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July 10, 2015September 10, 2018

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, July 10, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: Florida Legal Elite named
The state’s top lawyers are recognized in the 2015 edition of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite™. The list of 1,131 honorees includes attorneys in private practice as well as top government and non-profit attorneys.

“For the past 12 years, our 250,000 readers have turned to Florida Legal Elite as a guide to help select a trusted legal partner to handle a myriad of corporate assignments,” says Publisher Andrew Corty. “The July issue provides a valuable resource for these readers, and the FloridaTrend.com website offers another pathway to access this key information.”

Read more here…

Florida Insurance Claims: Roof damage by wind or hail
Storm damage to your roof is covered under your homeowners and business owners property insurance policy.

Many times, the insurance company will do the right thing. Some times they don’t.

Read more here about the common strategies to deny claims.

Miami Lawyer: Miami Lawyer adds Harold Truppman Esq. as a Miami Business Lawyer
Harold is a 1984 graduate of the University of Florida and a 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law. While attending University of Miami, he also obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration and completed the Graduate Program in Management Studies. Bar admissions include Florida, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. His practice consists of representing policyholders in evaluating, settling and litigating insurance claims, real estate, probate and other complex commercial litigation as well as corporate law.

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Florida Insurance Law: Storm surge model updated for US, now what are we going to do about it?
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has updated its hurricane model for the U.S. to help insurers and reinsurers better understand and quantify the risk from hurricanes.

The update features a hydrodynamic storm surge module that integrates storm parameters with elevation data to simulate location-specific storm surge inundation depth and extent.Storm surge results from a combination of variables, including storm size, strength, speed, and path, as well as tidal heights and coastal geography.

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Law Practice Tips: Creativity will make you better
Law is rarely considered a creative profession. Most of us think of creatives as being poets and artists, not rule-following lawyers. But creativity simply means you have the ability to think of new ideas, and that is something a good lawyer does every day. Whether you are interpreting a case in a novel way, trying to grow the pie in a negotiation, or reframing a bad fact, you need to hone your creativity. The good news is even if you do not consider yourself creative, there are ways you can cultivate creativity.

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July 6, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, July 6, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Legal Tech Tips: Digital Trial Binders
A few months ago, one of my favorite programs went completely free. I’ve been using OneNote since about 2003 when it came out. It has completely replaced my note-taking system. I have not taken a note on a yellow legal pad in years. I’ve talked to a lot of people, and not very many really understand OneNote or have ever heard of it. So, here’s how I use it in my legal practice. I’m going to show you how to replace trial binders with digital trial binders that hold more information and organize it better.

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July 3, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, July 3, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Miamilawyer1.com adds Harold Truppman, Esq as Miami Insurance Lawyer
Harold is a 1984 graduate of the University of Florida and a 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law. While attending University of Miami, he also obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration and completed the Graduate Program in Management Studies. Bar admissions include Florida, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Harold’s practice consists of representing policyholders in evaluating, settling and litigating insurance claims, real estate, probate and other complex commercial litigation as well as corporate law.

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Miamilawyer1.com adds Jonathan Coto, Esq. as Miami Real Estate Lawyer
Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Jonathan is the Managing Partner of Coto & Palli, LLC. He received a B.A. in Finance from Florida International University in 2005 and acquired his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley in 2008 as the youngest graduate of the class at age 23.

Jonathan spent the first few years of his practice with a large real property firm as a litigation associate. In 2010, he partnered with Jose M. Palli to establish Coto & Palli, LLC. The practice specializes in the representation of domestic and international clients, focusing predominantly on the sale, purchase, lease and financing of commercial and residential properties. He also structures and negotiates financing on behalf of private equity funds as well as high net worth individuals. Jonathan serves as outside general counsel for several profit and not-for-profit Corporations and Condominium Associations.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Bar website is upgraded
When Bar members next visit The Florida Bar’s website, they’ll notice some changes made to the “Find a Lawyer” and member profile pages.

Here’s what’s new in the “Find a Lawyer” search feature. Read more here…

Florida Legal News: Broward Judge removed from the bench
A Broward County judge will be removed from the bench for misconduct committed eight years before she was elected to the post.
The Florida Supreme Court ruled June 18 that Judge Laura Watson isn’t fit to serve as a judge because of the way she handled a $14.5 million settlement with Progressive Insurance over personal injury lawsuits.

Read more here…

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June 29, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, June 29, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Miamilawyer1.com adds Pablo Gonalez-Zepeda as Miami Debt Collection Lawyer
Pablo is a Miami Florida lawyer who has been practicing law since 2008. He began his law career in 1999 as a law clerk for John F. Cosgrove, Esq. (Florida Legislator and First Mayor of The Town of Cutler Bay). He earned a bachelors in Psychology, with honors, with an emphasis in Legal Psychology at Florida International University (“FIU”) in 2003. Upon graduating, he worked with Dr. Moran (Founder of FIU Legal Psychology Program) on Jury related issues in high profile criminal and civil trials; and he continues to serve as a trial consultant today.

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Florida Insurance News: Citizens may cut rates but not for South Florida
Only a quarter of South Florida residents insured by Citizens Property Insurance Co. will see rate decreases in 2016 compared with nearly two-thirds of policyholders everywhere else in the state if requested rates are approved by state insurance regulators and the state-owned carrier’s Board of Governors.

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June 26, 2015September 10, 2018

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, June 26, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Insurance News: Global climate change predictions
Labor productivity would dwindle as workers wilt in the heat. Summers in Illinois would feel like a Louisiana swamp. Epic downpours and surging seas of the future would leave $5 trillion in losses. And worsening air quality would result in 57,000 premature deaths in 2100.

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Miamilawyer1.com adds David Hagen, Esq. as Miami Personal Injury Lawyer
Dave routinely works on a wide-range of personal injury matters, including roadway construction negligence, wrongful death, auto accidents, products liability, and professional liability. He is committed to protecting the rights of those who have been injured due to the negligence of others, working vigorously to obtain fair and just compensation for them so that they have a chance at returning to a normal life. Additionally, Dave believes holding people and organizations accountable for their negligent acts helps everyone by raising awareness for safety concerns and propelling change for the better.

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Legal Marketing Tips: LegalPad as blogging platform
If you are not already familiar with using blogging platforms like WordPress and/or you just do not want to set up your own blog, LegalPad provides a relatively robust place for your legal writing. It comes with the usual blogging tools: the ability to use create headers, use basic HTML commands, create hotlinks to other websites, and embed documents and photos. However, where LegalPad excels is in its ability to integrate cases and other legal documents. You can bookmark cases already found in Casetext and import them into your post. While in the middle of a post draft, you can consult cases without hopping out. You can highlight quotes from a case and cut and paste them into your post and they will come complete with pincites – just like Westlaw.

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Legal News Update: 6 Decisions Coming from Supreme Court Over Next Few Days
The U.S. Supreme Court is saving the best for last.

The nation’s top court will issue a series of major rulings over the next several days as it closes its nine-month term. In addition to landmark gay-marriage and Obamacare cases, the court will decide on potentially far-reaching disputes involving housing discrimination, redistricting, air pollution and lethal injection.

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Florida Law Updates: GPS tracking devices restricted under Florida Law
The web is full of ads for cheap but powerful tracking devices with lots of suggested uses, like tracking a piece of luggage, a package or a child.
“Put one in your child’s backpack and relax while you track their whereabouts at all times,” says an ad for “Hide and Seek”.

But there’s a dark side to this technology that makes GPS satellites your own personal eye in the sky. A U.S. Justice Department survey last year found one in every 13 stalking cases involved electronic monitoring. Ten states have banned it all together.

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Legal News Updated: Insurance fraud investigation begins at Uber
Transportation for London (TFL) has now launched an insurance fraud investigation into Uber, the app based ride share company, after a person successfully used falsified proof of coverage documents in order to become a driver.

Read more here…

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June 22, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, June 22, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: Florida Appellate Rules are amended
The Florida Supreme Court, on its own motion, recently adopted amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200 (The Record) intended to implement mandatory statewide electronic records on appeal. The Court invites all interested persons to comment on the amendments, which are reproduced in full below, as well as online athttp://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/opinions.shtml. The Court specially requests comments from The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee, the Florida Courts Technology Commission (in consultation with the Appellate Court Technology Committee), the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, and the Florida Court Reporters Association. All comments must be filed with the Court on or before July 13, 2015.

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June 19, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, June 19, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Florida Legal News: South Florida Title Agent Arrested for Embezzling Consumer Funds
The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud today announced the arrest of Bernard Feldman, owner of Hollywood Title Services, LLC in Hollywood, on multiple felony counts including transacting insurance without a license and grand theft of more than $20,000. Feldman was also permanently barred from the insurance industry and ordered to cease and desist from acting as a title agent without a license.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Civil Jury Instructions are amended
The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases submits these amendments to the following Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases: Instructions 401.21, 401.23, 402.13, 402.15, 409.12, 412.8, 412.9, 501.4, 502.5, Model Instruction No. 1, Model Instruction No. 2, Model Instruction No. 3, Model Instruction No. 4, Model Instruction No. 5, Model Verdict Form 1, and Form 5(c). These amendments revise the jury instructions and verdict forms on apportionment of fault that are inconsistent with the jury instructions on legal causation and comparative fault. The amendment to instruction 502.5, on damages in wrongful death cases, clarifies that the fault of a survivor reduces the recovery of that survivor and does not reduce the awards of other survivors or the estate. The committee anticipates submitting these instructions to the Florida Supreme Court after reviewing all comments. Interested parties have until July 15, to submit comments electronically or by mail to the Civil Committee.

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Florida Legal News: Florida lawyers must strip metadata from e-file pleadings
You’re representing a client in a divorce. As part of the routine process, the client emails you a required financial disclosure. It has bank account numbers, credit card numbers, the client’s Social Security number, and other sensitive financial information.

You take the electronic document and in accordance with R. Jud. Admin. 2.420 and 2.425 you electronically edit it, removing account numbers and other information to protect the client. Then you send the financial disclosure through the statewide portal that handles electronic filing for the Florida court system, including, if necessary, the form in Rule 2.420 alerting the receiving clerk for any additional sensitive information that must be redacted from the public court file.

A short time later, your client’s bank accounts are raided by thieves, his or her credit cards are used for a plethora of unauthorized purchases, and he or she is victimized by someone using the Social Security number. All because the fraudsters got the relevant information from a public document in the court file — the document you filed.

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June 15, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, June 15, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

10 Useful Gmail Labs Features for Lawyers
Gmail is the most widely used web-based email provider, including many companies who, powered by Google, use their domain URLs for professional email addresses. Google continues to roll out improvements to make their email service even better and use Gmail labs as a testing ground for experimental features. Click the gear icon to go your settings, then click on labs to discover more than 20 features you can enable. Here are 10 features that will make your email experience more productive.

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Productivity in Your Browser: Extensions and Add-Ons for Lawyers
Extensions and add-ons increase productivity by adding new features and enhancing the functionality of web browsers and applications. Here are a few that lawyers will find useful. Some are free standing and others work with apps. Some work with only one browser and others work with all the major ones.

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June 12, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, June 12, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

Social Media Lessons for Law Firms From Law Firms
Last year I attended the second Social Media Marketing for Law Firms Summit in New York City. Much of the focus was on blogging. No surprise there since pioneering blogger and CEO of LexBlog, Kevin O’Keefe, moderated the panel which offered lots of great insight and advice on law firm blogging. At this year’s summit leading law firms shared the lessons learned about how they use social media and content marketing to highlight expertise, build new business and expand relationships with existing clients. This included: how to get buy-in at the firm, establishing a strategy, the return on investment (ROI), and managing the channels. Here are the highlights, and keep in that it’s not a one-size-fits-all strategy.

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June 8, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, June 8, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!

How Lawyers Can Use Evernote to Turn Business Cards Into Contacts With Context
A business card is useless without context. Who gave it you? When? What were the circumstances?

Last year, we published the popular How Lawyers Use Evernote where lawyers shared how they use the note-taking and workspace application. Since then–and through conference seasons–I’ve had a few inquiries on how to use Evernote to store and meaningfully manage business cards. In other words: how to turn them into opportunities for relationships.

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