fees Rethink
• States Tell 11th Circ. Gov't Contradicted Self On Vax Mandate
• Hertz Can't Seal Most Police Report Info In Ch. 11 Case
• FTC's Car Warranty Suit Kickstarts Challenge To Authority
• Real Estate Rumors: Terra, Bison, WeWork
• NY Judge OKs Canadian Entities' Late Purdue Ch. 11 Appeal
• Feds Don't Have To Pay For Oil Spill Cleanup, 11th Circ. Says
• BigLaw Must Nix All-Or-Nothing Work Model To Retain Talent
• Venezuelan Businessman Fights Ruling Linking Him To FARC
• Securities Group Sues DOL Over ERISA Fiduciary Guidance
• Ally Of Convicted Ex-Atty Aims To Duck Prison Over OneCoin
• COVID-19 Coverage Claims Draw Doubts At 11th Circ.
• Fla. Justices Mull Medicare Expenses Math In Injury Suits
• Canadian Entities Seek Late Appeal In Purdue Ch. 11 Case
• Fla. Justices Mull Making Zoom Hearings Permanent
• Ex-Waypoint Residential GC Joins Real Estate Firm As CLO
• Bressler Amery Adds 6 Attys To NJ, Florida Offices
• 11th Circ. Hints $21M Verdict Over Ga. Trucking Death Is OK
• Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Should Have 5 Key Qualities
• Rosen Law Firm Nabs Lead In Biotech Investor's Drug Row
• Frontier-Spirit Airlines Merger May Test Biden Antitrust Mettle
• 4 Firms Rep Quantum Computing Biz's $1.6B Go-Public Deal
• High-Living Fla. Private Equity Boss Cops To $140M Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Ocean Bank, Chetrit, PGIM
• Fla. Atty Hits Firm With Military, COVID Bias Suit
• How The Fla. Supreme Court Is Changing Business Litigation
• Baker Donelson Taps New Leader In Tallahassee Office
• Polsinelli Wants Crypto Theft Malpractice Claims Tossed
• Service Members Defend Challenge To Vax Approval, Mandate
• DOJ Says US Sugar Can't Have USDA Deal Discussion Docs
• Real Estate Rumors: Equus, Delta Galil, DMG Properties
• Juicy v. Juucy: Tobacco Co. Says Vape Rival Infringed TM
• Sullivan & Cromwell Leads Fiserv's $650M Finxact Acquisition
• US Urges Court Not To Block Use Of Carbon Cost Metric
• Judge Suggests Adding $2.7M To $16M Car Dealership Verdict
• Real Estate Co. Fights Zurich Virus Exclusion In COVID Suit
• Atty Appeals Firing By Public Defender's Office At 11th Circuit
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2022 Editorial Boards
• MLB Can't 'Revisit' Cert. With Wage Trial Looming, Judge Says
• McDonald's Says COBRA Notices Were Clear, Complete
• Latham, Debevoise Rep $6.6B Merger Of Low-Cost Airlines 
• Judge Sides With CSX In ERISA Severance Pay Lawsuit
• Split 9th Circ. Nixes DeVos' Subpoena In Student Loan Suit
• 11th Circ. Sends Life Insurance Question To Ga. High Court
• Fla. Car Rental Biz Can't Pursue Lost Sales Damages From GM
• Gulf Coast Asks To Hand Over One Of Last Facilities In Ch. 11
• Boat Maker Opposes $60M In Atty Fees After $200M Verdict
• Progress Cited In Dispute Over Access To Surfside Evidence
• DOD Contractor Gets 15 Years For Kickback Scheme
• House Dem Probes Rutgers, Stanford On Coach Pay
• Real Estate Rumors: Ventas, Guardian Life, Courchene
• Investors Fight Bids To Toss IAnthus, Gotham Green Pot Suits
• Ex-Farah & Farah Atty Charged With $300K COVID Loan Fraud
• Purdue Asks For New Extension On Opioid Suit Freeze
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Gibson Dunn
• Philly, Pittsburgh DAs Lose Bid To Stop Opioid Settlement
• US Sugar Says DOJ Refusing Critical USDA Merger Materials
• Appeals Court Releases Fla. County From Child Injury Suit
• Miami Payday Lender Can't Dodge SEC Investment Fraud Suit
• IP Forecast: 11th Circ. To Eye Biz's $20M Trade Secrets Loss
• 11th Circ. Revives Passengers' Airline Exit Fee Class Action
• Royal Caribbean Worker's Injury Suit Moved To State Court
• Firm Must Face Insurers' Surfside Collapse Coverage Suit
• Chewy Says Exec Stole Trade Secrets Before Move To Rival
• 11th Circ. Won't Block FDA Regulation Of Tobacco Products
• Real Estate Rumors: Grandview, Bay Ridge Center, Fifield
• What's Next After The Bombshell NFL Race Bias Suit
• Excess Insurers Seek To Escape $2.8M Bridge Work Dispute
• Law Firms Seek $3.5M For $15M HomeFed Buyout Suit Deal
• FordHarrison Adds Senior Airline Exec To Fla. Office
• 2 Fla. Justices Recuse From Redistricting Question
• Fla. High Court Says Red-Light Ticket Co. Can Keep Fees
• New Bill Would Block Chinese Drone Maker From US
• Florida Governor Exits Challenge To Ban On Trans Athletes
• Design Unveiled For $190M Ft. Lauderdale Federal Courthouse
• Georgia Public Utility Can't Ax Pollution Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Is Liability Reminder For Insurance
• House Dems Renew Call To Close Fla. ICE Detention Center
• White Farmers Allege Minority Debt Relief Program Is Racist
• Real Estate Rumors: Mattamy Homes, Petco, Bermello Ajamil
• 11th Circ. Wipes $40M Restitution In Ga. Atty's Fraud Case
• Fla. Appeals Court Reverses $42.5M Verdict In Smoker's Case
• The Flaws In The Traditional Approach To Hiring A Law Firm
• Fla.'s New Appeal Rule Will Cause More Harm Than It Cures
• 11th Circ. Affirms Toss Of LG Exploding Battery Cases In Ga.
• Federal Courts Are Right Venue For COVID Insurance Cases
• Law360's Tort Report: Whitey Bulger Death Suit Thrown Out
• Telemundo Hid Evidence In Sex Harassment Suit, Worker Says
• Online Speech Thrives Under Section 230, So Amend Carefully
• Fla. Senate Committee Advances Condo Inspection Bills
• Stresses Pile Up For Judges After 2 Years Of COVID
• Enviros Sue Feds For Revisions To Manatee Critical Habitat
• Fla. Panel Appears Skeptical In 1st Virus Coverage Appeal
• Ex-Dolphins Coach Sues NFL, Alleging Systemic Race Bias
• Purdue Closing In On New Ch. 11 Deal With Sackler Family
• Real Estate Rumors: Triarch, Empire State Realty, Bridge
• Fla. Man Admits Orchestrating DSW Insider Trading Scheme