Adams & Reese Adams & Reese Partner and Construction Team Leader Trent Cotney appears on the podcast, “If Walls Could Talk”, hosted by Jill Bloom of Walls & Ceilings, to discuss legal trends shaping the roofing and construction industries. The conversation addresses the evolving legal and regulatory environment for contractors, including contract terms, insurance changes, reputation management, OSHA… Continue reading Cotney Discusses the Evolving Legal Trends in Roofing and Construction
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5 Key Strategies for Depositions that Win Cases
Amanda Fong | Nextpoint In a recent webinar hosted with EDRM, Nextpoint brought together litigation attorneys and legal professionals to break down what actually goes into deposition prep. The discussion surfaced five deposition preparation strategies that consistently move the needle. Here are the key takeaways. 1. Start your prep before you have a date on the calendar… Continue reading 5 Key Strategies for Depositions that Win Cases
What To Do When You Suspect Your Client Is Lying
Michael J. Rossi | Conn Kavanaugh Lawyers are trained to handle bad facts. We learn from our earliest days in the trenches that unfavorable evidence does not end a case—it shapes strategy. What makes practice far more difficult is not bad facts but inaccurate facts. When clients shade the truth, omit key details, or lie… Continue reading What To Do When You Suspect Your Client Is Lying
One-Sided Game: Florida Supreme Court Limits Defense Role in Punitive Damages Motions
J. Richard Caldwell, Jr. | Rumberger | Kirk In Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., No. SC2024-0058, 2026 WL 1689765 (Fla. June 11, 2026), the Supreme Court of Florida unanimously rejected the decision of the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal In Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., 376 So.3d 24 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023). The specific issue concerned plaintiff’s burden in showing… Continue reading One-Sided Game: Florida Supreme Court Limits Defense Role in Punitive Damages Motions
Building the Case: Email Best Practices for Construction Litigation
Amanda Fong | Nextpoint The Email Problem in Construction After 44 years in the construction industry and over a decade combing through thousands of emails in litigation matters, Jerry Crawford has seen it all: the good, the bad, and the career-ending. “It’s pretty amazing sometimes what people will say in an email or type in… Continue reading Building the Case: Email Best Practices for Construction Litigation