LegalReader

JULY 7, 2021

While the standard statute of limitations for personal injury cases in Florida is four years, certain factors can extend the deadline or effectively pause the timer.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Monday that prohibits social media platforms from “willfully deplatforming a candidate” during an election, adding fuel to the conflict between Republicans and the tech industry. Violations can carry a fine of up to $250,000 per day.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday appeared skeptical of a pair of laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies control content posted on their sites. Both laws were passed in the wake of the Jan. Two trade groups representing social media platforms went to federal court to challenge the laws.

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Mondaq

JUNE 6, 2022

Much recent attention has been on Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis' signing of extensive property insurance law changes in Florida.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

On November 18, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a statute that severely limits private-sector employers from requiring that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. The brief unsigned order means that the state cannot apply the law anywhere in the state while a Florida restaurant’s challenge to the law continues.

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Law 360

MARCH 23, 2023

The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a sweeping tort reform bill that changes the comparative negligence standards for jury verdicts, cuts the statute of limitations for injury cases in half, and eliminates one-way attorney fees and fee multipliers for all lines of insurance, sending the bill to Gov.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 15, 2021

Arizonans currently are shielded from creditors on the first $150,000 of equity in homes they own and live in, thanks to a special provision in state law that’s designed to keep people from being thrown out on the streets. As laws change (they do all the time) your rights also change. – Diane L.

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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. The judge concluded that the relevant statute here, Section 6(g) of the FTC Act, “falls short” of doing so.

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Patently O

MAY 25, 2021

He authors a series linking law school canonical cases with intellectual property counterparts. In performing the personal jurisdiction analysis, the Middle District of Florida lays out the roadmap for the examination, indicating that the court will need to go through specific and general jurisdiction analyses. By Avery Welker.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 29, 2024

There is an interesting criminal case out of Florida in which FedEx driver Latavion Lewis was charged with grand theft, illegal dumping, and an organized scheme to defraud. FedEx received reports of packages strewn along roads and in the woods around Bonifay, Florida. ” Roughly44 packages were recovered as of December 21.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

Calling it a “ball of confusion,” the Ninth Circuit recently considered a case involving the music of the Turtles, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and whether royalties are owed under California copyright law for music dating prior to 1972. In doing so, the Ninth Circuit reviewed nearly 200 years of copyright law to reach its conclusion.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday sent a pair of challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies control content posted on their sites back to the lower courts for another look. Texas and Florida passed the laws at the center of the two cases in the wake of Jan.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2022

The Northern District Court of California Tuesday ruled that Major League Baseball (MLB) violated Arizona and Florida state minimum wage laws when not paying minor leaguers during spring training, instructional leagues, or extended spring training. Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C.

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Patently O

AUGUST 22, 2022

For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc. Bonito Boats centers on a Florida statute prohibiting copying of unpatented boat hulls via direct molding. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2021

Share The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that people convicted of certain low-level crack-cocaine offenses are not eligible for sentencing reductions under the First Step Act, a 2018 law that made some criminal-justice reforms retroactive. The law in question created three tiers. United States.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 14, 2022

Florida's new statute creates special liability protections and added insurance requirements for the quickly growing peer-to-peer car-sharing industry.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 13, 2022

Florida's new statute creates special liability protections and added insurance requirements for the quickly growing peer-to-peer car-sharing industry.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Juvenile Court jurisdiction should be based on a young person’s age at the time of their offense, replacing statutes in some states that kick a juvenile case up to adult criminal court when a person turns 18 during the course of court proceedings, according to a forthcoming essay in the Villanova Law Review. In Graham v.

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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. NetChoice LLC , on Feb.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

The Georgia Supreme Court this week issued a decision holding that the streaming of pre-1972 sound recordings by iHeart Media does not violate the state’s criminal statutes against the “transfer” of recorded sounds without the permission of the owner of the master recording.

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LettersBlogatory

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Cape Florida Seafood (S.D. The current text of the statute is not a great fit. Cape Florida Seafood appeared first on Folkman LLC. Letters Blogatory wishes its readers a happy Labor Day! The case of the day is Euclid Fish Co. I had the same reaction to US v. The post Case of the Day: Euclid Fish Co.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A New Jersey federal judge partly granted JPMorgan Chase Bank's bid to toss a tile company's lawsuit over the financial giant's alleged acceptance of $5 million in counterfeit checks drawn from its Valley National Bank account, reasoning that Florida law claims could stand but allegations under New York statutes could not.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

In a decision this week, the Florida Supreme Court rejected claims by Flo & Eddie (of the 1960s band the Turtles) that there was a common law public performance right in pre-1972 sound recordings in the state of Florida (the opinion is available here ). Could California decide differently?

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Gambling on tribal lands first came to prominence with a Seminole casino in Florida in the late 1970s. First, Section 105(f) grants Texas “civil and criminal jurisdiction within the boundaries of the reservation as if” Texas were subject to Public Law 280. The success of that facility led to proliferation of the business model.

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

But, the statute as written creates a slightly different test — asking what “reasonably could have raised during that inter partes review.” The statute charges the USPTO Director the role of instituting the IPR, although that duty had been delegated tot he PTAB. Christa Laser and her 2018 Florida Law Review article.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D.,

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Hoban Law Group

JUNE 8, 2021

These requirements are mandated by various laws and regulations and can be challenging to navigate. As you might suspect, these tips are not intended to be an exhaustive list, but rather provide a helpful starting point to ensure your labels are compliant with all applicable laws and regulations.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Prosecutors had argued that the claim was spurious on the grounds that the teenager’s decision to bring an AR-15 to the protest made him an “initial aggressor” under Wisconsin law. jurisprudence, according to a forthcoming Legal Studies Research Paper published under the auspices of George Washington University Law School.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The court’s October argument session will feature six arguments over five days, on topics ranging from federal sentencing laws to voting rights. United States , a case involving federal sentencing laws that – at least according to the defendant – turns on whether the word “and” in the federal law at issue means “and” or instead “or.”

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. The law on this subject is complicated. A clause is contrary to public policy when a statute or a judicial decision declares that enforcement is inconsistent with the policy of the state.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 9, 2024

When those assets actually belong to someone else, federal law provides a 30-day window for third parties with an interest in property seized in connection with drug charges to file paperwork demanding its return. Luis Sanchez is a part-owner of a small business in Florida selling electronics to Latin American customers.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

If a law firm is unable even to decide whether its staff should return to the office, or when that return should happen, or how to structure that return, then how can that firm implement lasting and innovative changes in its technology infrastructure and systems? But whether or when these changes will be made in Florida remains to be seen.

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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. state whose law is displaced. LLC (Raiders) is a company organized under the laws of Pennsylvania.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2025

Twenty eight students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, Florida, and Florida State University (FSU) demanded Monday that Governor Ron DeSantis oppose efforts to lower the state’s minimum age to purchase a firearm after another deadly shooting last week.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Washington’s bipartisan redistricting commission redrew the state’s 49 legislative districts, including Legislative District 15, a semi-rural district east of Yakima, and the map was enacted into law. Washington initially defended the district’s lawfulness but later conceded that its lines were invalid. The suit now known as Trevino v.

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