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The compilation of the 2021 weekly editions of the case updates can be found hereRead More

Week ending December 4, 2021 Jain v. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Case No. 3D20-1529 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). Florida Statute section 768.79 awards fees paid by a party as well as those paid on the party’s behalf, and accordingly, a prevailing defendant may be awarded attorney’s fees even if his firm (not him) paid...Read More

By Shirley Palumbo, Greenspoon Marder The whole purpose of corporate formation is to shield oneself from personal liability.  Bankruptcy courts firmly respect this shield where a trustee or a judgment creditor attempts veil piercing in bankruptcy pursuant to state law. Piercing the corporate veil (“PCV”) is not to be pled as an independent cause of...Read More