I recently learned of Eli Lilly & Co.’s (“Lilly”) recent lawsuit against FDA from Nicole DeFeudis, who interviewed me for her Endpoints News story about the case. Lilly’s lawsuit, filed in September 2024 in the Southern District…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On December 17, 2024, the FDA published five (5) warning letters previously issued to makers of knockoff GLP-1 drugs. Four of the five warning letters were to companies (specifically, Xcel Research, Prime Vitality, Summit…
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Author’s Note: This is an updated version of the post to our blog dated October 30, 2024. Later that day, FDA announced the resolution of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide shortage, which altered the conclusion of our original post and…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Health, Intellectual Property
Florida’s Second district court of appeal recently issued another opinion in the long line of decisions to determine the gatekeeping question of arbitration under the Revised Florida Arbitration Code, §§ 682.01, Fla. Stat., et…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
In close succession, the Supreme Court of the United States recently decided two short but meaningful cases that arbitration litigants must keep in mind: Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski, 144 S.Ct. 1186 (May 23, 2024) and Smith v…
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The Corporate Transparency Act became law in the United States on January 1, 2021 and required compliance beginning on January 1, 2024. For more information about the background of the statute, please read our prior articles…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Specificity seldom hurts in litigation. It is indispensable if you want to prevent an arbitrator from arbitrating something you think a court should adjudicate instead. But although you may be right about the non-arbitrability…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
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…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
In AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Rigney, 3D21-2261 (Fla. 3d DCA Sept. 6, 2023), Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal reviewed the denial of two motions for sanctions under section 57.105, Florida Statutes. In its ruling, the Court…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law
On August 4, 2023, in Cedant v. United States, No. 21-12661, –F.4th–, 2023 WL 4986402 (11th Cir. August 4, 2023), the Eleventh Circuit clarified who must provide expert reports under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B). More…
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/ Civil Procedure
On August 9, 2023, in Preston v. The Estate of Romanoff, No. 4D23-282 (Fla. 4th DCA August 9, 2023), Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal granted a petition for writ of certiorari and quashed the trial court’s order denying…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Personal Injury
Current state of affairs -
Even before Hurricane Ian made landfall and devastated southwest Florida in September 2022, six property & casualty insurers had voluntarily declared themselves insolvent and allowed the State to…
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/ Bankruptcy, Finance & Banking, Insurance
On March 24, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed into law House Bill 837, a comprehensive bill aimed at creating significant tort reform that has the potential to fundamentally alter civil litigation in Florida. HB 837 shortened the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Torts, Toxic Torts
On September 29, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) promulgated its much-anticipated Final Rule implementing the beneficial ownership reporting scheme mandated by the Corporate Transparency Act. FinCEN’s…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
A sometimes-overlooked factor in unjust enrichment claims is that the claimant must directly confer a benefit on the defendant—not indirectly, not effectively, not practically, but directly. The Florida Supreme Court made this…
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