News & Analysis as of

Article III Florida

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 9-13, 2024

Carlton Fields on

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee - Sexton v. State - capital case, direct appeal - In re Fla R Mediators - amended rules - In re Fla R Juv P - amended rules...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 2-6, 2024

Carlton Fields on

USA v. Wall - competency, RICO, trafficking, evidence, instructions, sentencing... Steines v. Westgate Palace - arbitration, Military Lending Act... USA v. Deleon - sentencing, physically restrained... USA v....more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 26-30, 2024

Carlton Fields on

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals USA v. Schwarzbaum - IRS, penalties ECB v. Chubb - insurance, policy interpretation, financial institution Boyd v. DOC - postconviction relief Eknes-Tucker v. Ala Gov - en...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 19-23, 2024

Carlton Fields on

Lange v. Houston Cnty - en banc vote vacating this decision, health insurance, gender - Calderon v. Sixt - car rental, contract breach, FDUTPA - USA v. Bell - mail fraud, wire fraud, false statements, evidence,...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 12-16, 2024

Carlton Fields on

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Lange v. Houston Cnty - en banc vote vacating this decision, health insurance, gender - Calderon v. Sixt - car rental, contract breach, FDUTPA - USA v. Bell - mail fraud, wire...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 5-9, 2024

Carlton Fields on

Commodities & Min v. CVG - arbitration confirmation - USA v. Bush - escape, instructions, mens rea - AW v. Coweta Cnty Sch Dist - ADA, Title II, emotional distress damages - USA v. Munoz - denaturalization, estoppel - ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Eleventh Circuit Doubles Down on Drazen II, Applies It to FTSA

A single text is sufficient to establish standing for purposes of the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in an unpublished per curiam opinion, doubling down on...more

Carlton Fields

Robocalling into Florida: A Dicey Gamble in an Evolving Legal Landscape

Carlton Fields on

No one likes receiving telemarketing calls or text messages from strangers. That’s one reason Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act more than 30 years ago. Initially designed, in part, to combat the scourge...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Eleventh Circuit Overturns Salcedo, Holding that One Text is Sufficient for TCPA Standing

In a unanimous en banc decision, the Eleventh Circuit recently held that “a single unwanted, illegal telemarketing text message” is sufficient to allege a concrete injury under the TCPA. Drazen v Pinto, No. 21-10199, 2023 WL...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Florida District Courts Increasingly Staying FTSA Cases as 11th Circuit Threatens to Overturn Salcedo

Plaintiffs’ attempts to keep FTSA cases venued in Florida state courts are being upended by the Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision to revisit en banc its Article III standing precedent in single-text message cases....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Florida Court Finds One Unwanted Text Message Does Not Cause Concrete Harm, Remands FTSA Case to State Court

In Weitz v. Genting New World LLC, No. 1:22-cv-23209-BLOOM, 2023 WL 2328365, at *1 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 2, 2023), Plaintiff Brandon Weitz brought suit against Defendant Genting New World LLC on behalf of himself and a putative...more

Shipkevich PLLC

Florida Middle District Court Finds Receiving Pre-Recorded Voice Messages Insufficient Basis for Standing to Bring Class Action...

Shipkevich PLLC on

On November 2, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida held, sua sponte, that a plaintiff did not have standing to bring a class action suit alleging a TCPA violation. The February 9, 2022 complaint...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

S.D. Fla. Court Remands Case to State Court, Finding No Article III Injury

The Southern District of Florida recently remanded a case back to state court because the defendant that removed the case failed to establish that plaintiff suffered an Article III injury. Harris v. Travel Resorts of America,...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending December 6, 2019

Carlton Fields on

Real Property Update - Due Process: Trial court violated developer’s due process rights by considering and ruling upon developer’s motion to quash service of process, which was not set for hearing, despite developer’s...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Florida Zoning Appeals Law: Miami Beach “Ban” on Short-Term Rentals Ruled Illegal

Bilzin Sumberg on

In recent years, online platforms like Airbnb and HomeAway have made it easier for property owners to enter into the short-term rental market, which allows property owners to generate supplemental income and defray the cost...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending September 13, 2019

Carlton Fields on

Real Property Update - Lost Note / Standing: differences in initial plaintiff's name in initial complaint and chain of assignments attached to amended complaint cast doubt on plaintiff's standing to enforce lost note and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Narrows the Definition of Borrower Under RESPA

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) promulgated a number of mortgage servicing rules, including rules governing loss mitigation procedures. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs

Womble Bond Dickinson on

State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs - Today, many universities own extensive patent portfolios that are managed by sophisticated tech transfer offices. Universities obtain these patents for many reasons, not the...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending January 6, 2017

Carlton Fields on

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure – Involuntary Dismissal: although lender’s witnesses failed to explain lender’s loan payment history statement, the statement reflected the principal amount due and had been admitted...more

19 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide