JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced a settlement agreement with the Okaloosa County School District in Florida for the school district’s treatment of students with disabilities. Finally, the agreement authorizes the DOJ to initiate civil proceedings against the school district for violations of the contract.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A legislative panel will review a plan to mobilize members of the Florida National Guard to assist at jails next week as the state continues to struggle with a lack of correctional officers, according to a document released on Friday, CBS News reports.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2023

Murillo was convicted of corruption and conspiracy to launder bribes in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In October 2022, Murillo pleaded guilty to accepting at least $532,000 in bribes from a Florida-based company in exchange for assisting the company in securing a $5.6

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The four men were later indicted by a Florida grand jury, along with seven others who had already been arrested, and subsequently attended their initial appearances in a Miami federal court. The assassination was allegedly planned in south Florida with the end goal of replacing Moïse.

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Above The Law

APRIL 28, 2022

The post Harvard Law’s Ron DeSantis Flunks Disney’s Contract Issue Spotter appeared first on Above the Law. I guess Mickey went to Yale.

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2024

A US federal judge in Florida ruled on Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) impending ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts is likely unlawful and enjoined it.

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Law 360

JUNE 17, 2024

urged a Florida federal court Friday to throw out breach of contract counterclaims from fellow defense contractor Moog Inc., L3Harris Technologies Inc. which it has accused of failing to timely deliver critical satellite parts under several subcontracts worth $77.9

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Law 360

JUNE 3, 2021

has settled its $7 million contract dispute with a chain of Florida pharmacies, ending 13 related cases for an undisclosed amount. Texas-based pharmaceutical supplier McKesson Corp.

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LegalReader

MAY 6, 2022

Florida also has no laws regarding meals and breaks.

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Above The Law

MARCH 2, 2022

New Florida law makes panhandling a fineable offense. Deep rooted: Idaho wants to use contract to make sure that its Med students actually practice there once they earn their honorifics. . * Not enough of a good thing: a spike in need for legal help fighting evictions is hurting legal services. [ The Real Deal ]. *

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LawSites

JULY 8, 2021

Oscar Draughn , a fellow from Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University College of Law, who received a fellowship to create a database of pro se litigant resources in Florida via a digital app with step-by-step tutorials. . A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

In 2018, then 67-year-old Lynn Hamlet was incarcerated in the Martin Correctional Institution, a state prison in southern Florida. A federal district court in Florida ruled for Hoxie. The post Florida man contests qualified immunity after infection from forced exposure to human feces appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an engineering consulting firm is liable to telecommunications company Lumen Technologies for damages caused by a subcontractor's faulty structural analysis, but said she couldn't yet rule on whether Florida law and a two-year statute of limitation barred Lumen's claims against the firm.

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Law 360

AUGUST 3, 2023

A Florida federal judge on Thursday blocked a request by former customers of FTX to see the contracts signed by celebrity promoters of the failed crypto exchange, pausing discovery in the case until at least September after celebrities complained about the burdensome and costly demands being placed on them.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A federal jury in Washington state found the Florida-based GEO Group, one of the largest private prison providers in the country and operator of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma since 2005, took excessive profits by paying immigrant detainees below the federal minimum wage.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Synopsis: An attorney may withdraw from representation, with the permission of the Immigration Court, based on fear of contracting COVID-19 as a result of in-person appearances in the proceeding, where such fear renders it difficult for the attorney to carry out the representation effectively. Issues addressed: Working out of state.

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Law 360

APRIL 16, 2025

A Florida bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said he would approve judgments ordering a realty company sued over predatory listing contracts that effectively acted as liens on homes to pay more than $800,000 in Chapter 11 fees, including to attorneys representing homeowners allegedly duped into signing the agreements.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2023

Ripple Labs is whether or not XRP can be defined as a traditional “investment contract.” To determine if a financial instrument qualifies as an investment contract and thus a security, both regulators and those in the crypto industry look to the precedent established in the1946 landmark Supreme Court case SEC v. Howey Co. .

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Law 360

MARCH 17, 2025

has fended off a megaclaim over a supply contract for personal protective equipment asserted by a Florida medical supply company that sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. A company with corporate ties to Chinese electric vehicle company BYD Co.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Share A pair of challenges to controversial social media laws in Texas and Florida and a dispute over whether to freeze the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to reduce ozone levels across the United States headline the Supreme Court’s February 2024 argument calendar , which was released on Friday morning. Paxton and Moody v. Suski (Feb.

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Law 360

JULY 17, 2024

A Florida-based hedge fund that invested in a blank-check company that took battery company Solidion Technology Inc. public has sued for breach of contract in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging the company is refusing to issue more than 9.54 million shares of stock that are due under pre-merger agreements.

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LegalReader

JUNE 24, 2022

If you decide to hire someone to manage your business, their responsibilities as well as their rights need to be clearly specified.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 15, 2022

States with the highest employment levels were Florida, California, Texas, New York, and Illinois, with annual wages ranging from $52,100 to $60,390. She moved into the medical malpractice arena, where she loved the marriage of medicine and law and continues as a contract paralegal for a sole practitioner.

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Patently O

AUGUST 11, 2022

We’re not hiring in IP this year, but are looking to hire several candidates folks — primarily focusing on the areas of Criminal Law/Procedure; Evidence; Constitutional Law courses (including First Amendment); Contracts; Dispute Resolution; and Veterans benefits (clinic).

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2024

Department of Justice cuts a nine-figure deal for botching its sexual abuse investigation of disgraced USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar, college football legend Reggie Bush plows ahead with an NCAA defamation suit despite reclaiming his Heisman trophy, and Florida sues the ACC to detail its lucrative media rights contracts.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The board that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to regulate Walt Disney World Resort's growth accepted Disney's proposal Thursday to limit its federal lawsuit against the governor to a free speech claim, leaving a dispute over a development agreement to be resolved in state court.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

MARCH 7, 2022

Dua Lipa was hit with a lawsuit that argues that her single “Levitating” borrows Florida-based reggae act Artikal Sound System track “Live Your Life.” ” The lawsuit claims that Lipa heavily borrowed from their song, which they released four years ago in 2017.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny is suing a South Florida artisanal beer company, Unbranded Brewing Company, for illegally using his name, image, and likeness to market one of its brews, San Benito. Bad Bunny claims this is a play on his real name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, under which he goes by as a producer. […].

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 1, 2015

But what do the settlement and Florida decision mean for other users of these recordings? In fact, the Florida decision cites the uncertainty of the parameters of a common law performance right as one of its reasons for determining that, at least in Florida, there is no performance right in pre-1972 sound recordings.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The question presented was whether, under federal admiralty law, a choice-of-law clause in a maritime contract can be rendered unenforceable if enforcement is contrary to the “strong public policy” of the U.S. It held that choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable as a matter of federal maritime law.

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Law 360

AUGUST 4, 2021

A Miami businessman was arrested in Florida and charged Wednesday with bribing Venezuelan officials in exchange for $250 million worth of contracts from state-controlled energy company Petróleos de Venezuela SA and state-controlled food company Corporación de Abastecimiento y Servicios Agrícola, or CASA.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A Colorado federal judge Wednesday sentenced a former general counsel to 22 months in prison for offering a Florida airport official a cut of profits in exchange for a $20 million contract, agreeing not to impose a maximum five-year term after prosecutors cited his "extraordinary" work in other corruption probes.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 11, 2022

whose lead product is Bang energy drink, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Florida, citing legal proceedings related to its distribution contract with PepsiCo. Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., and a court battle with rival Monster Beverage Corp. in which it was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 24, 2022

Fourteen years later, the man who was hired as a fluke will be at the Supreme Court, contesting the school district’s decision not to renew his contract because of his post-game prayers at the 50-yard line. From 2008 until 2015, Kennedy worked as a part-time coach for the school district, on a year-to-year contract. 23 and Oct.

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Law 360

JUNE 17, 2022

A Florida federal judge has dismissed two claims but allowed a breach of contract claim to move forward in a lawsuit that insurer AIG is pressing against Accellion Inc. to recover the more than $1 million it spent covering a university that was swept up in a cyberattack that hit the software vendor last year.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

But as a statistical matter , four-time relist City of Ocala, Florida v. Returning Relists City of Ocala, Florida v. All of the other cases will be back again at this Friday’s conference, so there is hope for them yet. Tune in Monday at 9:30 a.m. EST to see if the court adds to the cases that will be argued next term. 17 and Feb.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In Florida, a laboratory owner saw the pandemic as an opportunity to bill the government and Medicare for unnecessary genetic testing, knowing that under the unprecedented times, Medicare expanded telehealth services during the Public Health Emergency which allowed for many medical orders to go unchecked. .

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