Shareholder Esther E. Galicia Featured in Summer 2017 Issue of Trial Advocate Quarterly
Shareholder Esther E. Galicia was featured in the Summer 2017 issue of Trial Advocate Quarterly by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. The article was originally published in Trial Advocate Quarterly (Volume 36, Number 3, Summer 2017).

Shareholder Esther E. Galicia Featured in the Winter 2016 Issue of the Trial Advocate Quarterly
Shareholder Esther E. Galicia was featured in the Winter 2016 issue of Trial Advocate Quarterly by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. The article was originally published in Trial Advocate Quarterly (Volume 36, Number 1, Winter 2016).

Proposed Changes To The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

Written by Shareholder Richard J. Block

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) released yesterday in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking a set of proposed changes to the EB-5 immigrant investor program, increasing the required investment amounts from $1 million to $1.8 million for direct investments, and from $500,000 to $1.35 million in targeted high-unemployment areas (TEAs) where most regional centers are located.

Although the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had been mulling over possible "regulatory and policy changes" regarding the EB-5 program for quite some time, this level of increase in the minimum investment amounts was not anticipated. The Notice said “The increase would ensure the program requirements reflect the present-day dollar value of the investment amounts established by Congress in 1990.” The proposals outline other major changes to the program including removing the ability of states to designate high-unemployment areas. Under the new rules, that power would be reserved for the DHS. Stakeholders have been given until April 11, 2017 to comment on the proposals. It will likely be another 2-3 months after that before DHS issues a final rule with an effective date for all the proposed changes.  

Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal Declares Florida’s Non-Economic Damages Caps Unconstitutional in Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Actions

Associate Stephen P. Smith's article titled, "Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal Declares Florida’s Non-Economic Damages Caps Unconstitutional in Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Actions" has been featured in JD Supra.

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U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh In On the Use of Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

Associate Stephen P. Smith's article titled, "U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh In On the Use of Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements" has been featured in JD Supra.

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