By Michael Kolcun and Amani Ambay Resolving a conflict among the DCAs, Florida’s Supreme Court settles the dispute over the standard for pleading punitive damages: the clear and convincing standard does not apply. Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., __ So.3d __,  2026 WL 1689765 (Fla. June 11, 2026), arose from an alleged defamatory hate mail...Read More

 By Michael Bittner Your client sends over a messy set of deal documents or litigation materials and you do what increasingly feels normal: you paste them into a generative AI tool and ask it to find the problems. You just saved an hour. Depending on the tool and its terms, you may also have handed...Read More

By: Deedee Bitran Employers often hesitate to intervene when workplace conflict involves politically charged language, but that can be a mistake. At City College of San Francisco (“CCSF”), a union leader publicly berated Jewish professor Abigail Bornstein, calling her a “colonizer” and mocking her Jewish sounding last name. The case, in which StandWithUs and the...Read More

Published by the Journal of Technology Law & Policy, University of Florida Levin College of Law By Judge William Matthewman While attorneys, litigants, and judges have always had to be vigilant for the attempted introduction of improperly enhanced or fabricated evidence in court proceedings, the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subset, Generative Artificial...Read More

By BLS Scholar Zenani Johnson Every law student should attend their state’s Bar Convention at least once. Students should also consider joining and engaging with the various sections of their State Bar as student members. Attending committee meetings, educational programs, and networking events can provide valuable exposure to the profession while also helping students to...Read More

By Eric S. Adams and Melodie Khosrovani Introduction: Why Precision in Contract Drafting Matters Specificity in drafting allows contracting parties to allocate risk with precision and enable efficient dispute resolution. Unclear contractual language can foster disputes and litigation. In addition to offering helpful drafting suggestions, this article will discuss the impact of ambiguous language in...Read More

By Michael A. Kolcun, Smith, Gambrell and Russell, LLP Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal may have fundamentally altered the procedure for recovering attorneys’ fees in Florida state courts. In Ruffenach v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co., No. 6D2023-1482,2026 WL 785140 (Fla. 6th DCA Mar. 20, 2026), the Sixth DCA rejected more than 60 years...Read More

What has been your best experience from your time as a Fellow? My best experience has been connecting with my fellow class at the various events hosted by the BLS at the Labor Day Retreat and FL Bar Conference. I’ve created business connections and friendships for a lifetime (in fact, one of the fellows in...Read More

Jessey is currently second vice chair of the Mentoring and Fellowship Committee What has been your best experience from your time as a Fellow?   The highlight of my Fellowship experience has been being able to engage with my Fellows class, both interpersonally and professionally. In practice, I often find myself faced with issues that,...Read More

What has been your best experience from your time as a Fellow? Getting to meet the other fellows, getting involved in multiple projects, and getting to see firsthand the impact BLS has on its members and the legal community. Why did you apply to the Business Law Section’s Fellowship Program? I wanted to find a...Read More