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The Florida Supreme Court recently held that case jurisdiction (i.e., “a trial court’s power to act in a case given its procedural posture”) may be waived if a party fails to timely raise the issue in its pleadings. In JJJTB,
Rule Amendments Add Protections for Defaulted Parties In In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.440 and 1.500, No. SC2022-0575 (Fla. Nov. 13, 2025), the Florida Supreme Court adopted new protections (or at least clarified existing protections) for
Angela Flowers, of the Ocala office, obtained reversal, on certiorari to the Fifth District Court of Appeals, of a trial court order granting Plaintiff leave to amend her complaint to add a claim for punitive damages. Plaintiff is a developmentally
Laurie Adams, David Drahos, and Alexandra Paez, of the West Palm Beach office, successfully challenged a surgery center’s objections to their lengthy subpoena. They received extraordinary relief from the court including other patients’ billing records (with confidential information redacted), all
G. William Bissett and Ariella Gutman, of the Miami office, combined to secure an order from the U.S. District Court which dismissed with prejudice Plaintiff’s pending amended complaint and denied Plaintiff’s pending motion for leave to file a second amended
Two years ago, the Florida Legislature adopted the Daubert1 standard to govern the admissibility of expert testimony at trial. An expert witness is someone qualified by virtue of education, training or experience to render opinions that help a jury understand
A little Perspective Florida was first “discovered” and claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon in 1513. Two other countries, England and France, as well as Native Americans fought for control of the territory. England initially gained it in the
