Contract Disputes, Florida

Florida’s CHOICE Act Enacted: Helping Employers Read Between the Lines of the New Non-Compete Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/5/2025

Florida’s CHOICE Act, short for “Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth” (CHOICE), is now law. For details of the Act, see Florida’s CHOICE Act Offers Employers Unprecedented Tools...more

Florida District Court Orders New Trial After Jury Allowed to Hear Evidence on Claim Handling in Insurance Breach of Contract...

Carlton Fields on 7/1/2025

In Universal Prop & Cas. Ins. Co. v. West Naze, No. 4D2024-0098 (Fla. 4th DCA Jun. 4, 2025), the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal reaffirmed that an insured cannot introduce evidence of claim handling in a breach of...more

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of June 2 - 6, 2025

Carlton Fields on 6/10/2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Roth v. Russell - ’34 Act, §16(b) - Sweet Additions v. Meelunie Am - sales contract - USA v. Dubois - Second Amendment, felons with firearms...more

Just Argued: Florida Supreme Court Tackles Property Law Shake-Up That Could Hit Property Owners and Developers Alike

Lowndes on 6/4/2025

This morning, the Florida Supreme Court heard RJ’s International v. Crown Castle, a high-stakes case poised to reshape how contractual terms in property agreements affect future landowners. The justices are weighing whether...more

General Contract May Be Entitled to Award of Attorneys’ Fees Against Subcontractor, Despite Jury’s Apportionment of Damages

Marshall Dennehey on 4/30/2025

Babin Builders and Development Inc. v. Quinones, Fla. 1st DCA, No. 1D2022-4103, February 12, 2025 - For construction defect litigation, many times we are called into action to defend a subcontractor who has been included as a...more

Florida Appeals Court Clarifies Timing for Damages in a Breach of a Construction Contract

MG+M The Law Firm on 4/25/2025

In the case of Bandklayder Dev., LLC v. Sabga, No. 3D23-1906, 2025 WL 15275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jan. 2, 2025), a Florida Appeals Court followed established Florida precedent holding that damages for a breach of construction...more

Third DCA Reaffirms the Longstanding Playbook on Contract Damages

Segal McCambridge on 4/15/2025

Must damages be based on the cost of repair at the time of the breach? What is the time of breach? A recent Florida appellate case might have the answer to these questions. Bandklayder Development, LLC v. Sabga introduces key...more

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Confirmation of Arbitration Award Over Claims of Fraud, AAA Rule-Breaking, and Lack of Jurisdiction

Carlton Fields on 3/27/2020

The Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed the confirmation of an arbitration award in a dispute involving a contract to obtain signatures for a Florida solar energy ballot initiative over claims that the prevailing party engaged...more

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