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June 24, 2025
Connecticut AG Seeks $7.7M Penalty For Ghost Gun Supplier
A supplier of ghost gun parts that promised customers "extreme discretion" should pay nearly $7.7 million in penalties to Connecticut for continuous violations of the state's unfair trade practices law, the attorney general's office told a state court Tuesday.
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June 24, 2025
Scottsdale Insurance Ends Coverage Fight Over Mall Shooting
Scottsdale Insurance Co. informed a Florida federal judge on Tuesday it has settled its suit seeking an order that it doesn't owe coverage to the owner of a shopping plaza hit with a $1 million personal injury suit brought by a man who was shot in the plaza parking lot.
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June 24, 2025
Reinsurer Gets Short Prison Stint In Ecuadorian Bribery Case
A Florida federal judge sentenced a reinsurance manager to 10 months of time served in prison for his role in a $3 million Ecuadorian bribery scheme following a hearing in Miami court on Tuesday, potentially allowing him to leave the country to reunite with his family in South America.
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June 24, 2025
Driver Must Serve Prison Time In DUI Case, Fla. Panel Rules
A Florida appellate panel ruled that a driver convicted in the drunken driving-related death of a motorcyclist must serve the minimum time of four years in prison, saying the lower court didn't have the authority to suspend the mandatory sentence for a DUI manslaughter charge.
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June 24, 2025
Gaming Co. Asks 11th Circ. To Uphold Malpractice Coverage
A gaming company and a law firm asked the Eleventh Circuit to reject an insurer's bid to avoid representing the firm in a malpractice case, arguing that if at least one claim in an underlying complaint was covered, the insurer couldn't apply a misappropriation exclusion.
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June 24, 2025
Pitcher's Widow Keeps Up Fight For Benefits From MLB Plan
The widow of a former Cincinnati Reds pitcher is pushing to keep her lawsuit against Major League Baseball's pension plan alive, urging a Florida federal judge to preserve her legal fight for surviving spouse benefits in the face of the plan's motion to dismiss.
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June 24, 2025
Ex-DOJ Atty Joins Holland & Knight's Fla. Litigation Team
Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that it has expanded its North Florida litigation practice group with the addition of a former trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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June 23, 2025
Florida Judge Denies Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Fee Suit
A Florida state court judge on Monday denied a bid to disqualify Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in a lawsuit brought by pharmaceutical mass tort companies to block their former counsel from collecting fees after he was dismissed for alleged insufficient representation.
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June 23, 2025
Trump Media Authorizes $400M Share Repurchase
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., the owner of President Donald Trump's social media platform, said Monday it has authorized buying back up to $400 million of its shares, marking the company's latest cash management strategy.
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June 23, 2025
Taft Expands Fla. Footprint With Private Client Duo In Naples
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Monday that it is expanding in Naples, Florida, with a pair of new private client partners, just ahead of a June 30 merger that will grow the firm in West Palm Beach and Stuart.
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June 23, 2025
Morgan & Morgan Adds Ex-Federal Prosecutor To Miami Office
Morgan & Morgan has added a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida to handle automobile injury cases in its Miami office.
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June 23, 2025
Justices Nix $23M Venezuela Chemical Co. Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Venezuelan state-owned petrochemicals company's petition challenging the enforcement of a $23 million debt owed to a Florida chemical wholesaler, a case that sought clarity on which party has the burden of proving whether sovereign immunity applies.
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June 20, 2025
'Absolutely Disgusting': Litigant's Stashed Gum Irks Judge
A Florida federal judge admonished a plaintiff for sticking her chewed gum to a courtroom table, leading to a federal prosecutor getting the gum stuck to her skirt later, calling it "absolutely disgusting" and saying he "never dreamed" he would have to "write an order like this."
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June 20, 2025
Legal And Finance Influencer To Settle Over FTX Promotion
Attorney and personal finance influencer Erika Kullberg and the talent agency she founded have reached a deal with FTX investors over their alleged roles promoting the now-collapsed crypto exchange.
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June 20, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Senior Living, Data Centers, CEQA
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into a senior housing surge, data center construction, and the Golden State's latest efforts to spur housing construction without upsetting the California Environmental Quality Act.
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June 20, 2025
Fla. Panel Reverses Life Sentence In Carjacking Case
A Florida appellate court reversed a life sentence for a man convicted of felony battery and carjacking, saying the lower court wrongly believed it didn't have the discretion to impose a lighter punishment.
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June 20, 2025
Fla. Bill Aims To Boost Employer Noncompete Power
The Florida Legislature continued in its efforts to make the Sunshine State attractive to businesses with a bill this past session that would create one of the most employer-friendly noncompete statutory frameworks in the country.
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June 20, 2025
Texas Jury To Decide Google Ad Tech Liability, Not Damages
A Texas federal judge is giving Google only partial reprieve from facing a jury on state attorneys general claims targeting its advertising placement technology business, leaving liability under federal antitrust law and any damages up to the court, while letting most state law claims go to the jury.
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June 20, 2025
Atty Interaction Prompts Recusal In Google AI Suicide Suit
A Florida federal judge and former Gunster shareholder has recused himself from a suit accusing Character.AI and Google of causing the suicide of a teen who was addicted to an artificial intelligence chatbot, after a Munger Tolles & Olson LLP attorney said he discussed the case with the then-attorney last year.
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June 20, 2025
Florida Judge Barred From Keeping Police Credentials
Florida's judicial ethics watchdog said a sitting judge who was formerly a police officer in the same county in which the judge presides may not recertify law enforcement credentials, saying it could affect the judge's impartiality.
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June 20, 2025
Pearson Warshaw, Fegan Scott To Steer PVC Antitrust Class
Pearson Warshaw LLP and Fegan Scott LLC have been tapped as lead counsel for a new class of end-user plaintiffs in consolidated litigation accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe companies of using a commodity pricing service to exchange information and illegally fix prices.
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June 20, 2025
Boies Schiller Fights DQ Bid In Law Firms' Fee Dispute
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP pushed back on a bid to disqualify the firm in a Florida state court case between pharmaceutical mass tort firms and their former counsel, in which Boies Schiller is both representing itself as a defendant and its co-defendants, arguing there is no conflict because all their defenses are the same.
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June 20, 2025
Justices Say ADA Doesn't Cover Retirees Who Can't Work
The U.S. Supreme Court held on June 20 that a former firefighter with Parkinson's disease can't bring an Americans with Disabilities Act case over a rollback in her post-employment health benefits, reasoning that the law covers only those who can still fulfill their job duties.
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June 18, 2025
11th Circ. Gives Longshoreman Another Shot At Crash Suit
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday revived a Georgia longshoreman's suit over his being hit by another worker's truck at the Port of Savannah, ruling that contrary to a district court's finding, it was "anything but" certain that the driver hadn't been on the clock at the time of the crash.
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June 18, 2025
Punitive Damages Allowed In Mother's Hotel Fire Death Suit
A Florida state appeals court on Wednesday allowed a mother to amend her complaint to seek punitive damages against a hotel over her blind adult son's death in a fire, finding her evidence proffer is sufficient to support the claim.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ 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.
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Opinion
Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.
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2 Anti-Kickback Developments Hold Lessons For Biopharma
The U.S. Department of Justice's Anti-Kickback Statute settlement with QOL Medical and a favorable advisory opinion from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provide a study in contrasts, but there are tips for biopharma manufacturers trying to navigate the vast compliance space between them, says Mary Kohler at Kohler Health Law.
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In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.
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ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Message To States Takes On New Weight Under Trump
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's January guidance to state enforcers has fresh significance as the Trump administration moves to freeze the bureau's work, and industry should expect states to use this series of recommendations as an enforcement road map, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.
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Series
Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.
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Opinion
New DOJ Leaders Should Curb Ill-Conceived Prosecutions
First-of-their-kind cases have seemingly led to a string of overly aggressive prosecutions in recent years, so newly sworn-in leaders of the U.S. Department of Justice should consider creating reporting channels to stop unwise prosecutions before they snowball, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Opinion
Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
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Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.