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4 South Florida Judges Lose Their Seats: Roundup of 2022 South Florida Election Results

Four judges lost their seats in Tuesday's election.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

'The Wrong Guy to Mess With': Ex-Miami-Dade Judge, Opposing Counsel Face Ethics Complaints

"I am about to drive to Orlando in my $100,000 car with a woman 20 years younger than me that has the body of an Instagram model," Kenneth Leigh Jr., a partner at Kenny Leigh & Associates, retorted to opposing counsel.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Shades of Mass': Black Attorneys Push for More Active Role in MDL Leadership

Black attorneys hope to foster more diversity and meaningful participation in MDL leadership committees by launching a new interest group focused on educating diverse attorneys about mass torts.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Southeast Takeaways: 'Go Try Cases': How Judicial Diversity Can Be Attained by Diversifying Law Practices

"I think it's human nature for people to congregate with those who are like them in so many ways, but I think in order to be in contention [for a judgeship], people have to know you beyond your comfort zones," Georgia Supreme Court Justice Verda Colvin said. "So you have to be willing to expand your circle and even be willing to include people in your own circle who you may disagree with in so many different ways.
7 minute read

Law.com

11th Circuit Upholds State's Grand Jury Secrecy Law as Constitutional

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled that Alabama's grand jury secrecy rule is constitutional, drawing a distinction between the instant case and the U.S. Supreme Court's 1990 decision in "Butterworth v. Smith."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Courts Should Not Sanctify 3M's Bankruptcy Ploy

There is a name for 3M's recent litigation strategy: forum shopping. The law disfavors forum shopping, and the courts—in bankruptcy or otherwise—should do nothing to encourage it.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

What's Next In the Legal Challenges to Gov. DeSantis's Signature 'Stop WOKE Act'

"I have clients on both sides of the question," said David Miller, a past chair of the City, County, and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar. "The best advice I can give my employers is to sit back and let the dust settle."
4 minute read

Law.com

Fish Saves Infant Nutrition Patents From a Premature Death + Cisco and Desmarais Block Bid for $371 Million on Virtualization Patent

A generic competitor called Exela Pharma Sciences' patents on intravenous cysteine hydrochloride frivolous. Judge Maryellen Noreika called them valid and infringed.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Pearson Compliance Chief Takes Legal Reins at Georgia Tech

Danette Joslyn-Gaul is taking the legal reins at one of the nation's top engineering schools after holding a range of prominent posts in the public and private sector.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hurricane Recovery Starts Before the Storm

For small businesses, hurricane preparedness plans can be the difference not only between safe and unsafe employees, but of the ability to continue or reestablish business operations
6 minute read

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