https://www.law360.com/florida?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Florida Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 23:44:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2478532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2478532 Three individuals are seeking to hold Sunbeam Products Inc. and its parent company liable for serious burn injuries caused by exploding pressure cooker lids, telling a Florida federal jury Tuesday that the company continued selling a defective product without alerting the public.  Tue, 26 May 2026 18:47:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2482017?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2482017 The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a broad mix of cross-border corporate control disputes, merger settlements, startup equity fights, advancement claims and board oversight litigation, while also weighing fallout from high-profile deals involving Microsoft Corp., The Boeing Co. and Nikola Corp. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:46:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2478907?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2478907 A Florida state judge quashed a subpoena to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in a dispute over taking President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform public, finding Tuesday that Lutnick was not properly served the subpoena at his part-time Florida residence. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:13:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481606?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481606 President Donald Trump wants a Florida federal magistrate judge to recuse herself from overseeing discovery in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC because she previously represented a U.K.-based company Trump sued over the dissemination of the Steele dossier, a controversial intelligence document claiming Trump had ties to Russia. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:09:40 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2482060?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2482060 A former mergers and acquisitions attorney who federal prosecutors say orchestrated a massive insider trading scheme using information stolen from law firms will be arraigned in Boston next week.  Tue, 26 May 2026 18:00:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481369 College football's new legal era of direct payments to players and fewer transfer restrictions has put contractual provisions in play, and stipulations such as termination clauses and repayment obligations require added scrutiny as the name, image and likeness system evolves, says Kevin Paule at Hill Ward Henderson. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:41:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481892 The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a proposed class action against a Southern Co. subsidiary from married retirees who said outdated life expectancy data caused them to lose out on benefits, holding that a lower court erred in ruling federal benefits law didn't require using reasonable actuarial assumptions in annuity conversions. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:21:56 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481826?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481826 Fenwick & West LLP will pay $54 million to resolve claims from spurned FTX Trading Ltd. investors, according to a new set of settlements that will also end investors' disputes with the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange's former auditor and a former NBA star who promoted the platform. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:59:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481801?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481801 A split Eleventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that a written probation requirement that a Florida man obtain his GED and turn over his computer for inspection should be tossed because a federal judge failed to mention the requirements during an in-person sentencing hearing. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:54:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481883?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481883 Wiley Rein LLP has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Washington, D.C., firm of negligence after the firm said a group that may be affiliated with the Chinese government accessed emails of firm personnel. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:30:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481934?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481934 A Florida state appeals court has thrown out a breach of contract dispute following the parties' agreement to dismiss it, but ordered an attorney representing a roofing company to explain why he shouldn't be penalized after his brief apparently contained artificial-intelligence-generated legal citations. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:45:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481394?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481394 A Massachusetts federal judge ordered an aviation company to hand over documents about an alleged scheme to transport immigrants to the island community of Martha's Vineyard, including records about the scope of migrant recruitment efforts and the role race, ethnicity and country of origin may have played in determining who to recruit. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:23:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481684 The Eleventh Circuit said it does not have jurisdiction to hear an insurer's appeal of a Georgia federal court decision tossing its claim that the company has no duty to defend an Atlanta-area hotel against a sex trafficking suit. Tue, 26 May 2026 12:53:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481667 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday spurned Florida's bid to file suit alleging California and Washington state flouted federal law by allowing unauthorized immigrants to obtain commercial driver's licenses, but dissenting Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said the high court "cannot refuse to hear suits between states." Tue, 26 May 2026 09:50:37 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2466441?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2466441 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a Second Circuit opinion finding the National Football League's arbitration process unenforceable, in a case that sought clarity on whether district courts have authority to decide whether an arbitration process is fair. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Fri, 22 May 2026 23:24:23 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481432 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a $69 billion merger in the residential sector, a dramatic transformation in Florida's West Palm Beach, and the landmark housing bill creating strange bedfellows in Congress. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:52:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2480917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2480917 State enforcers say they want a federal court to split up Live Nation and Ticketmaster following a New York federal jury verdict that Live Nation had harmed competition by monopolizing ticket sales for large concert venues, even as the concert promotion giant sought to undo the verdict against it or to be granted a new trial. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:35:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481145?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481145 A Florida state appeals court Friday reversed a judgment against a sheriff found negligent for injuries in a motor vehicle collision, ruling that a prior indemnity for property loss should have reduced the $200,000 statutory cap on damages for individuals injured by local government entities. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:33:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481136?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/florida/articles/2481136 The Trump administration's expanded recreational red snapper fishing permits for four southeastern states were blocked by a D.C. federal judge Thursday, just hours prior to what would have been the start of open snapper fishing in Florida.