by Dan Bushell | Jun 6, 2012 | Family Litigation, General Civil Litigation
No doubt family law disputes can result in some of the most acrimonious litigation. If France v. France, No. 5D11-1477, a decision handed down by Florida’s 5th DCA last week, is any indication, they can also result in highly complex issues of jurisdiction and...
by Dan Bushell | May 1, 2012 | Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Tort/Injury Litigation
As I mentioned in my last post, the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to approve the Florida Senate’s amended redistricting plan wasn’t the only late April 2012 decision to bring a measure of closure to unsettled legal issues. The stars seem to have...
by Dan Bushell | Jan 19, 2012 | General Civil Litigation
Appellate courts often struggle with the tension between allowing for consideration of the individual circumstances of each case and establishing clear dividing lines between conduct that violates the law and conduct that does not. Courts have assigned varying amounts...
by Dan Bushell | Dec 28, 2011 | General Civil Litigation
Despite the annual slow down in appellate courts (as in the rest of the world) at this time of year, December 2011 has seen a spate of major antitrust decisions being handed down. As I know from experience, antitrust cases are about as complex as it comes, and as a...
by Dan Bushell | Aug 2, 2011 | Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation
Losing at trial hurts. Getting hit with the bill for your adversary’s attorney’s fees makes it hurt ever-so-much more. That’s why fee-shifting under Florida Statutes Section 768.79 — available to parties that make a proposal for settlement...
by Dan Bushell | Jul 4, 2011 | Criminal Law, Family Litigation, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Real Estate & Foreclosure Litigation, Tort/Injury Litigation
Real electronic filing may finally make its way to Florida courts in the not-too-distant future. But before that happens, the Florida Supreme Court wants to make sure that there isn’t too much private information in court filings for the public to access....
