By Elizabeth Blosfield, Claims Journal | April 16th, 2020 New Jersey was the first state to propose a bill that would mandate insurers cover COVID-19-related losses under their business interruption policies, and the insurance industry was quick to express its concern. But that hasn’t stopped some states from rolling out similar proposed legislation. New York [...]
Lawyers say there will be a flood of foreclosures and evictions after the order is lifted By Katherine Kallergis and Keith Larsen, The Real Deal| April 6th, 2020 With hundreds of Floridians losing their jobs on a daily basis and the economy on crutches, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended evictions and foreclosures for a period [...]
The pandemic could change the way commercial leases and insurance policies are structured By Katherine Kallergis, The Real Deal| April 3rd, 2020 Pebb Enterprises, like many commercial landlords in South Florida, is working with tenants to offer rent deferments or discounts, as retailers and small businesses struggle to pay this month’s bills. Pebb, a Boca [...]
By Cynthia L. Cooper, ABA Journal | April 2nd, 2020 Litigation lawyer Vanessa L. Miller first took notice of the coronavirus spread in Wuhan, China, in early January. A partner at Foley & Lardner in Detroit, Miller knew that many automotive clients relied on that region for parts manufacturing. “We didn’t know how widespread the [...]
By Nathan Hale, Law360 | March 31st, 2020 Law360 (March 31, 2020, 7:23 PM EDT) -- A Florida federal judge on Monday threw out an ex-graduate student's claims that the University of Miami negligently handled her allegations of sexual harassment by a former professor, but left a path for her to pursue allegations that [...]
By Nathan Hale, Law360 | March 26th, 2020 Law360 (March 26, 2020, 9:19 PM EDT) -- The University of Miami asked a federal judge Thursday to sanction a former marketing graduate student and her counsel for filing and maintaining “frivolous” claims that the institution failed to address a former professor's alleged sexual harassment. The [...]
A voter wears a protective mask while exiting a polling station after casting a ballot in Miami, Florida, on March 17, 2020. Jayme Gershen—Bloomberg/Getty Images By Madeline Carlisle, TIME Magazine | March 17th, 2020 When Julie Snyder of Delray Beach, Fla., first tried to cast her vote Tuesday in the Democratic presidential primary, [...]
By Carolina Bolado, Law360 | March 13, 2020 After years of settling for injunctive relief, some plaintiffs attorneys in Florida think they've found a way to open the door for money damages for their clients, testing a new theory that relies on trespass claims. The Americans with Disabilities Act provides for just injunctive relief and [...]
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Recent Eleventh, Seventh and Second Circuit court rulings have some lawyers on edge regarding the possibility that a single unsolicited marketing text message is enough standing to bring a TCPA violation suit. By Victoria Hudgins, LegalTech News | February 26, 2020 For most, a random text from a company marketing a service or product is annoying. [...]