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Florida Case Law Update: Key Appellate Decisions for Litigators
Florida Case Law Update: Key Appellate Decisions for Litigators
Florida’s appellate courts have recently clarified several recurring litigation issues—from constructive notice and punitive damages to assignment‑of‑benefits standing and evidentiary limits on corporate representative testimony. Defense lawyers in Florida are carefully monitoring the impact that these decisions may have on…
Surrogate Health Care Decisions and Their Impact on Arbitration Agreements
Surrogate Health Care Decisions and Their Impact on Arbitration Agreements
Can a Healthcare Surrogate Bind a Patient to Nursing Home Arbitration in Mississippi? Arbitration agreements are common components of admission paperwork for assisted living facilities, long-term-healthcare facilities, and skilled-nursing facilities. Often, admission paperwork, inclusive of any arbitration agreement or clauses,…
Maritime Risks: Chokepoints, Sanctions & the Dark Fleet
Maritime Risks: Chokepoints, Sanctions & the Dark Fleet
Admiralty Dark Thirty: How Chokepoints, Warzones, Fraudulent Registries, and Sanctions Impact Global Maritime Trade For regular maritime industry insiders and insurers observing the fallout of the recent developments in the Middle East, these events serve as a powerful reminder that…
How Montgomery v. Caribe Impacts Texas Freight Brokers
How Montgomery v. Caribe Impacts Texas Freight Brokers
From Highway Crash to the High Court Trucking defense lawyers are carefully monitoring one case that was recently argued before the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court took up the issue of whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act…
Modernization of Interstate Discovery in Texas Under the UIDDA
Modernization of Interstate Discovery in Texas Under the UIDDA
Texas Officially Adopts the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act On August 29, 2025, the Supreme Court of Texas published an order officially incorporating the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act (UIDDA) into Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 201. The…
Reframing the Question to Achieve the Intended Result in DBA Cases
Reframing the Question to Achieve the Intended Result in DBA Cases
Two recent decisions issued by the Office of Administrative Law Judges in December 2025 highlight the continued filings of subsequent claims and the effects (if any) of the settlement of prior claims. Both decisions focus on whether the settlement language…
Vessel Purpose in Offshore Platform Contracts
Vessel Purpose in Offshore Platform Contracts
Expectation vs. Reality: The importance of clearly outlining a vessel’s purpose in offshore platform contracts after Earnest, Offshore Oil Servs., and Genesis Energy A trio of Fifth Circuit opinions further analyzed the two-prong test created in In re Larry Doiron,…
2026 Louisiana Employment Law Update: Unemployment and Hiring Changes
2026 Louisiana Employment Law Update: Unemployment and Hiring Changes
Q1 Compliance Considerations for Employers As 2026 begins, Louisiana employers and those tracking employment law should be aware of two new employment-related statutes affecting unemployment insurance administration and hiring practices. While neither law creates new employee-facing mandates, both introduce operational…
Third‑Party Litigation Funding: A Guide for In‑House Counsel
Third‑Party Litigation Funding: A Guide for In‑House Counsel
Corporate legal departments continue to monitor the growth and impact of third-party litigation funding (TPLF). As funding models evolve and disclosure norms remain unsettled, in-house counsel face mounting questions about risk, effective strategies, legal system drivers, trends, and governance. We…
Keep RTW Working in 2026: Strategies to Beat Open Market Wages
Keep RTW Working in 2026: Strategies to Beat Open Market Wages
Workers’ Compensation Strategies Trending in 2026 Across Mississippi and throughout the Gulf Coast and Midwest, returning injured employees to work is an increasing trend for workers’ compensation matters in 2026. Employers and risk managers are reinforcing light duty and modified…
Florida Case Law Update: Key Appellate Decisions for Litigators
Florida Case Law Update: Key Appellate Decisions for Litigators
Florida’s appellate courts have recently clarified several recurring litigation issues—from constructive notice and punitive damages to assignment‑of‑benefits standing and evidentiary limits on corporate representative testimony. Defense lawyers in Florida are carefully monitoring the impact that these decisions may have on…
Houston Litigators Secure Arbitration Award in Construction Defect Case
Houston Litigators Secure Arbitration Award in Construction Defect Case
Director Denise Lambert and Associate Alexa Youssef of Galloway’s Houston office received a significant arbitration award in a recent construction defect case. With a carefully developed defense, the team delivered sophisticated representation that resulted in a favorable outcome for their…
Reputation at Stake: Medical Malpractice Defense
Reputation at Stake: Medical Malpractice Defense
In medical malpractice cases, an allegation against a healthcare provider goes beyond a claim for damages — it directly challenges professional standing and the standards of care that define a career. The most effective defense strategy recognizes this broader impact,…
Florida Summary Judgment in Motorized Cart Burn Injury Case
Florida Summary Judgment in Motorized Cart Burn Injury Case
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith secured summary judgment in a recent premises liability action involving an alleged second-degree burn injury to a paraplegic plaintiff from a motorized shopping cart. Director Catherine Arpen of the Firm’s Jacksonville office represented a…
The WDIR Trap: Where Termite Companies Get Pulled Into Lawsuits
The WDIR Trap: Where Termite Companies Get Pulled Into Lawsuits
Wood-destroying insect reports (WDIRs) are designed to bring clarity to a property transaction. In reality, they can pull termite companies into lawsuits when buyers, sellers, or lenders approach the document as a warranty instead of a point-in-time inspection. If you…
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