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Third-party litigation financing gaining acceptance in southern Florida, report says
MIAMI – Law firms in Southern Florida are emphasizing third-party litigation financing as a means to gain the financial resources their clients need to win cases, according to a recent Law.com report.
University of Florida ranked top law school in state
GAINESVILLE – The University of Florida Levin College of Law was again ranked No. 1 in Florida by U.S. News & World Reports.
Palm Beach Sheriff paying lobbyists thousands to fight paying settlement to unarmed man shot by deputy, reports claim
PALM BEACH – Recent reports claim that the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department is paying lobbyists nearly $400 an hour in order to minimize a legal payout to an unarmed man who suffered paralysis after being shot by a deputy in 2013.
Federal appeals court allows 34-foot Latin cross to stand
PENSACOLA – A U.S. appeals court decided Feb. 19 that the City of Pensacola can keep its World War II cross in place on public property, based on a similar Supreme Court decision issued in 2019.
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rules against alleged victims of robocalling
ATLANTA - An Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals panel refused to rule that Hilton Grand Vacations and Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency used autodialers to repeatedly contact customers with robocalls, despite voicing displeasure with the companies doing so.