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Womble Bond Dickinson

Serial TCPA Litigant Admonished by Court for Making Jurisdictional Allegations Without Factual Support

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The TCPA is a magnet for serial litigants. There are handful of individuals located in various states across the country who seem to account for an outsized share of TCPA filings, and who are sometimes known to resort to...more

Carlton Fields

When Is a Defense “Available”? Avoiding Waiver by Being Bold When Asserting Defenses

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It is well known that, at least in the federal system and Florida, a defendant who fails to raise lack of personal jurisdiction in a pre-answer motion to dismiss waives that defense. But there is an exception to this rule: If...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Back to Basics: Long-Arm Statute 101

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Reflecting on your first year of law school, you begrudgingly remember learning about personal jurisdiction and the long-arm statute. As a commercial litigator, one of your first questions in representing a defendant should...more

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Can The Manager of a Florida LLC Represent the Corporation in Litigation?

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If she or he is not a lawyer, no. David Boggs, LLC and Mac Mar, LLC sued Matthew Soltis and his company My Affordable Roof, LLC for trademark infringement concerning the mark “MY AFFORDABLE ROOF.” Soltis appears to have...more

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