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Florida: Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees

By December 21, 2015

    Uber drivers in Florida will be considered independent contractors rather than employees, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity determined Thursday in a victory for the app-based ridesharing company. The order reverses an earlier state decision and marks Florida’s stance in a debate facing government agencies and courts across …

Think You Waived the Right to Jury Trial in Your Initial Pleading? Maybe Not.

By June 12, 2014

By: Justin B. Kaplan Young litigators are routinely taught that if the plaintiff does not demand a jury trial in its complaint (or counterclaim), it permanently waived this important right.  This time-worn lesson is not necessarily correct, however.  There is still hope. The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure provide: “Any …