/florida?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Florida Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:17:40 +0000 /florida/articles/2357751?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357751 A former Venezuela military intelligence director who was criminally charged alongside Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros for allegedly operating a drug cartel with a Colombian guerrilla group pled guilty Wednesday to conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. and engaging in narco-terrorism for the group. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:50:39 +0000 /florida/articles/2357366?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357366 The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a man accused of trying to prevent regulators from learning about his large withdrawals from Wells Fargo accounts, rejecting his claims that prosecutors charged him with one offense but tried him for another. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:44:11 +0000 /florida/articles/2357682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357682 A former employee of TD Bank has pled guilty to accepting bribes for opening around 140 fraudulent bank accounts that led to checking account scams that cost the bank tens of thousands of dollars, the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey announced Wednesday. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:11:28 +0000 /florida/articles/2357469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357469 The founder of an Alabama-based perimeter security corporation accused its former chief operating officer of breaching a noncompete agreement, alleging in a Florida state court lawsuit that he formed a rival company to pursue business opportunities in the South American country of Guyana, including a communications deal with SpaceX. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:43:41 +0000 /florida/articles/2357353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357353 Arkansas and Idaho are hoping a Texas federal judge will reconsider the decision declaring they don't have a right to a jury trial and, as a result, can't seek civil penalties from Google on their antitrust claims accusing the tech behemoth of manipulating the advertising market. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:14:06 +0000 /florida/articles/2357570?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357570 A Florida appeals court on Wednesday revived a suit accusing a construction company's employee of negligently causing an auto collision while drunk, saying it can be held liable despite the worker's contractual obligation not to drink and drive in the company car. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:43:49 +0000 /florida/articles/2357093?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357093 A class action filed two days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to remove ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market may be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the connection between government pronouncements on safety and their immediate use as evidence in lawsuits, says Rachel Turow at Skadden. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:39:33 +0000 /florida/articles/2357008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357008 Emil Bove, nominee for the Third Circuit, who previously served as President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and was a top acting official at the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year, where he took various controversial actions, made his case on Wednesday for judicial confirmation. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:21:35 +0000 /florida/articles/2354692?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2354692 Despite the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s May warning that it will impose stiff sanctions on bid protesters whose filings contain artificial intelligence-generated mistakes and hallucinations, generative AI can be a valuable tool for the bid protest bar if used with safeguards, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:10:45 +0000 /florida/articles/2357326?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357326 A Miami lobbyist who admitted to evading taxes was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $1.7 million in restitution to the U.S. after prosecutors said he spent years pretending to sell his house to pay off his debt, according to a Florida federal court. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /florida/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:07:55 +0000 /florida/articles/2356496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2356496 A Florida federal grand jury has charged the founder of a special needs nonprofit and its accountant with multiple counts of fraud stemming from a scheme to steal $100 million from the organization, alleging they diverted money through a slush fund used to pay for personal expenses. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:27:13 +0000 /florida/articles/2356898?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2356898 A supplier of ghost gun parts that promised customers "extreme discretion" should pay nearly $7.7 million in penalties to Connecticut for continuous violations of the state's unfair trade practices law, the attorney general's office told a state court Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:24:26 +0000 /florida/articles/2357036?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2357036 Scottsdale Insurance Co. informed a Florida federal judge on Tuesday it has settled its suit seeking an order that it doesn't owe coverage to the owner of a shopping plaza hit with a $1 million personal injury suit brought by a man who was shot in the plaza parking lot. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:12:44 +0000 /florida/articles/2353519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2353519 A Florida federal judge sentenced a reinsurance manager to 10 months of time served in prison for his role in a $3 million Ecuadorian bribery scheme following a hearing in Miami court on Tuesday, potentially allowing him to leave the country to reunite with his family in South America. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:46:35 +0000 /florida/articles/2355106?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2355106 With the U.S. Department of Justice now offering rewards to whistleblowers who report businesses that employ unauthorized workers, companies should understand the immigration enforcement landscape and how they can reduce their risk, say attorneys at McDermott. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:39:35 +0000 /florida/articles/2355237?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2355237 A Florida appellate panel ruled that a driver convicted in the drunken driving-related death of a motorcyclist must serve the minimum time of four years in prison, saying the lower court didn't have the authority to suspend the mandatory sentence for a DUI manslaughter charge. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:32:52 +0000 /florida/articles/2350123?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2350123 Florida's repeal of a controversial statutory provision that permitted developers of mixed-use condominium properties to retroactively assert control over common facilities marks a critical shift in legal protections for unit owners and associations, promoting fairness, transparency and accountability, say attorneys at Pardo Jackson. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:44:18 +0000 /florida/articles/2355186?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2355186 A Florida federal court's recent landmark ruling in Garcia v. Character Technologies, rejecting artificial intelligence developers' efforts to shield themselves from product liability and wrongful death claims under the First Amendment, challenges the assumption that chatbot outputs qualify as speech, and may redefine AI regulation and litigation nationally, says Peter Gregory at Goldberg Segalla. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:35:35 +0000 /florida/articles/2356367?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2356367 A gaming company and a law firm asked the Eleventh Circuit to reject an insurer's bid to avoid representing the firm in a malpractice case, arguing that if at least one claim in an underlying complaint was covered, the insurer couldn't apply a misappropriation exclusion.