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Lateral Movement Has Slowed Across the Board, Especially in Florida

With nationwide lateral movement down by 35% last year, South Florida saw a decrease of over 43% thanks to a correction period following post-pandemic highs, according to data from the National Association for Law Placement.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

What Not to Do: $43M Verdict Undone Over Hearsay

"Knowing that this testimony could evoke sympathy in the minds of the jurors, experienced trial lawyers used these improper and highly prejudicial statements to paint a detailed picture—one that graphically illustrated two independent, emotional conversations between a dying mother and her loving sons," Third District Court of Appeal Judge Monica Gordo held in the opinion.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Child Labor Probe Hammers Tennessee Factory, Highlighting Risks to Employers From Feds' Stepped-Up Enforcement

The Department of Labor fined Morristown, Tennessee-based Tuff Torq $296,951 and secured a court order requiring it to disgorge $1.5 million—a month of profits—after a January inspection found 10 illegally employed children as young as 14 subjected to "oppressive" conditions.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

After Mass Exodus, FisherBroyles Charts Plan for Rapid Growth

After revenue and profits grew in 2023, the firm wants to reach a goal to add enough new partners to exceed last year's head count of almost 300 lawyers, despite the mass exit in early 2024.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judges Weigh Appeal in Ruling to Affect Property Owners All Over State of Georgia

"I feel like I'm going to win the case, but can I get the Court of Appeals to say maybe this 'substantial or material interferences' [case law] is a slippery slope we might not want to keep sliding on?" said plaintiff-appellee counsel Michael Cummings.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

2 Lawyers Rise to Broward Bench: What to Expect from the New Judges

The lawyers provided advice to attorneys who will appear before them in court.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Intermediate Court Weighs State University Sovereign Immunity in Case Over Bar Fight

The Superior Court of Athens-Clarke County ruled Georgia's criminal self-defense provision required the University of Georgia to expressly incorporate language adopting the standards of self-defense applied in criminal cases. The state Board of Regents appealed.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

EEOC Files Discrimination Complaint Against Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead

Iriel Jones, a trial attorney with the commission, filed the civil rights complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of Jerrell McGirt against Iron Hill Brewery's Buckhead location, as well as the owners of the craft brewery and restaurant, which have 20 locations across Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Georgia.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'We Can't Tolerate That': Big Law Firm Sues Local Government

"They put their heads in the sand, they play favorites, and they retaliate against vendors, and we can't tolerate that with our city governments," said David Spector, a Holland & Knight partner.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

After Finding a Home in South Florida, Thanks to a Local Lawyer, This Ukrainian Family Still Faces an Uncertain Future

"If we ever make a decision to go back, that will be a decision to end everything that we have here and start a third life. I don't know a lot of people who would be willing to do that," said Dasha Shareyko Dagayeva, who—along with her mother—was welcomed into the U.S. by Meland Budwick partner James Moon.
5 minute read

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