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 Alan J. Kluger While there is substantial focus in Florida, and nationwide, on defining the “parents” in cases of surrogacy, egg and sperm donation and same sex adoptions, there is an old, antiquated Florida law that is often overlooked but bears scrutiny and revision: the presumption that a woman’s …

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 …