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The Florida Supreme Court has adopted several amendments to the Rules of Appellate Procedure that will affect appellate practitioners across the state. The amendments, which take effect on September 1, 2026, are intended to...more
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It is not unusual for a party in commercial litigation to want a sealing order, particularly when commercially or competitively sensitive information is going to be produced....more
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Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I am counsel in a case involving a web of corporate parties on each side. I now have information that our judge’s adult children own a substantial interest in a two of the parties. I do not know whether...more
If you were hurt in an accident in New Jersey and the other party is claiming that you might share some of the blame, your ability to recover compensation is not necessarily lost. New Jersey follows a modified comparative...more
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Over the past three decades, anti-SLAPP statutes have become a familiar part of the litigator’s toolkit. When a lawsuit targets speech or petitioning activity, many lawyers instinctively reach for statutory anti-SLAPP...more
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The Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit, represented by the U.S. Solicitor General, recently filed its Respondents’ Brief in Opposition to Judge Pauline Newman’s Petition for Certiorari. While the brief followed its...more
At the beginning of June, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (representing Judge Paulene Newman) filed the Judge’s Reply Brief to the Federal Circuit Judicial Council’s Opposition to her Petition for Certiorari*. The brief...more
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