By Alex Anteau | February 21, 2024
"Litigation strategy can be much debated among lawyers," Leonard's attorneys, former Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell, Steven Collins and Meredith Kingsley of Alston & Bird, wrote in their appellee brief. "That leaves even seasoned litigators open to second-guessing, especially when their decisions are viewed in hindsight after an adverse ruling."
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By Cedra Mayfield | February 21, 2024
"'Competent substantial evidence' is a deferential [standard] that does not permit the commissioner to reweigh the evidence, judge the credibility of witnesses, or substitute his judgment on factual issues for that of the hearing officer based on the commissioner's expertise," read the Supreme Court of Georgia opinion.
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By Ross Todd | February 21, 2024
"We are error-correcting courts," said Florida appellate Judge Morris Silberman. "Appellate lawyers know what appellate judges need to make a decision that is based on the law."
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By Alex Anteau | February 20, 2024
"Changing this law is going to change not just staffing companies, but how physicians are able to practice if they have issues in their personal life, how pilots practice despite having issues in their personal lives," said defendant-appellee counsel Sarah Kazemian of Hall Booth Smith.
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By Lisa Willis | February 20, 2024
As the case returns to the lower court without the punitive damages claim, the ruling is a cautionary tale for businesses and individuals alike about the legal foundations of their negotiations and the evidentiary standards required for punitive damages in Florida's courts.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 20, 2024
"It's particularly heartbreaking that a good deed has resulted in a life-altering tragedy," said Manuel Dobrinsky, a partner at Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum Bluestein.
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By Cedra Mayfield | February 20, 2024
"[T]he court took the time to examine the details of the defamation claims and granted our Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike and awarded us almost $10,000.00 in fees on the grounds that any such communications by our client was not defamation," said defense counsel Drew Beal of Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | February 20, 2024
Texas Supreme Court Place 2 Justice Jimmy Blacklock faces no challenger in the Republican Party primary. However, two Democrats—DaSean Jones, a Harris County criminal district court judge, and Randall Sarosdy of Austin, the former general counsel to the Texas Justice Court Training Center—are facing off on March 5 to challenge him in the general election.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 20, 2024
The Miami state and county court appointees each have a background in government.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 18, 2024
S&C has generated $180 million "or 10% of the total revenue the 900-lawyer firm publicly stated it collected in all of 2022," according to a new lawsuit by FTX investors.
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