In FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in favor of the Food and Drug Administration serves as a reminder of the deference still accorded to regulatory agencies post-Loper…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Kinsale v. Pride of St Lucie - (Fla law) insurance, bad faith, duty to initiate settlement -
Pipkins v. Hoover Ala - Fourth Amendment, deadly force -
Vargas v. Lincare - False…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Insurance
“Ensuing loss” provisions have long been the subject of nuanced arguments in insurance litigation. The provisions, which sometimes afford coverage for a “covered loss” stemming from an expressly excluded peril, serve as fodder…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Insurance
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Bilotti v. Fla DOC - postconviction relief -
DeMarcus v. Univ of S Ala - Title IX, § 1983, volleyball coach, mistreatment -
Joseph v. Bd of Regents Univ Ga - en banc denial,…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Education Law
On April 3, 2025, a Texas state appeals court reversed a trial court order awarding Exxon Mobil $25 million under an umbrella insurance policy issued by Lexington Insurance Co. to Brock Services Ltd. The appeals court found that…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
On this episode, we sit down with Trevor Hilligoss, director of security research and the research and innovation division of SpyCloud Labs. From his beginnings in the Army Criminal Investigation Division to his leadership role…
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/ Business Organizations, Electronic Discovery, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Just days before the “reasonable methods” provision of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) new consent regulations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was set to take effect on April 11, 2025, the…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Privacy
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Alabama Aircraft v. Boeing - trade secrets, misappropriation, contractual limits -
USA v. O’Steen - public official, extortion, currency disclosure -
Grippa v. Rubin - appellate…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
In Wolf v. Riverport Insurance Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s holding, under Illinois law, that an underinsured motorist insurer did not breach its insurance contract, and no implied duty…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Insurance
In Retzios v. Epic Systems Corp., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered an appeal brought by the plaintiff, a former employee of Epic, who was fired after she refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The plaintiff’s…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
USA v. Murat - sentencing -
Johnson v. Fla DOC - Confrontation Clause, medical report -
US Sugar v. US Army Corp of Eng’rs - administrative challenge, Everglades Restoration..…
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/ Civil Procedure, Criminal Law
When state law provides that an insurance contract can be rescinded for misrepresentations only if they are “material,” can an insurer contract around that rule by adding an exclusion for all claims based on any…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Insurance
Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempts to obtain intellectual property protection for artificial intelligence were once again shot down by the courts, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed that the…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In Liberty Surplus Insurance Corp. v. Kaufman Lynn Construction Inc., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a “course of construction exclusion” in a commercial general liability precluded coverage for water damage…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Insurance
A shift in leadership at the Securities and Exchange Commission often brings significant changes in regulatory priorities and enforcement approaches. As anticipated in our firm’s EO Watch alert, “Immediate Practical Consequences…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
