Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 39 September 28, 2024 Manuel Farach   OptumRx v. Bay Pharmacy Inc., Case No. 5D2023-0652 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024). (https://5dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2441306/opinion/Opinion_2023-0652.pdf) The fact that arbitration may occur outside Florida and apply non-Florida law is not a basis for objecting to arbitration.   Baldwin v. Laboratory Corporation...Read More

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