News at MSB Law

People and businesses all over the country are facing a hard time with COVID-19.  The government put programs in place to help them like the CARES Act and Payment Protection Program (PPP).  Many people and businesses have used that money for good, ...

A recent decision from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (Deroy v. Carnival Corporation; 18-12619) rejected a cruise passenger’s clever argument of a loophole that Florida-based plaintiffs used to try to sue cruise lines in state court rather than ...

It is that time of year — the birthday of our great country. This year marks 244 years since the United States fought for and earned independence from England. The yearly celebrations that we have all come to love will likely be much different this ...

Over the Fourth of July holiday, many people, including some of the employees in our office, stepped on a plane for the first time since COVID-19 shut down the country. What they found was an experience starkly different compared to pre-pandemic trav ...

The United States Coast Guard recently released its 2019 Florida boating statistics.  One of the most staggering statistics is that, in any given month, at least 10% of all boating accidents are fatal.  The winter months have the highest fatality ...

June 15, 2020 was a monumental day for America. In a landmark case for LGBTQ+ equality, the Supreme Court ruled that federal law prohibits job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender status. This decision is significant and ...

Empty shelves and supply hoarders are new dilemmas to most shoppers during the coronavirus pandemic, but to Florida residents, the feeling is similar to the yearly reality of hurricane season. As phased openings have resulted in a surge in positive c ...

This article follows-up on our series of articles about our recent maritime personal injury Zoom trial. We already discussed what we thought were some of the potential issues of a Zoom trial and how that actually played out.  Today, we’d like t ...

Our firm recently finished our first Zoom trial.  It was a maritime personal injury case with the passenger appearing from Canada and the experts appearing from Canada and across the Unites States.  It was a bench trial (judge no jury) ...

“Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.” – Sir Winston Churchill President Trump, known for testing the boundaries with his Twitter account, tweeted ...

We are embarking on a bold new adventure: a maritime personal injury bench trial in Federal Court, entirely by Zoom. This is not the first such court proceeding, bench trial, or even jury trial by Zoom, but it is a first for our firm. As businesses t ...

Mark your calendars for May 18th, the date that non-essential businesses around Miami will begin to open as we enter the “new normal”. Although many are excited to get out of the house and resume normal operations, others worry that lifting restr ...