Legal Updates

DEFECTIVE EARPLUGS A Florida federal jury ordered 3M Company to pay $7.1 million to military members who claimed their combat earplugs did not work. The plaintiffs claimed hearing loss during the trial.    RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA The Florida Supreme Court declared a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana “misleading,” effectively ending its chances of getting on the Read more about Legal Updates[…]

Issues of Interest

PUBLIX Florida’s favorite grocery store chain was named the best employer to work for in companies with least 100,000 employees and the 12th best company to work for overall by Fortune magazine. And a little trivia: Why are there scales inside Publix? Back in the day, household scales weren’t common so businesses would place scales Read more about Issues of Interest[…]

Issues of Interest

AFRICAN LAND SNAILS The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced that over 168,000 of the invasive African land snails have been eliminated since they were first spotted in 2011. In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service removed giant African land snail from the list of quarantined areas Read more about Issues of Interest[…]