January 2, 2021 January 9, 2021 January 16, 2021 January 23, 2021 January 30, 2021 January 25, 2021 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Manor House, LLC, Case No. SC19-1394 (Fla. 2021). Consequential damages such as lost rent are typically not covered by insurance policies and are reached through a bad faith action under Florida Statute...Read More
By: Amanda Finley In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, the Business Law Section is interviewing a series of women judges to learn about their experiences, trials, tribulations, and advice for other women lawyers. I had the honor of interviewing Judge Walsh. Rise to the Bench Judge Walsh explained her journey as...Read More
By Gláucia Jones, Ravago 1. What can you tell us about your journey as an attorney and your career path? The biggest irony is that I am a bankruptcy judge but I never took a bankruptcy class in law school. After my law school graduation, I moved to New York City and walked door to...Read More
By April Hosford, Agentis Law During the month of March, we celebrate and honor the contributions of women to history culture and society. As part of this celebration, the Business Law Section has decided to spotlight a few of the extraordinary women who serve as judges, including the accomplished Judge Mindy Mora. Judge Mora is...Read More
By Michael Kolcun, Adams and Reese, LLP For practitioners in the Eleventh Circuit, Barmapov v. Amuial, __ F.3d __, 2021 WL 359632 (11th Cir. 2021), should serve as both a cautionary tale and a guide to avoid the forbidden shotgun pleading. Attorneys well know that the ultimate penalty for filing a shotgun pleading in the...Read More
Registration is now open for the 11th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium https://member.floridabar.org/s/lt-event?id=a1R1R000007msjiUAA#/OverviewRead More
By: Lynn Welter Sherman, Trenam Law I caught up with Chief Judge Laurel M. Isicoff on President’s Day via Zoom. Although her virtual background was her official courtroom background, she confessed she was in her backyard working on “non-billable matters” (defined as anything other than official Bankruptcy Court business). On this particular afternoon, she was...Read More
International Women’s Day, March 8th, kicks off a global celebration of social, cultural, economic, and political achievements of women during the month of March, Women’s History Month. This day and month also provide a platform to reinforce the importance of gender equality and to accelerate gender parity. While the path to gender equality has been...Read More
By Shirley Palumbo, Greenspoon Marder, LLP Recently, we conducted a virtual interview of the Honorable Lori V. Vaughan. She was dressed casually, without the usual robe of justice, and sat in chambers at the George C. Young United States Federal Building and Courthouse. As a newly appointed bankruptcy judge, she has already captured the attention...Read More
All members were sent a survey earlier this week from the Corporations Securities and Financial Services Committee regarding choice of jurisdiction for forming for-profit corporations. If you have not yet had a chance to fill out this short survey, please do so now!Read More