By Jamie L. Zuckerman Recently I have been involved in a couple of cases where the appellate process has been utilized to stall civil court proceedings. This usually involves the appeal of an interlocutory order or the appeal of a final judgment when post-judgment enforcement issues remain. Once your opponent …

By Michael S. Perse   Last week, the Third DCA issued an opinion in the case of University of Miami v. Great American Assurance Company.  In this case, MagiCamp, a swim camp that used the University of Miami pool, had a general liability policy that named UM as an additional …

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 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 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, …