Litigation

The U.S. District Court in Delaware ruled that a defendant can be served via his or her e-mail address, and that a client’s e-mail address is not subject to attorney-client privilege. Judge Mary [...]

Following the passage of the sweeping growth management legislation included in House Bill 7207 of 2011 (the “Community Planning Act”), the Town of Yankeetown,Florida sued to overturn the bill. [...]

On November 14, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 2010 healthcare overhaul law. The Court will hear an appeal from the Eleventh [...]

The Miami-Dade County Commission recently approved two applications that could move the Urban Development Boundary (“UDB”) and allow more development on previously sacrosanct property. The [...]

As in the film “Groundhog Day,” local governments woke up at the end of the 2011 Legislative Session to find that yet another set of permit extensions were provided directly by the state, [...]

The Act limits the scope of the state land planning agency’s (now the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) but, as of October, to become the Department of Economic Opportunity) ability to object [...]

For the first time since the enactment of the Harris Act in 1995, the Act can apply to temporary impacts to the development of property. See Section 70.001, Florida Statutes, known as the Bert J. [...]

On August 17, 2011, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, in Parker v. LaSalle Bank National Association, Case No. 4D10-482, articulated the requirements for an affidavit of diligent [...]

New rules for mediation take effect on January 1, 2012 that impact the way insurance companies participate in mediation. These rules, implemented by the Supreme Court of Florida, make two [...]

This is the first in a series of blog entries focusing on particular aspects of the 2011 Community Planning Act. (See House Bill 7207, enacted by the 2011 Florida Legislature to reform the 1985 [...]