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David M. Caldevilla - Tampa - FL
David M. Caldevilla adds significant appellate experience to the firm, having served as lead appellate counsel in a wide range of cases. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Staff Attorney to Judge Jack R. Schoonover at the Florida Second District Court of Appeal. He also served as General [...]Supreme Court Decides Landmark Billboard Case
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a landmark First Amendment case that threatened to topple thousands of sign codes across the country. As a previous Taft law bulletin explained, on-premises signs advertise some good, service, or activity available on the same property as the sign. They are the signs most of us rely on to know that a Starbucks is a Starbucks, [...]
Court Of Appeal’s Decision To Permit Unmanageable PAGA Claims Arguably Rests On A Faulty Premise
Last month, a split emerged in the California Court of Appeal regarding whether trial courts have authority to strike or limit unmanageable claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., 76 Cal. App. 5th 685, 2022 WL 855568 (2022), the court held that although a trial court may limit the plaintiff’s presentation of [...]
