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May 11, 2011 |

Board of Contributors: Overhaul of growth management law shifts control to local government

Property owners and developers who wonder when to jump back into the land entitlement process, there could be no better time. Those whose projects require a land-use plan change or an extension of their development order should not hesitate to seek approval from their local government.
5 minute read
June 14, 1999 |

Employee E-mail Presents Problems

Providing employees with e-mail and Internet access will be indispensable in the next century. As companies and law firms move forward into this new medium, potential liability may follow them in ways they can't imagine. Some experts say e-mail abuses will pose a more significant problem in 1999 for employers than the Year 2000 problem. Many employers have reacted by installing filtering and monitoring devices. This may not be the most important step to take and it's not right for everybody.
5 minute read
August 24, 1999 |

Everyone Loses With Y2K Law

The recently signed Y2K bill won't reduce litigation, but will make it more costly as lawyers are well paid to define new procedures and find new loopholes. Paid by both sides. That sounds like a bad law to attorney Mark Grossman.
5 minute read
February 29, 2012 |

Legislation would encourage public-private partnerships

Attorney Lee Weintraub says two bills in Tallahassee are educating public agencies and contractors about the availability of public/private partnerships as the new means for delivering public construction projects in Florida.
5 minute read
June 13, 2013 |

Up and Down They Go: Big Changes in Ranks on the NLJ 350

If you're following the results of the NLJ 350, you already know which firms gained and lost the most attorneys in 2012. But there's another perspective on highs and lows, involving the firms' rankings year over year.
7 minute read
August 09, 1999 |

Cyber Rules Changing Legal Landscape

The "open-source" software movement is changing the rules by which we're used to playing. You don't have to be a techie to appreciate the significance of this movement. With open-source, the software and its source code are free. Users can modify the software and then redistribute the program to others. Without a doubt, support for the open-source movement is changing the software industry. Open-source is also changing the legal landscape of software licensing.
4 minute read
June 14, 1999 |

Shipping and Handling

Attorneys should stop worrying about the privacy of firm e-mail and re-examine their assumptions about the safety of "sealed" courier parcels.
5 minute read
August 23, 1999 |

Everyone Loses With Y2K Act

President Bill Clinton was brimming with optimism last month when he signed the Y2K Act into law. "I hope that we find that the Y2K Act succeeds in helping to screen out frivolous claims without blocking or unduly burdening legitimate suit," he said. While it passed with an anti-lawyer fervor and with rhetoric about controlling ambulance chasers, the Y2K Act will fail to reduce litigation. What the act will do is create a new laundry list of procedural requirements for legitimately damaged plaintiffs.
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