Recent Blog Posts
Whistleblower Client Defeats National Pharmacy Chain’s Motion to Dismiss Medicare Fraud Claims Alleging Medication Therapy Management Consultations Were “Worthless Services”
Representing their whistleblower client (“Relator”) in a qui tam case in which the federal government declined to intervene, RKJ attorneys Adam Rabin, Havan Clark, and Andrew Abreu, together with co-counsel Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes, prevailed in defeating a national pharmacy chain’s motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint (“Complaint”), as detailed in U.S. District Judge… Read More »
RKJ Prevails in Bench Trial to Enforce Private Beach Easement on Palm Beach
The firm recently prevailed in a bench trial on behalf of several homeowners to enforce a private beach easement in the Town of Palm Beach. The firm’s clients are owners of residences located within the Esplanade Estates section of the Town of Palm Beach. They hold an easement that runs from North Ocean Boulevard… Read More »
“I Feel the Need for Speed!” – the Florida Supreme Court Abrogates the “At Issue” Rule and Declares Trial Continuances Should Rarely be Granted
The Florida Supreme Court recently adopted various new amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure that become effective on January 1, 2025. These amendments overhaul how trial courts will manage the cases before them, the speed in which cases will proceed through the judicial process, and material changes to the discovery process, including… Read More »
Tear Up All Non-Compete Agreements? Not so Fast
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Non-Compete Rule”)[1] which prohibits parties from both entering new non-competition agreements and enforcing existing non-competition agreements with limited exception.[2] As the rule was published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024, the Non-Compete Rule has an effective date of… Read More »
Waiver of Arbitration Rights Under Florida Law
Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution used to handle disputes between parties outside the court system. In this process, the parties have the chance to present evidence to an arbitrator or sometimes a panel of arbitrators if more than one arbitrator is used; an arbitrator is a neutral third-party who serves a… Read More »
New Federal Rule Prohibits Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements
Since January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has considered adopting a new nationwide rule that would prohibit employers from not only entering but also enforcing non-compete agreements with employees (subject to certain exceptions, of course). According to the FTC, non-compete agreements negatively affect competition by hindering the ability of workers t change jobs… Read More »
$500,000 Jury Verdict
The law firm of Rabin Kammerer Johnson and co-counsel Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa announce that they obtained a $500,000 jury verdict for their client, plaintiff Matthew Hayden, on March 7, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Matthew Hayden v. Steven F. Urvan, Case No. 9:21-CV-82051-MATTHEWMAN) The case involved… Read More »
What to Do When a Shareholder of A Florida Corporation Files for Dissolution
While there can be an unlimited number of shareholders of any given corporation, all shareholders are not going to have the same opinions, thoughts, or feelings on how the corporation should be run. Inevitably, this may lead to shareholder disputes. If a shareholder so strongly disagrees with how the corporation is being run, there… Read More »
Firm Wins Trial to Enforce Client’s Loan, Defeating Borrower’s Defense of Commercial Frustration
Adam Rabin and Havan Clark represented firm client, Steve Earsley (“Plaintiff”), who recently prevailed at trial in a case styled Steve Earsley v. Joseph A. Petri, Case No. 20-6949, in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida. Plaintiff was an investor in a privately owned substance abuse treatment center in Palm Beach… Read More »
RKJ is Featured in Law360 After Client Defeats Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss Client’s Retaliation Claim Under the False Claims Act’s Retaliation Provision
RKJ attorneys Adam Rabin and Havan Clark, together with co-counsel Cathleen Scott, recently prevailed in defeating defendants’ motions to dismiss on behalf of their client in a False Claims Act retaliation case filed pursuant to 31 U.S.C.§ 3730(h). After the oral argument, the court wrote a 19-page order denying defendants’ motions, which was featured… Read More »