The Office of Florida Governor Rick Scott issued the following news release on September 15, 2011: Governor Rick Scott Appoints Three to Sixth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission Tallahassee, Fla....
The following article was published in the New York Times on September 12, 2011: By Bill Vlasic Nothing distinguishes them from other workers at the Jefferson North plant, except their paychecks. The newest workers...
In State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Gilda Menendez, SC10-116 (August 25, 2011), the Supreme Court of Florida held in favor of State Farm on the question of “whether the household exclusion barring...
In a July 20, 2011 en banc opinion, the Third District Court of Appeal withdrew its previous opinion in State Farm Florida Ins. Co. v. Seville Place Condominium Association, — So. 3d —, 2009 WL 3271300...
On July 13, 2011, the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County Florida, acting in its appellate capacity in the case of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Suncare Physical...
While acknowledging statistical and sociological evidence that Wal-Mart’s discretionary management philosophy opened the door to individual supervisor bias against women, the U.S. Supreme Court did not find the...
In rulings issued today, July 8, 2011, the Florida Supreme Court found that the Florida Legislature acted unconstitutionally in 2005 by placing new restrictions on lawsuits filed by asbestos exposure victims. ...
Recently, in Estate of McCall ex rel. McCall v. U.S., No. 09-16375, 2011 WL 2084069, at *1 (11th Cir. May 27, 2011), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion upholding the constitutionality of...
Even though it acknowledged sociological evidence that Wal-Mart’s discretionary management philosophy opened the door to individual supervisor biases against women, the U.S. Supreme Court did not find the...
The following article was posted to the CNN website on June 17, 2011: Supreme Court rules for Wal-mart in massive job discrimination lawsuit www.cnn.com By Bill Mears The Supreme Court put the...