By Abbey L. Kaplan When large amounts of money are at stake in a civil litigation, parties may resort to a host of criminal activities in order to guide the case towards a favorable outcome.  As civil litigators, we often do not recognize criminal activity because we are generally accustomed …

By Alan J. Kluger Yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case of Delmonico v. Traynor.  To briefly recap the facts, Traynor represented his clients in a defamation case filed by Delmonico.  In the course of his case investigation, Traynor interviewed potential witnesses and allegedly told them …

By Todd A. Levine On Friday, the Florida Supreme Court approved amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar that relate to attorney advertising.  The new rules require that all statements made in attorney advertisements be “objectively verifiable.”  This rule extends to attorney websites. The term “objectively verifiable” raises many …

By Philippe Lieberman Over the last two or three years, I have encountered scenarios where the traditional rule – that a relationship between a lender and borrower is an arm’s length transaction – is called into question and creates potential lender liability. 1) As real estate development in Florida has …

By Meredith A. Nelson Rule 1.201 of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure governs the types of cases that qualify as “Complex Litigation” for the purpose of being transferred to a Complex Business Litigation division section (“CBL”).  While parties may agree, by stipulation, to transfer a case into the CBL, …