The Business Law Section is this year’s recipient of the Legal Services of Greater Miami’s Equal Justice Pro Bono Impact Award in recognition of the creation of the Veterans’ Financial Literacy Program. This program can be duplicated throughout the state of Florida and will touch the lives of families and their neighborhoods for decades to come. There will be a live celebration event during the ABA week of National Celebration of Pro Bono -October 23-29, 2022.

by Manny Farach

The Bankruptcy/UCC Committee is forming a new Study Group to review Section 501.207 of FDUTPA and the holding in Perlman v. PNC Bank, N.A. , 38 F.4th 899, 905 (11th Cir. 2022). Recently, the Eleventh Circuit in Perlman held that Fla. Stat. § 501.207(3) (FDUTPA) does not overcome the requirement set forth in Isaiah v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, 960 F.3d 1296, 1308 (11th Cir. 2020), that a receiver must allege the presence of at least one innocent director or stockholder to have standing to bring his aiding and abetting claims against a defendant. The Eleventh Circuit notes that while the statute might provide that the wrongful acts of the Receivership Entities are not imputed to Perlman, this does not change the fact that absent an allegation of an innocent director or stockholder, the Receivership Entities cannot be said to have suffered an injury for purposes of common law tort claims against third parties.

If interested in volunteering for the study group, please email Mariane Dorris, Chair of the Bankruptcy/UCC Committee at mdorris@shukerdorris.com. The first meeting will be at the Labor Day Retreat, September 2-5, 2022.

JW Marriott Marco Island

Judge Brown's investiture will be September 23, 2022.

Congratulations to Giacomo Bossa and Jocelyne Macelloni on becoming board certified in Business Litigation

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