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August 15, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Water Law, Risky Debt, NYC Rezone
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into coastal development, one bank's bullish outlook on construction financing, and Midtown Manhattan's greenlight for denser residential development.
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August 15, 2025
Feds Look To End Seminole Land Seizure Dispute
The federal government urged a Florida federal court to toss a suit by two members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida who say federal agencies are threatening to confiscate their land inside Big Cypress National Preserve, arguing they fail to allege any waiver of U.S. sovereign immunity.
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August 15, 2025
Investors' Suit Claims Fla. Tower Developer Stole $3M
Dozens of investors have brought a Florida state court lawsuit accusing a Delaware-based developer of fleecing them out $3 million that was provided toward the construction of a residential high-rise, saying their money is wrongfully being held despite no meaningful progress on the building.
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August 15, 2025
Fla. Family Sues Yacht Club Over Deadly Barge Collision
The parents of an 8-year-old girl injured in a barge accident during a July sailing trip have sued a Miami yachting club in a Florida state court for alleged negligence in the incident that resulted in three fatalities, saying counselors exposed children to imminent risk of death or harm.
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August 15, 2025
Insurer Says Towing Co. Not Covered In Car Hood Injury Suit
Prime Property and Casualty Insurance Inc. is suing a towing company in Florida federal court, saying it has no obligation to continue defending it in an injury suit stemming from injuries to a woman after one of the company's drivers helped jumpstart her car.
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August 15, 2025
Fla. Murder Conviction Nixed Over Detective's Hearsay Claims
A Florida state appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man serving a life sentence on a murder conviction after finding that a detective who did not witness the shooting should not have been allowed to testify at trial that he believed it was intentional, saying the testimony likely influenced the jury's decision.
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August 15, 2025
Boies Schiller Seeks To End Fla. Fee Suit Between Law Firms
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and related defendants have moved to dismiss a Florida state lawsuit brought by a pharmaceutical mass tort law firm and related parties to block their former counsel from collecting fees after being fired for allegedly insufficient representation.
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August 14, 2025
Fla. Judge Won't Require Snap To Heed Teen Social Media Law
A Florida federal judge has rejected the state attorney general's bid to force Snap Inc. to comply with a new law that would limit the ability of teens to access the platform, holding that the state's challenge was unlikely to succeed in light of his prior ruling in a related case finding the measure to likely be unconstitutional.
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August 14, 2025
Fla. Judge Warns Of Split Claims In Detention Center Suit
A Florida federal judge on Thursday warned parties in a proposed class action over attorney access for individuals confined at the Everglades immigrant detention center that some claims in the lawsuit appear to belong in a neighboring district, saying that he could issue a ruling reflecting this determination.
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August 14, 2025
Grindr Says Section 230 Shields It From Teen Death Suit
Dating app Grindr told a Florida federal judge Wednesday that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields it from claims it negligently allowed a 16-year-old to access the platform and caused her to be matched with a 35-year-old man who is accused of murdering her.
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August 14, 2025
Trans Teacher's Battle Over Restrictive Fla. Law Put On Ice
A Florida federal judge ruled Wednesday that a state law regulating workplace pronouns violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act but paused a lawsuit by a transgender public school teacher while the Eleventh Circuit considers another suit brought by a transgender sheriff's deputy in Georgia.
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August 14, 2025
State Farm Found Liable For Bad Faith In Moped Death Suit
A Florida federal judge has found State Farm liable for bad faith following a jury trial in a lawsuit involving the DUI-related death of a moped driver, whose family accused the insurer of failing to timely settle their claim against the estate of the driver accused of causing the fatal crash.
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August 14, 2025
Energy Co. Can't Avoid 401(k) Forfeiture, Fee Fight
A Florida federal judge refused Thursday to toss a proposed class action against NextEra Energy from an employee 401(k) participant who alleged plan forfeitures were misspent and that a recordkeeper illegally profited off retirement plan earnings, opening discovery on allegations that the conduct violated federal benefits law.
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August 14, 2025
Red States Back Feds' Push To End Trump Energy Orders Suit
Republican-led states on Thursday threw their support behind the federal government's bid to dismiss a lawsuit by youths alleging that President Donald Trump's energy policy directives harm their future by exacerbating climate change, saying there are no grounds to sustain the suit.
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August 14, 2025
AGs Urge Meta To 'Prioritize Safety' With Location Feature
A bipartisan coalition of more than three dozen state attorneys general is calling on Meta Platforms Inc. to strengthen the privacy and security safeguards for a new location tracking feature that recently debuted on Instagram, arguing that the social media giant has a duty "to prioritize user safety over product novelty."
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August 14, 2025
Fla. Juror Misconduct Claim Stymied By 'Lack Of Diligence'
A new trial ordered in an auto collision case was wrongly granted based on juror misconduct, a Florida appeals court has ruled, saying a juror's involvement in injury litigation was disclosed on his questionnaire but wasn't explored in court due to a "lack of diligence" by defense counsel.
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August 14, 2025
11th Circ. Partly Revives Day Labor Protections Suit
A Florida federal court erred by dismissing a worker protections suit against a staffing company instead of first addressing a subject matter jurisdiction dispute, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, although it affirmed the dismissal of two individual defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction.
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August 14, 2025
Ex-Payday Lender CEO Gets 7 Years For $66M Ponzi Scheme
The former CEO of a Miami payday loan company was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say fraudulently raised $66 million from more than 600 investors.
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August 14, 2025
Fla. Condo, Insurer Settle Hurricane Damage Coverage Suit
An insurer and a Florida condominium association have settled a dispute over coverage for property damage caused by a September 2020 hurricane, according to a New York federal court filing.
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August 14, 2025
Fla. Bar Fights Demand For Bondi Ethics Probe
The Florida Bar has again pushed back on a request to investigate U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct, telling the Supreme Court of Florida that a group of complainants can't bulldoze past its policy of not investigating sitting government officials.
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August 14, 2025
Ex-Judge Sworn In As Fla. US Atty After Senate Showdown
Former Miami-Dade County state court trial judge and military veteran Jason A. Reding Quiñones is the new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida after a standoff in Congress held up his nomination.
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August 14, 2025
Fla. Court Says Developer Can Build On Contested Property
A Florida appellate court has partially reversed a man's lower court win in his easement dispute with a developer that wanted to build a single-family home and install a seawall on the company's purchased Santa Rosa County property, ruling that the developer was wrongfully barred by the lower court from working on the property.
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August 13, 2025
4th, 11th Circs. Shoot Down Local Gov't Cell Tower Denials
Both the Fourth and the Eleventh Circuits issued decisions Wednesday allowing cell tower companies to move forward with projects over the objections of local governments that denied them permission.
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August 13, 2025
Fla. Detention Center Still Blocks Atty Access, Groups Say
Civil rights groups Wednesday urged a Florida federal court to grant attorneys access to detainees located at an Everglades-based immigrant detention center in a proposed class action complaint, saying people confined at the facility aren't able to petition for their release.
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August 13, 2025
Shah of Iran Intel Chief Must Face Torture Claims By 3 Men
A former top security official in the regime of Iran's former ruler, Shah Reza Pahlavi, must face a human rights abuse lawsuit by three men alleging he aided and abetted the torture of perceived political dissidents during the 1970s, a Florida federal judge said Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.
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Contract Disputes Recap: Liability Test, Termination Claims
Zachary Jacobson at Seyfarth examines three recent decisions from the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals that examine the limits of designer liability under the architect-engineer clause and key processes for claim recovery when a contract is terminated for convenience.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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The Political Branches Can't Redefine The Citizenship Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark opinion and subsequent decisions, and the 14th Amendment’s legislative history, establish that the citizenship clause precludes the political branches from narrowing the definition of citizen based on how a parent’s U.S. presence is categorized, says federal public defender Geremy Kamens.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Appealing An Interlocutory Order On Insurer Duty To Defend
A recent First Circuit decision on a motion regarding an insurer's duty to defend underlying litigation highlights how policyholders may be able to pursue immediate appeals of interlocutory orders, especially in light of other circuit courts' stances on this issue, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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As Failure-To-Warn Preemption Wanes, Justices May Weigh In
Federal preemption of state failure-to-warn claims has long been a powerful defense in strict liability tort cases, but is now under attack in litigation over the weedkiller Roundup and other products — so the scope and application of preemption may require clarification by the U.S. Supreme Court, says Michael Sena at Segal McCambridge.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Opinion
Weight Drug Suits Highlight Need For Legal Work On Safety
The rapid ascent of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic has revolutionized diabetes management and weight loss — but legal wrangling over issues including off-label prescriptions, side effects and compounded versions underscores lawyers' roles in protecting patient safety, says attorney Gregg Goldfarb.
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Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.
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11th Circ. TCPA Ruling Signals Erosion Of Judicial Deference
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently came to the rescue of the lead generation industry, striking down new regulations that were set to go into effect on Jan. 27, a decision consistent with federal courts' recent willingness to review administrative decisions, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Opinion
Undoing An American Ideal Of Fairness
President Donald Trump’s orders attacking birthright citizenship, civil rights education, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten hard-won constitutional civil rights protections and decades of efforts to undo bias in the law — undermining what Chief Justice Earl Warren called "our American ideal of fairness," says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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How Ill. Ruling Could Influence Future Data Breach Cases
The Illinois Supreme Court's recent decision in Petta v. Christie Business Holding, which was based solely on standing, establishes an important benchmark for the viability of Illinois-based lawsuits arising out of data security incidents that defendants can cite in future cases, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.
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Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's Ƶ Shake-Up
Publications released by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau personnel in the last days of the Biden administration outline former Director Rohit Chopra's long-term vision for aggressive state-level enforcement of federal consumer financial laws, opening the doors for states to launch investigations and pursue actions, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.