https://www.law360.com/florida?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Florida Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 22:00:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333090 A Florida appellate panel ruled in favor of a condominium association in a lawsuit over a noise dispute between a family caring for their autistic son and a neighbor, finding no evidence that the family faced discrimination in violation of housing laws. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:18:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332716?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332716 A Florida appeals court Wednesday reversed a default judgment against a show horse owner in a dispute with investors, ruling that the court jumped the gun on the judgment after learning the owner faked brain cancer treatment to get preferred hearing dates. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:51:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333111?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333111 A Florida state appeals court upheld the dismissal of a condo's Hurricane Irma damage lawsuit against a Florida entity created to handle the claims for insolvent insurers, finding it was time-barred. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:43:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333310 The Eleventh Circuit held Thursday that a couple's lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over injuries allegedly caused by a pelvic mesh device made by the company's med-tech unit was filed too late despite evidence that the woman's doctors had expressed uncertainty for years about whether the mesh was causing her pain. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:25:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332580 Publix Super Markets Inc. can't slip opioid-related claims from nine municipalities in which the supermarket chain alleges it has no pharmacies, an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling national opioid litigation ruled. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:25:02 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333037?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333037 Wells Fargo has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Hertz's appeal of a Third Circuit ruling that the car rental giant owes $272 million in make-whole payments and interest to noteholders following a Chapter 11 case it launched in 2020. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:51:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2331951?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2331951 A Florida federal judge tossed a lawsuit against Miami over the arrest of comedian Hannibal Buress in 2017, saying it originally misunderstood the city's arguments and that granting its motion to reconsider "would prevent manifest injustice." Thu, 01 May 2025 17:40:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332736?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332736 A Florida entrepreneur challenging Rhode Island's cannabis regulatory scheme said a judge's basis for dismissing the action no longer applies now that the state has published its rules, and has asked the First Circuit to remand the case to district court. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:34:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2331093?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2331093 Tax crimes are historically difficult to prosecute, but the Internal Revenue Services’ recent agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to share taxpayer records of non-U.S. citizens could be used to enhance payroll tax-related enforcement against their employers, say attorneys at Holland & Knight. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:53:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333174?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333174 The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a recommendation by an ethics watchdog that a state judge should only be reprimanded and fined for improper campaign donations and discussions about her own reelection campaign, saying she should also get a 10-day suspension. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:26:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2333081 Hogan Lovells announced Thursday that it has expanded the capabilities of its infrastructure, energy, resources and projects practice with the addition of two attorneys from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Miami. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:18:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332764?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332764 A company that claims to own various Frida Kahlo trademarks urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to revive its lawsuit against Kahlo's family over cease-and-desist letters the family sent to partners in exhibitions of the Mexican artist's work that the company says interfered with its business. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:08:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332715?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332715 The Eleventh Circuit said a Georgia-based tobacco importer will remain on the hook for a $1.1 million verdict for selling counterfeit rolling papers, rejecting the company's arguments that the Lanham Act damages levied against it needed to bear close relation to the actual damages suffered by the papers' manufacturer. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:55:56 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332687?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332687 A Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission panel has "reluctantly, but of necessity" recommended the removal of a Florida judge found to have made inappropriate comments about abortion amid an election campaign, stating that the judge showed a lack of remorse for her actions in testimony before the panel. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:23:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332501 A Venezuelan state-owned petrochemicals company is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify which party has the burden of proving whether sovereign immunity applies in litigation targeting foreign countries, as it looks to dodge litigation to enforce a $23 million debt owed to a Florida chemical wholesaler. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:43:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332058?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332058 The grandson of a Boar's Head Provision Company founder urged the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to reverse a ruling that barred his counterclaim challenging transfers of shares to a relative, saying the lower court still needed to determine whether the transaction complied with restrictions. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:13:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2309848?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2309848 The U.S. Department of Justice told the 11th Circuit on Wednesday that a Florida federal judge was wrong to rule that the provision of the False Claims Act that lets whistleblowers bring suits on the government's behalf was unconstitutional, arguing that the judge erred in saying whistleblowers were an unappointed part of the federal workforce. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:41:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332553?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332553 The former mother-in-law of slain Florida law professor Dan Markel asked Wednesday to delay her trial on charges she helped orchestrate his murder, citing copious discovery produced in recent weeks by the prosecution. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:16:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2332577 A South Carolina federal judge has thrown out a suit from American Serleep seeking a declaration that it never infringed any trademark of rival Purple Innovation, saying the Palmetto State isn't the right place for the case.