by Dan Bushell | Feb 5, 2018 | Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, General Civil Litigation
The past few years have shown that litigation continues to be a viable vehicle for bringing about societal change, particularly when legislative action does not follow changes in public opinion on high profile issues. The same sex marriage litigation that culminated...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 5, 2014 | Criminal Law, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, General Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Florida commercial fishing industry, meet the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases from Florida in its current term, two of which involve commercial fishing. In the most recently granted case, the state of Florida is set...
by Dan Bushell | Jun 5, 2014 | Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, General Civil Litigation
With the collapse of multiple large scale Ponzi schemes in recent years, Federal courts in Florida and elsewhere have been wrestling with so-called “clawback” suits. The way Ponzi schemes work is that the schemers induce investors to give them money that...
by Dan Bushell | May 9, 2014 | Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, General Civil Litigation
U.S. federal courts are characteristically wary of overstepping their bounds when adjudicating cases involving foreign governments or issues and events occuring in foreign countries. That can pose a challenge for U.S. companies engaged in international business,...
by Dan Bushell | Aug 16, 2011 | Constitutional Litigation, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
If you read through all 207 pages of 11th Circuit Judge Hull and Judge Dubina’s co-authored majority opinion in Florida v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, you’ll notice that although the state Attorneys General succeeded in having the Health...
by Dan Bushell | Jun 13, 2011 | Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Insurance Coverage
If you’re like me, some mornings you’re greeted by an email that purports to be from a potential client (usually located in China, Hong Kong, or Japan) that reads something like this: Dear Counsel [or Sir or some other generic greeting], On behalf of XYZ...
