Connecticut Law Tribune

08/31/2026

Florida's short-term rentals occupy a legal gray area where commercially operated properties are only held to residential safety codes, creating confusion in premises liability cases and allowing dangerous conditions that would be illegal at hotels. Trial attorneys are responding by using industry standards and licensing violations to hold unlicensed rental owners accountable for preventable injuries and deaths.

Florida's short-term rentals occupy a legal gray area where commerciallyoperated properties are only held to residential safety codes, creating confusion in premises liability cases and allowing dangerous conditions that would be illegal at hotels. Trial attorneys are responding by using industry st...

08/31/2026

The firm's Tampa office has a new space that is four times larger than its previous office.

08/28/2026

Florida parents should discuss with teens how everyday decisions—from excessive speeding and street racing to online harassment, sexting and vaping—can carry serious criminal consequences beyond school discipline or traffic tickets, as new laws like the "Super Speeder" statute have transformed formerly minor violations into potential misdemeanors with lasting legal impact.

Florida parents should discuss with teens how everyday decisions—from excessive speeding and street racing to online harassment, sexting and vaping—can carry serious criminal consequences beyond school discipline or traffic tickets, as new laws like the "Super Speeder" statute have transformed f...

08/28/2026

GenesisAI Corp. and Archil Cheishvili, its former CEO and co-founder, have agreed to settlement terms that would permanently enjoin them from violating Section 17(a)(2) of the Exchange Act and require Cheishvili to pay a $50,000 disgorgement, $9,184.53 in prejudgment interest and a $50,000 civil penalty, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stated.

GenesisAI Corp. and Archil Cheishvili, its former CEO and co-founder, have agreed to settlement terms that would permanently enjoin them from violating Section 17(a)(2) of the Exchange Act and require Cheishvili to pay a $50,000 disgorgement, $9,184.53 in prejudgment interest and a $50,000 civil pen...

08/28/2026

"We're hoping to create an environment where [litigants] will go down to the local watering hole and look across the bar and say, ‘Oh my goodness, you did your trial in front of a state court? That must have been horrible,'" said retired Palm Beach Circuit Judge James Martz, who leads the private judging practice at the Boca Raton office of Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas.

"We’re hoping to create an environment where [litigants] will go down to the local watering hole and look across the bar and say, ‘Oh my goodness, you did your trial in front of a state court? That must have been horrible,'" said retired Palm Beach Circuit Judge James Martz, who leads the privat...

08/27/2026

Runners-up this week include litigators from Kobre & Kim, Baker Botts and Patterson Belknap.

08/27/2026

The Delaware Court of Chancery's decision in Berger v. Fox clarifies that M&A proxy disclosures are sufficient when they identify relevant adviser relationships and fees, including the "rough scale" of concurrent engagements, without requiring exact dollar amounts or disclosure of every immaterial relationship.

The Delaware Court of Chancery's decision in Berger v. Fox clarifies that M&A proxy disclosures are sufficient when they identify relevant adviser relationships and fees, including the "rough scale" of concurrent engagements, without requiring exact dollar amounts or disclosure of every immaterial r...

08/27/2026

The Peach State's business court is designed to handle the same types of cases as the business courts in other states, and lawyers told Law.com they've had positive experiences litigating there. However, while other courts report new filings in the triple digits, Georgia's State-Wide Business Court only had 25 new cases filed in the last year.

The Peach State's business court is designed to handle the same types of cases as the business courts in other states, and lawyers told Law.com they've had positive experiences litigating there. However, while other courts report new filings in the triple digits, Georgia's State-Wide Business Court....

08/09/2026

The Thursday afternoon decision, written by Justice Abigail M. LeGrow, affirms the Superior Court's denial of Fox News' motion to dismiss.

08/09/2026

The states argue that President Donald Trump—by citing "forced labor" or the failure to prevent it—is misusing a law in order to reenact baseline tariffs orders that had already been rejected by the courts.