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Product Liability: Alert - March 19, 2010

A bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require foreign manufacturers of certain products imported into the United States to establish registered agents in this country who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers. As is noted in this alert, of particular importance is the provision of the proposed Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2010 that establishes that by registering an agent, the foreign manufacturer would consent to personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the state where the agent is located.

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Religious Institutions: Update - March 8, 2010

In addition to offering summaries of recent court decisions involving religious institutions that have to do with sovereign immunity and claims for damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, this alert reviews some of the key reasons for a faith-based organization to ask a church-state lawyer to review its employment and admissions policies every few years. Among these reasons are maximizing available legal defenses specific to religious institutions, such as the church-autonomy and ecclesiastical abstention doctrines – and religious institutions’ expectations of officers, employees and others that may differ from those of secular organizations.

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The 2008 Amendments to the APA: The Open Government Act
 

The Florida Bar Journal

December 1, 2008
 
Lawrence Sellers- Tallahassee

Tallahassee office partner Larry Sellers published an article in the December 2008 issue of The Florida Bar Journal regarding Florida's Open Government Act. "The 2008 Amendments to the APA: The Open Government Act" outlines the recently-enacted changes to Florida's APA. Please click on the link below to view the article.

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