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 …

Last Friday, February 8, Founding Member, Alan Kluger, spoke to attendees at the Dade County Bar Association’s annual Bench & Bar Conference.  Alan spoke about predictive coding and its impact on electronic discovery and about the new changes to Florida’s Rules of Civil Procedure that allow the court to weigh …

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 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 …