Tax Prof speakers at the recently concluded 44th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning: Christopher R. Hoyt (Missouri-Kansas City), How to Do Your Roth IRA Conversion in 2010 and Current Issues in Charitable Planning Jeffrey N. Pennell (Emory), Recent Estate Planning Developments Randall W. ...

The largest individual award to a Florida smoker will be reduced, Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld (Broward County Circuit Court) ruled Friday. [Here's the story on Law.com] Judge Streitfeld called the $300 million jury verdict, rendered months ago, "excessive" and "shocking," based...

The Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll now has a fan page on Facebook.com. Visit the Chicago personal injury firm's page on Facebook for news updates and become a fan!

The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion today denying Martin Edward Grossman's third successive motion for postconviction relief.  The opinion can be viewed HERE.  A Miami Herald article about the decision can be viewed HERE and an article in the Tampa Tribune HERE.  The exec ...

In South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, the Florida Supreme Court exercised its all writs jurisdiction, provided by the Florida Constitution, and took jurisdiction of two cases pending before the Third District.  The issues in the case as state ...

The Florida Supreme Court entered an order today accepting jurisdiction in the case of Board of County Commisssioners of Collier County v. Brock, et al (SC09-2190).  The order can be viewed HERE.  The Supreme Court also entered THIS order which stayed the entry of the mandate by the Second ...

Robert K. Vischer (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN - School of Law) has posted Whn is a Catholic Doing Legal Theory Doing “Catholic Legal Theory?” (Seton Hall Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: What does...

According to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia's website, West Virginia is one of only 11 states with one appellate court, and the court is the busiest appellate court of its type in the United States. But West Virginia's membership in the single- ...

ResQNet.com and Jeffrey Kaplan v. Lansa, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2010) The district court held that one of ResQNets patents was infringed and awarded $500k in past damages based on a 12.5% royalty rate. The court denied the patentees requested permanent injunction but instead ordered an ongoing license at ...

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara's (co-chief blogger at fdalawblog.net and self-described social media guru) will be speaking on the regulation of social media at the American Conference Institute’s 8th Expert Regulatory Guide to Advertising, eMarketing and Promotions for the Pharmaceutical Ind ...