Here is the opinion in Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians v. D.D.:
The US 231 widening in Panama City has reached the phase that decides what you get paid: FDOT is buying land along the corridor now. FDOT plans to take US 231 (also signed as SR 75) from four lanes to…
Can You Trademark a Geographic Name? What Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries Should Know
Breweries, wineries, and distilleries love to name themselves after home. Florida has nearly 400 craft breweries, State Craft Beer Sales & Production Statistics, 2025 – Brewers…
The human rights watchdog Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) released a report on Tuesday finding that forced labor persists on sugarcane plantations in the Dominican Republic (DR). CAL called for the US to impose an import ban in response to the…
“As the [Wall Street] Journal reported, ‘As with many private country clubs, admission often comes down to hitting it off with existing members…. In fact, too much wealth or notoriety has become a deterrent, as wealthy new applicants arriving in…
This week, The Volokh Conspiracy blog published my latest article, Comma Mischief from the Florida District Court of Appeal. The closing section explains that many judges are bad at textual interpretation. It ends with a rallying cry—the only fix would…
Defending Misrepresentation Claims in business-to-business litigation is won or lost on four issues: what the plaintiff must prove about reliance, whether the complaint was pleaded with enough specificity to survive a motion to dismiss, what your own contract says about…
Suing on an unpaid invoice makes sense when three things line up: the debt is documented, the filing deadline has not run, and the customer still has assets you can reach. Florida gives creditors a well-developed set of claims and…
As long as I can remember, if there was a newsworthy federal case in Miami, Jay was there. A real institution. It’s strange to think he won’t be sitting in the back of the courtroom. His last article was yesterday…