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Exciting things happening at BLS! Labor Day Retreat While registration for Labor Day has officially closed, we still have a few rooms left in our room block. Don’t miss out—reach out to Carly immediately as these rooms are filling up fast! The Labor Day Retreat Committee has been hard at work, and they promise an...Read More

By Manny Farach Week ending August 31, 2024 ECB USA, INC. v. Chubb Insurance Company of New Jersey, Case No. 22-10811 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202210811.op2.pdf) The Eleventh Circuit holds that the series-qualifier canon of interpretation directs that a postpositive modifier (e.g., “for financial institutions”) modifies all the terms in a list of parallel items. In...Read More

Great things happening at BLS! We continue getting ready for the Labor Day Retreat, remember there is no on-site registration this year. Register and get your room reservation right away as we have a few rooms that can be doubled-up (meaning you might be able to get a second hotel room at the same great...Read More

Jennifer (“Jen”) Morando is BLS 2023-2024 Section Member of the Year. Jen has been active in the section since she was in law school, now almost twenty (20) years ago. During that time, she has been an amazing member, engaged in all aspects of the section. Jen was the chair of the Pro Bono Committee...Read More

Prepared by Manny Farach Week ending July 27, 2024 Williams IP Holdings, LLC v. Schwarz, Case Nos. 3D23-2180 & 3D23-2260 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024). (https://3dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2438100/opinion/Opinion_2023-2180.pdf) A contract proposal is subsumed into the final contract and the terms of the contract control over conflicting provisions in a proposal. Week ending July 20, 2024 Level 8 Management,...Read More