By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida | March 1, 2023
Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual 60-day legislative session. Here are 10 big issues to watch.
By Eric Bardwell and Carsten Hoffmann | February 28, 2023
"Whether you are the planner or the valuation expert, it is prudent to have a firm understanding of this new law, the protections it affords to your clients and the potential impact on value, and therefore planning opportunities," according to Eric Bardwell of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell and Carsten Hoffmann of Stout.
By Colleen Murphy | February 28, 2023
"But it goes without saying that the inquiries necessary to develop or resolve the jurisdictional dispute should precede discovery into areas irrelevant to that undertaking," stated the per curiam opinion. "Not only is a nonresident entitled to an expeditious disposition of a jurisdictional defense before being compelled to provide merits-based discovery, but the forum also has an interest in not having its resources expended or burdened by matters that should be litigated elsewhere."
By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2023
"For a circuit of my size, it has been an extreme cost of resources and manpower that quite frankly has probably put the people of my circuit at a disadvantage," said a district attorney in the region.
By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2023
Under the measure, lawyers could be punished for failing to accurately disclose their legal services, abilities, practice areas, scope of work, success rate, claims, case management and oversight or fees.
By David A. Kaiser and David A. Carrillo | February 28, 2023
If the U.S. Supreme Court abrogates Obergefell, as it did Roe, then the now-dormant Proposition 8 text in the California constitution will once again ban same-sex marriage in California, according to David Kaiser and David Carrillo of the California Constitution Center.
By Lisa Willis | February 28, 2023
"We don't use the word 'accident' because these things are preventable," said Stuart Ratzan, a South Florida attorney.
By Brian Lee | February 27, 2023
A Long Island lawyer said Long Island, said the reduction to .05 would cast the net wide enough so as to prosecute a person for driving after consuming a small amount of alcohol that did not impair his or her ability to drive.
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida. | February 27, 2023
The plan (HB 837) comes after years of business groups calling Florida a "judicial hellhole" because of the frequency and costs of lawsuits.
By Colleen Murphy | February 24, 2023
The Colorado Court of Appeals held that, in order to recover losses caused by a drunken driver, the state's Dram Shop Act requires there be a connection between the alcohol sold and the intoxication of the purchaser.
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