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Upchurch Watson White & Max is a Florida- and Alabama-based professional association of mediators. Our team of conflict resolution specialists practices in a wide range of alternative dispute resolution disciplines. Specific areas of practice include business mediation, corporate mediation, commercial mediation, family mediation, arbitration and more. We also offer niche services such as multi-party, complex, malpractice and class action mediation. Please explore our site to learn more about our mediators in Florida and Alabama and the mediation services we offer.

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Newsroom Updates

The Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 10 UWWM Neutrals

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (August 14, 2024) -- Today, Best Lawyers in America® announces that 10 Upchurch Watson White & Max mediator/arbitrators have made the cut for 2025. Of those, six were first recognized for the ADR categories in 2011, the year Mediation and Arbitration became separate categories. All six had been listed in other Best Lawyers categories before 2011.

Mediator Rodney Max Trucking to Chicago and Nashville for Speaking Engagements

MIAMI (August 2, 2024) – This month and next, UWWM mediator Rodney A. Max will appear as a speaker for the National Trial Lawyers Big Truck & Auto Summit 2024 in Chicago and Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) 2024 Annual Symposium in Nashville.

Florida Super Lawyers® Recognizes 8 Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediators

Eight of our Florida panel members, all longtime Super Lawyers® honorees, have again been listed in this year's edition. Renée Thompson achieved her 10-year badge in 2024, after being listed as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for six years before that.

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The Latest Blogs

The Employee v. Independent Contractor Issue, Part I

This issue is treated as an affirmative defense, meaning that it is usually a jury issue in which each side must prove its point. This adds a lot of expense and risk to cases, beginning at the summary judgment stage and especially if the issue goes to trial.

11th Circuit Clarifies Article III Standing in FCRA Class Action

The 11th Circuit reversed the district court (and magistrate judge’s recommendation) and held – at least for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act – that the mere alleged statutory violation itself is a “concrete injury” akin to the traditional harm of publishing defamatory information.

Courts Re-Examine Long-Standing Approach of Basing Fees on Benefits Available to Class

In Lowery v. Rhapsody International, Inc., the Ninth Circuit reversed a $1.7 million fee award in a claims-made class settlement because only $53,000 in class benefits were distributed, despite $20 million in benefits being available.

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