Volume 93, No. 5 September/October 2019
Simon, A Slave v. The State of Florida: The Precedent-Setting Decision Establishing Confessions Extracted by Threats or Promises Are Inadmissible at Trial
In February 1854, the Pensacola Gazette reported that an enslaved person by the name of Simon, whose criminal conviction for...
New Developments in Inverse Taking Law for Government-Incited Public Actions That Impair Private Property Value
Inverse taking law is a continuing work in progress as courts struggle to apply the purpose of the Taking Clause,...
Navigating Florida’s Changing Daubert Tide in Business Cases
The Florida Supreme Court’s opinion in In re Amendments to the Florida Evidence Code, No. SC19-107, 2019 WL 2219714, at...
A Rising Tide Raises All Ships
In my speech at the General Assembly at the Bar’s Annual Convention, and in my first President’s Page, I discussed...
If the Stud’s a Dud and Other Horse Tales: Mediation of Equine Law Disputes May Be Your Best Bet
If you are involved in the equine industry in Florida, then you have much for which to be grateful. Florida...
How to Lose a Judicial Law Clerk in 10 Ways[1]
Judicial law clerks[2] serve a necessary function in the daily work of Florida’s courts.[3] Justices and judges could not perform...
New Opportunities to Decant in Florida, Part I: Recent Changes to the Trust Decanting Statute
If a revocable trust is one that may be fully amended or revised in any way, then an irrevocable trust...
“Goodwill Hunting” for Equity: The Florida Supreme Court’s Unintended Result of the Thompson Case, Part I
What happens in a dissolution of marriage when a Florida court is tasked to value and distribute a business entity?...
Unfair Labor Practices in Florida’s Public Sector Workplaces
Many attorneys, regardless of their practice area, will at some point in their career be faced with issues involving labor...
Redefining Retirement in the 21st Century for the Small Employer and America
People are living much longer, which demands greater retirement savings. But the recent trend has been toward saving less. Greater...
