Solo And Small Firm
A Grave Situation: Protecting the Deceased and Their Final Resting Places from Destruction
Eternal resting places are under threat and the dead are finding that eternity is not forever after all. History is...
Florida Agriculture: Still in the Crosshairs
A November 1995 Florida Bar Journal article, “Florida Agriculture: In the Crosshairs,”1 stressed the need of conveying the importance of...
Udder Nonsense? The Emerging Issue of Raw Milk Sales in Florida, Part II: Legal Liability
Producers of unpasteurized “raw” milk face significant legal liability. Pasteurization is “the application of heat to destroy human pathogens in...
Udder Nonsense? The Emerging Issue of Raw Milk Sales in Florida, Part I: Regulation
A growing number of consumers are devotees of unpasteurized “raw” cow, goat, and sheep milk. Pasteurization is “the application of...
Guerilla Research
If, as Sebastian Stark of TV’s “Shark” says, “Trial is war; second place is dead,” then a lawyer’s weapons need...
Rethinking the Application of Contingency Risk Multipliers in Fee Awards Should Florida Courts Recede from Quanstrom?
In two recent opinions, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed trial court orders that increased attorney’s fees from the...
9/11 and Agricultural Security
The events of September 11 accelerated congressional focus on the necessity of counterterrorism efforts and strengthening of critical infrastructure to...
Supervising Your Lawyers and Staff: Avoiding Serious Ramifications
For many lawyers, a good staff is the most critical component of producing excellent legal services. After all, a well-trained,...
Arbitration and Attorneys’ Fees: A Pandora’s Box
Arbitration, a privatization of civil justice, is a process without the right to a jury trial, and is free of...
How to Guarantee Enforcement of a Guaranty Agreement
A frequent area of dispute that arises after the default of a debtor is the liability of a guarantor on...
