In this week's episode, Legal Speak examines the notable career of renowned plaintiffs' attorney and Morgan & Morgan founder John Morgan through the lens of his new book, "Life Is Luck: John Morgan on Lawyering, Risk and Recognizing Opportunity."

The state high court's actions include sanctions against lawyers for—among other violations—possession of child sexual abuse material, bank fraud and drug trafficking.

As I leave Law.com and the Daily Business Review, I look back on the South Florida legal beat, the lawyers and judges who trusted me with their stories, as well as a profession transformed by COVID-19, remote work and AI.

Class actions involving 17,000 Spirit employees and AGI workers connected to the airlines are lining up, and attorneys are using the WARN Act to make their case.

A Florida condominium association devastated by Hurricane Ian has agreed to pay $15.9 million to a restoration contractor after nearly three years of litigation over unpaid work, a disputed construction lien and counterclaims seeking punitive damages.

“It is extremely rare for a court to grant a post-conviction motion for bond pending sentencing," said David Winker, who is not connected to the case.

"Don’t assume that because you’ve got a good case or clear case that the insurance company is going to do the rational [thing] and settle it,” said plaintiffs' attorney Gary Fox.

The celebrity bankruptcy fight is becoming more than a collection battle: It is testing how courts handle online commentary, influencer-driven defamation disputes and the enforceability of speech restrictions when they are built into a bankruptcy plan.

In what is the firm's largest fee award to date, Florida’s Third District affirmed a $16.6 million fee award for Am Law 9th-ranked White & Case, while sending a smaller costs issue back for further findings.

Two women, two ex-husbands, brothers, and a pair of divorces allegedly gone wrong.

“This is not a case about $84,000,” said plaintiffs attorney Josef Timlichman. "It’s about the message. It’s about how we want to govern ourselves in society.”

As attorneys near the end of the Jay Peak receivership, immigration relief for EB-5 fraud victims remains the case’s final challenge. For lawyers watching the case, the receivership shows how litigation strategy can serve a broader court-supervised mandate.

Florida's Governor has announced two new vacancies that need to be filled on the appellate bench.

Following Spirit’s abrupt shutdown after 34 years as a Fort Lauderdale-based carrier, Florida lawyers weigh in on liquidation and the bankruptcy fights likely ahead over contracts, creditor priority, asset sales and remaining claims.

"It was one of the most powerful moments I've ever been a part of," said plaintiffs attorney Robert Rust.

Thirty years after ValuJet Flight 592 exploded over the Everglades, a Miami aviation lawyer looks back at a crash that, for a time, changed air safety litigation.

A South Florida law firm, seeking at least $500 million, is taking on a developer and others over an alleged fraudulent $12.5 million deal.

A six-year Florida Minimum Wage Act class action against South Beach nightclub Twist ended before reaching a jury after Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch granted a directed verdict for the defense.

A peek into what makes "America's Largest Injury Law Firm" the Daily Business Review's 2026 Law Firm of the Year.