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Sandy Murman Continues Commitment to Tampa Bay with Appointment to USF College of Nursing Council of Advisors
Sandy also works with children in foster care through the Children’s Home Network and serves as a Guardian ad Litem.
Douglas A. Cherry and Mindi M. Richter Selected as Florida Trend Legal Elite NOTABLE Intellectual Property Attorneys
Together, Doug and Mindi bring decades of experience helping businesses, entrepreneurs, public entities, and nonprofit organizations navigate complex IP matters.
Bills to Watch Dealing with FEHA and/or CFRA
In addition to our last post on Training Reminders and Related Bills to Watch About Training, here are some upcoming bills to watch dealing with FEHA and/or CFRA.AB 1940: Menopause-Related FEHA ProtectionsAB 1940 has passed in both houses and is now en route (or...
Billesdon Ain’t Over Yet
Before getting started on the blog entry of the day, congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers for clinching their division. I still have three teams in the hunt. Atlanta looks like they will win the division, but you never know. The Chicago...
Ohio Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Contract Dispute, Illustrating Strategies For Defeating Similar Claims
The Sixth Circuit’s recent en banc decision in Clippinger v. State Farm Auto. Ins. Co., 173 F.4th 817 (6th Cir. 2026), continues to shape class action litigation involving breach-of-contract claims. In Nichols v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., 2026 WL...
Court of Appeals of North Carolina Finds Prosecution Didn’t Impeach Its Own Witness as “Mere Subterfuge” to Get His Hearsay Statements Before the Jury
Similar to its federal counterpart, North Carolina Rule of Evidence 607 provides that “[t]he credibility of a witness may be attacked by any party, including the party calling him.” That said, the party calling a witness cannot use Rule 607 as “mere...
The 14a-8 rescission proposal is here
Source: YouTubeSummaryAs expected.Really quick stuff: First, Mike Levin and I did a whole podcast on what would happen if the SEC proposed to rescind 14a-8, and one thing we speculated on was whether the SEC would try to tweak the rules to block...Why It MattersThis...
New Bill Might Finally Put A Stop To Judge Pauline Newman’s Stealth Impeachment
The Federal Circuit issued a one-year suspension barring Judge Pauline Newman from hearing cases back in 2023. That order was renewed in 2024…. and again in 2025. The window for a fourth renewal is open right now. How can federal judges functionally strip a...
Lindsey Halligan’s Comeback Tour Hits A Skeptical Fourth Circuit Panel
Nearly a year after a federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan was never lawfully the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and threw out the political prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James along...