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Neither Goose Nor Gander: Why Tort Reform Fails All

Featured Article
In 2006, an egregious misdiagnosis by emergency room doctors deprived Allan Navarro of a normal life.[1] Navarro was rushed to...

The Viability of Employer Claims Against At-Will Employees

Featured Article
Lately, there has been a lot of changing landscape in labor and employment law that is keeping us practitioners on...

Putting Pandora Back in the Box: The Florida Telephone Solicitation Act

Business Law
Companies who do not adhere to consumer protection laws that implicate their marketing techniques and strategies, such as the Florida...

Reflecting on the Rule of Law

President's Page
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of a former U.S. president and current presidential candidate, the expressions of shock...

Florida Adopts Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act

Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
Florida recently modernized its laws related to the administration of estates and trusts by enacting the Florida Uniform Fiduciary Income...

Decision or No Decision: Getting Carded at the Successive Writ Bar

Appellate Practice
When it comes to extraordinary writ petitions, many of us have likely received, at some point in our career, an...

Putting Carts Before Horses: Why the Taxpayer Failed in Connelly v. United States, and the Effect on Business Succession and Estate Tax Planning

Tax
On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled for the IRS in Connelly v. United States, 144 S. Ct....

Construction, Confusion, and Collision: Avian Interactions With the Built Environment

Animal Law
The planet’s population is steadily increasing, each year adding 75 million along with a proportional increase in goods and services...

The World Turned Upside Down? Whether the Designation of Two PFAS as Hazardous Substances Changes the World of CERCLA Liability and Due Diligence

Environmental & Land Use Law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been laser-focused in 2024 regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (referred to generally as...

Does Daubert Govern Expert Admissibility in Proceedings Under the Florida Administrative Procedure Act?

Administrative Law
It seems that Daubert[1] has won out as the standard to govern admissibility of expert witness testimony in civil and...