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With current authorities, succinct discussions of complex issues, and the forms vital to handling a commercial case, the Thirteenth Edition of Business Litigation in Florida is a must-have for business practitioners and trial attorneys alike. The completely updated manual covers the full range of concerns to business litigators, from initial considerations of jurisdiction and venue, through myriad discovery and other pretrial and trial issues, to recovery of attorneys' fees.
Highlights of the new 13th edition include:
• Comprehensive update to case law and statutes to reflect current Florida business litigation practice.
• Incorporates recent developments affecting litigators in Florida courts.
• Addresses the broadened scope of Rule 1.200 and its enumerated exceptions, offering practical guidance on case management across Florida civil actions
• Covers amendments to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510, including Florida’s adoption of the federal summary judgment standard and significant substantive and procedural changes affecting dispositive motion practice.
• Provides refreshed analysis aligned with current legal standards and trends.
• Offers current practical insight for navigating Florida business disputes.
• Addresses cross-border discovery and international data protection compliance in complex business litigation.
• Examines the evolving role of generative AI in e-discovery, including ethical obligations, sanctions developments, and practical risk-management strategies.
The ISBN for the 11th Edition was 9781663386359.
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Chapter 1 State Jurisdiction
Aleksas A. Barauskas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Chapter 2 Federal Jurisdiction
Joseph A. Apatov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Chapter 3 Venue
Donald E. Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Chapter 4 Commercial Arbitration
Jon Polenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Chapter 5 Injunctive Relief
Peter F. Valori and Brett J. Novick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Chapter 6 Discovery In Other States And Countries
Joseph A. Apatov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Chapter 7 Securing, Resisting, And Limiting Discovery Of Trade Secrets
And Other Confidential Business Information
Donald E. Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Chapter 8 Discovery Of Experts
W. Edwards Muñiz and Ashley P. Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Chapter 9 Proposals For Settlement
Roy E. Fitzgerald and Jennifer Perrone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Chapter 10 Case Management Conferences And Pretrial Hearings, Pretrial
Stipulations, And Pretrial Orders
Donald E. Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Chapter 11 Pretrial Preparation And Trial Procedures; Direct
Examination, Cross-Examination, Redirect, And Rebuttal
Allen S. Katz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Chapter 12 Selected Problems In Evidence
Roy E. Fitzgerald and Jennifer Perrone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Chapter 13 Daubert And Commercial Litigation Expert Testimony
Jon Polenberg and Darren Goldman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Chapter 14 Summary Judgment In Business Litigation
John Farina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Chapter 15 Jury Instructions For Business Litigation
Manuel Farach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Chapter 16 Recovery Of Attorneys’ Fees
David P. Ackerman and Bryan T. West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
Chapter 17 Punitive And Lost Profit Damages In Commercial Tort Cases
Michael W. Marcil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
Chapter 18 Business Litigation Involving Florida Business Organizations
Legal Publications Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1
Chapter 19 Litigating Commercial Cases In Bankruptcy Court
Kenneth Dante Murena and Casandra Perez Murena . . . . . . 19-1
Chapter 20 Litigation Under Florida’s Deceptive And Unfair Trade
Practices Act and The Florida Antitrust Act
Michael W. Marcil and Lauren Marcil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Chapter 21 Fundamentals Of Patent Litigation
Eleanor M. Yost, William (Ty) Giltinan, J. Coy Stull, and
Jayashree Mitra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
Chapter 22 “White-Collar” Crimes
Joseph C. Bodiford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1
Chapter 23 The Economic Loss Rule
Michael W. Marcil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-1
Chapter 24 Electronic Discovery
Steven W. Teppler and Ralph Artigliere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1