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Ever been cancelled by your insurance company; even though you reported no losses for years, maybe decades? The Florida Senate and the Florida House are fast tracking a bill relating to property insurance in Florida. And, that sounds good on its face, but is it good for homeowners? Easy answer […]

I am familiar with Shakespeare’s quote from Henry VI, “The first thing we must do is kill all the lawyers.”  Although, one should note, the quote is often used to malign attorneys when Shakespeare actually meant it as a compliment – the characters in his play were planning a revolution […]

Big Tobacco receives two pieces of news that, well, is going to really not make for a merry Christmas this year. Clearly a classic of “beware what you wish for my friend, for surely you shall receive it!” Every time a jury finds against Big Tobacco, their talking heads come […]

You lost your job. You worry you will lose your house. You receive the letter: Dear Homeowner, you have failed to pay your mortgage payments. We do not care why. We are foreclosing on your home. Is it fair for a mortgage company to foreclose a mortgage because the homeowner […]

Much has been reported over the last several weeks about the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and how it relates to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Discussion has mainly centered on the part of the law that might limit British Petroleum’s (BP) liability to $75 million. U.S. Senators, with […]

I used to feel safe when I would see a commercial truck traveling next to me on the road. After reading some statistics comparing airline pilots to truck drivers, I am not so sure I feel that way now. In your mind imagine a truck tractor with two trailers attached […]

As citizens, homeowners, and fisherman scramble to protect their property and livelihoods from the impending arrival of hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil, the National Guard has been mobilized as the oil slick miles in length approaches the coast. Current estimates on the amount of oil escaping from the […]

The public school system is a valuable part of our country’s foundation and it is failing. The good news is YOU can help mend the fiber that has propelled this nation to success for two hundred years. Public schools are not failing because they are a bad system or because […]

It seems clear that it is not clear… or is it the things we know do not include the unknowns…or is it the things we don’t know are known unknowns? In any event, based on comments I have seen in blogs, one thing is clear: the public does not understand […]

Those Big Tobacco guys are at it again. Do they not care for Florida juries, Florida judges, or the Florida Supreme Court? At the least, Big Tobacco does not like the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in the “Engle” cases. These cases stem from a class, which was decertified by the […]