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Associate’s Corner: Florida’s Appellate Courts Split on the Scope of FDUTPA—Will More Foreign Consumers Gain Protection from Fraudulent and Deceptive Trade Practices?

By May 13, 2013

By: Jorge Delgado The Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, popularly known as FDUTPA, was designed to protect consumers from fraudulent and deceptive trade practices.  In a typical scenario, a Florida consumer would sue a company that transacts business in Florida over activities that occurred entirely in Florida. However, …

Driving While on the Cell Phone: Punitive Damage Awards Should Come through Loud and Clear

By May 2, 2013

By Richard I. Segal, Esq., Ira H. Leesfield, Esq. and Kurt Zaner, Esq. Socrates, as reported by Plato, noted that “[t]he unexamined life is not worth living.” Today, the “good life” that we usually seek would be somewhat removed from the values Socrates espoused.  Nonetheless, we all could agree that …