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April 3, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, April 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!

Florida Law Update: Florida legislators considering 50 bills to limit public records access
Amid a lawsuit alleging that state leaders violated the Sunshine Law in firing Florida’s top law enforcement officer, lawmakers in the Capitol are considering more than 50 proposals to limit Floridians’ access to public records.

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Florida Legal News: Are the Florida Medical Marijuana Laws ambiguous?
Vague legal jargon and apparently contradictory laws are fueling confusion over the legality of medical marijuana in Florida.

Two separate Florida laws are being talked about in the case with Scott and Marcia Yandell, the St. Johns couple arrested for allegedly running a marijuana operation out of their home, and neither law clarifies whether it’s legal.

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FL Insurance Law: Arctic Melt Creates Weakest Gulf Stream in 1,000 Years, Weather Shifts Expected
Gulf Stream water currents in the Atlantic Ocean have slowed to the weakest in as long as 1,000 years, threatening shifts in U.S. and European weather, as well as coastal sea levels including in New York and Boston.

The currents are probably affected by changes in ocean density as fresh water melts from Arctic ice sheets, scientists led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said in a study Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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March 30, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, March 30, 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 law would limit jury awards in tobacco lawsuits
Nearly a decade ago, the Florida Supreme Court tossed out a $145 billion award in a class-action lawsuit against Big Tobacco, but not before giving plaintiffs a chance to individually pursue their claims.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Traffic Court Judges Dismiss 24,000 Red-Light Camera Cases
Two traffic court judges in Broward County, Fla., have dismissed some 24,000 pending red-light camera ticket cases totaling more than $6.3 million. The judges ruled this week that the program violates Florida law.

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Florida Fraud Law: What Florida businesses should do if their company data have been breached
On Dec. 16, 2014, a group of former Sony employees filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court in Los Angeles against Sony for negligently failing to protect its computer systems from hackers, resulting in the employees’ personal information being leaked to the public, and potentially ending up in the hands of criminals. In addition, the former employees allege that Sony failed to adequately notify the employees that their confidential, personal information was breached. The Sony breach is the latest in a string of recent high-profile data thefts in the news. However, data theft is not only a threat to large multinational corporations such as Sony.

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Florida Insurance Law: Homeowners insurance policies dumped by Citizens
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance, which offers homeowners insurance coverage to consumers, has successfully shed the bulk of its policies over the past year. The state-run organization has been trying to depopulate itself of policies in order to address its financial issues, reducing its exposure to risks while becoming more stable and resilient against future natural disasters. The policies released by the organization have been picked up by private companies, which continue to provide consumers with homeowners insurance coverage.

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Florida Law News: Appellate Rules are amended
The Florida Supreme Court recently adopted amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210 (Briefs). See In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210, No. SC15-146 (Fla. March 12, 2015). The amendments formalize the Court’s longstanding practice of permitting appellate briefs filed in certain cases relating to the imposition of a sentence of death to exceed the standard page limits set out in rule 9.210 and provide page limits for appellate briefs in certain death penalty case types in which a notice of cross-appeal is filed.

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March 23, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, March 23, 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 Law News: Police body cameras could conflict with Florida’s public records law
In another example of the unintended consequences of new technology, the use of body cameras on law enforcement officers is on a collision course with the state’s public records law. At issue: Who should be able to watch what the miniature cameras record?

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March 20, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, March 20, 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 Jury Instructions are amended
The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Contracts and Business Cases submits this notice of republication for an amendment to Instruction 416.24, Florida Standard Jury Instruction Contract and Business Cases. This instruction was previously published on December 15, 2014, and as a result of the comments received was further amended. Interested parties have until April 15, to submit comments electronically.

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Florida Law News: Florida House bill would remove gay adoption ban from state law
The Republican-dominated Florida House quietly acknowledged Wednesday that gay people have the right to adopt children when they supported a bill amendment that removes a gay adoption ban from state law. Martin Gill (pictured) was the original plaintiff in a challenge brought in 2009 by the ACLU that led to a ruling striking down Florida’s ban on gay adoption. Gill and his partner had been raising two foster children since 2004, which they eventually adopted.
The vote came five years after an appeals court ruled that the state’s gay-adoption ban is unconstitutional. Then-Gov. Charlie Crist refused to appeal the decision.

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Florida Insurance News: Insurance news for drone pilots shows coverage to get flying
Every day, thousands of drones fly low and high in the sky without receiving government approval, so the latest insurance news has shown that insurers have come up with their own safety regulations to help to fill the gap that has been left in place by official regulators.

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Florida News: Miami Mega Mall Would Be the Biggest in the U.S.
A developer’s plan to build the nation’s largest mega-mall in west Miami-Dade faced its first hurdle Tuesday. Miami-Dade Commissioners approved just a small step toward the mammoth mega-mall.

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March 16, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Monday, March 16, 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 Law: Florida Ends Citizens Assessment 2 Years Ahead of Schedule
Florida’s insurance regulators are two years ahead of schedule in ending an assessment used to retire a bond issued by the state-backed property insurer Citizens following the eight-storm 2004-2005 hurricane season. The move codifies a decision made by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. last September to no longer collect the assessment as of June 1, 2015. The bond had been scheduled to be paid off in June 2017.

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January 23, 2015

Weekly Review for Miami Lawyer and Florida Legal News for Friday, January 23, 2015

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

Medical marijuana supporters unveil new proposal for 2016
Florida’s medical marijuana initiative is back and, its backers say, new and improved.

The proposed amendment, submitted Thursday to the Florida Secretary of State’s office, closely resembles the 2014 initiative that narrowly failed at the ballot box — however it was rewritten throughout in an attempt to quiet critics who said it had too many loopholes.

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Homeowners insurance policies are being dumped by Citizens
Citizens Property Insurance has now received another wave of shedding homeowners insurance policies from regulators, and the company has now revealed that it will be able to reduce its size by more than what it had once thought.

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Florida’s Citizens Settled Almost 70% of Sinkhole Claims in 2014
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has reached settlement agreements with more than 1,650 Florida homeowners to end litigation on sinkhole repair cases that was delaying critical repairs to their properties.

As of Dec. 15, 2014, Citizens had reached agreements with 1,669 policyholders so work could begin on homes damaged by sinkholes.

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Florida Insurance News: Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty’s Reappointment in Doubt
Florida’s insurance regulator’s tenure could be coming to an end after more than a decade as the newly re-elected governor looks to shake up his administration by replacing the heads of state agencies.

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January 12, 2015

Weekly Review for Florida Insurance Law for Monday, January 12, 2015

Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for the insurance industry, Florida insurance law, Florida insurance claims, and Florida insurance trends. Enjoy!

Flood insurance rates in Florida to spike for some properties
NON-PRIMARY RESIDENCES ARE GOING TO BE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THEIR PREMIUMS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODING – Although owners of primary residences have been breathing a sigh of relief over recent flood insurance news, the story for owners of rental properties and vacation homes will soon be quite different.

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Florida’s Citizens Drops Coverage Limits on High-Value Properties
Florida’s state-backed property insurer is lowering the amount of coverage it provides for high-value properties from $1 million to $900,000, per a 2013 law change. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is implementing the change that will apply to all almost all new and renewal high-value business as of January 1.

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