Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 38 September 21, 2024 Manuel Farach Turner v. Jordan, Case No. 22-13159 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202213159.pdf) Federal courts apply comity and decline to intervene in cases involving states administering their taxing laws even if the claim is made under § 1983. Celebrity Actors...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 37 September 14, 2024 Manuel Farach OHI Asset (VA) Martinsville SNF, LLC v. Wagner, (In re: Wagner), Case No. 22-13642 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202213642.pdf) A district court reviewing a bankruptcy court judgment must defer to the bankruptcy court’s credibility determinations. In Re: Amendments...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 36 September 7, 2024 Manuel Farach Steines v. Westgate Palace, L.L.C., Case No. 22-14211 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202214211.pdf) The Military Lending Act, 10 U.S.C § 987, preempts the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., and precludes enforcement of the arbitration agreement...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 35 August 31, 2024 Manuel Farach ECB USA, INC. v. Chubb Insurance Company of New Jersey, Case No. 22-10811 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202210811.op2.pdf) The Eleventh Circuit holds that the series-qualifier canon of interpretation directs that a postpositive modifier (e.g., “for financial institutions”) modifies all...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 34 August 24, 2024 Manuel Farach Colby v. Zicarelli, Case No. 1D2023-1135 (Fla. 1st DCA 2024). (https://1dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2439402/opinion/Opinion_2023-1135.pdf) A defendant in an eviction for unpaid rent need not deposit into the court registry if she alleges she has paid the rent; deposit into the registry...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 33 August 17, 2024 Manuel Farach Calderon v. Sixt Rent A Car, LLC, Case No. 22-13539 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202213539.pdf) Items and provisions outside a main contract become part of the main contract when properly incorporated by reference into the main contract. GMRI,...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 32 August 10, 2024 Manuel Farach Commodities & Minerals Enterprise, Ltd v. CVG Ferrominera Orinoco C.A., Case No. 21-14504 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202114504.pdf) The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 10(a), does not permit a public policy defense in opposition to confirmation of an...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 31 August 3, 2024 Manuel Farach Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. Property Matters USA, LLC, Case No. 23-12563 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202312563.pdf) A defendant in a copyright infringement case which is voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) is not entitled to attorneys’ fees...Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 30 July 27, 2024 Manuel Farach Williams IP Holdings, LLC v. Schwarz, Case Nos. 3D23-2180 & 3D23-2260 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024). (https://3dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2438100/opinion/Opinion_2023-2180.pdf) A contract proposal is subsumed into the final contract and the terms of the contract control over conflicting provisions in a proposal....Read More
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 29 July 20, 2024 Manuel Farach Level 8 Management, Inc. v. Wildflower Legacy and Wealth Planning, LLC, Case No. 2D2023-2070 (Fla. 2d DCA 2024). (https://2dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2437349/opinion/Opinion_2023-2070.pdf) Factors to consider in deciding whether specific long-arm jurisdiction under Florida Statute section 48.191(1) include the presence and...Read More