Florida Supreme Court set a new standard Thursday for out-of-court speech by attorneys and suggested that telling people an opposing party used prostitutes to get business may cross the line.

In a Broward County case that ended in a 4-3 split decision, the Supreme Court examined a lawsuit where the owner of Donovan Marine Inc. accused a competitor, Daniel Delmonico of MYD Marine Distributor Inc., of hiring prostitutes to attract new business clients.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]