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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Sweeping Changes to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

The Florida Supreme Court recently approved significant amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. ...more

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Sixth District Court of Appeal Limits Officers’ Authority to Investigate DUI Offenses

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On June 14, 2024, the Sixth DCA limited an officer’s authority to conduct DUI investigations that extend into other jurisdictions, and in doing so, has created a conflict with existing Florida law. In State v. Repple, the...more

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Florida Magistrate Judge Rules Against Florida’s Efforts to Prohibit CMS from Enforcing an Informational Bulletin on Health...

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On January 29, 2023, a Florida Magistrate Judge recommended denying the State of Florida’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and granting CMS’s Motion to Dismiss in connection with the implementation and enforcement of its...more

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Florida Litigation Update: Third DCA Clarifies When Joint Proposals for Settlement Are Ambiguous and Addresses the Interplay...

Florida litigators are well aware of the power of a properly used proposal for settlement and the potentially devastating consequences of rejecting such a proposal. Such proposals are powerful tools designed to facilitate...more

Chartwell Law

The Chartwell Chronicles: Florida Workers' Compensation

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In Episode 25 of The Chartwell Chronicles, host Colin Davis is joined by special guest Thomas Marchese from our Tallahassee, FL office. During this episode, Colin and Tom discuss Florida workers' compensation defense and...more

White & Case LLP

Florida Enacts the Digital Bill of Rights, Joining the Growing Privacy Landscape

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed Senate Bill 262 into law, adopting the "Digital Bill of Rights" proposed by his office in February. Florida joins the rapidly increasing group of states, California, Utah,...more

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Florida Passes Tort Reform Bill

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On Friday, March 24, 2023, Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, signed into law a tort reform bill, HB 837. The bill impacts, among other things, bad faith actions and attorney’s fee awards. Of particular importance to...more

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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

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2023 Statutory Update to Alaska and Florida Virtual Currency & Money Transmission Laws

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On January 1, 2023, updates to virtual currency and money transmission laws went into effect. Alaska: Alaska's money transmission regulations have been amended to include virtual currency in the scope of money...more

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Two Significant Changes Coming to Florida Courts on January 1, 2023

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What began in 2019 as part of a major overhaul of the Florida court system will come to a completion on January 1, 2023, with two significant changes coming to Florida courts...more

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Even Equity Has Limits: What a Reversal of Florida Fortunes for Former President Trump Means for Civil Litigants in Tennessee

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*A recent federal appeals court’s decision to reverse the stoppage of a criminal investigation in Florida has implications for civil litigants in Tennessee.* On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...more

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Florida Federal District Court: Florida Law Governs Property Insurance Disputes Involving Florida Real Property Owned by Florida...

Bucking a general consensus that had emerged over the last decade, a South Florida federal district court ruled recently that Florida law would govern a property insurance dispute involving Florida real property, even though...more

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Florida’s New Sixth District Court of Appeal Confirmed

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Florida has not added a District Court of Appeal (DCA) since 1979 when the legislature created the Fifth DCA, but Florida’s judicial branch, in coordination with the executive and legislative branches is now adding a Sixth...more

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Clean Water Act/Section 404: Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Challenge U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Delegation to...

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (“Miccosukee”) filed an August 4th Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the United States Environmental Protection Agency...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Floridians will soon experience swifter justice: Come January 1, 2023, Florida will get a Sixth District Court of Appeal

In an attempt to improve the judicial process, the Florida Supreme Court recommended in November 2021 the addition of a sixth district court of appeal. The court’s recommendation was the result of the work done by the...more

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Florida Car Accident Lawsuits: How to Apply the Brakes on Plaintiffs

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Looking for the Most Generous County - When a Canadian is sued in Florida, moving the case from the Florida state court system to the U.S. federal court system usually is a good move for the defense. But sometimes, making...more

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Changes to Circuit Court Appellate Jurisdiction

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In its last session, the Florida Legislature passed a law that changes the appellate jurisdiction of Florida’s circuit courts and District Courts of Appeal for certain types of cases. Codified here, the new rule went into...more

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Florida Legislature Makes Welcome Changes to Appellate Jurisdiction

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Effective January 1, 2021, circuit courts will no longer have jurisdiction over civil and criminal appeals from county courts. On June 20, 2020, Governor DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 1392, which, among other things,...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Major appellate jurisdictional shifts in Florida: the effects are yet to be determined

On June 20, 2020, the Florida governor signed into law Senate Bill 1392, which, among other things, divests circuit courts of jurisdiction over appeals from county court orders or judgments. Come January 1, 2021, Florida’s...more

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