July 2023 Month-long observance: French-American Heritage Month Important D&I calendar dates: 1stCanada Day (Canada) 4thIndependence Day (USA) 9thMartyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i) 11thWorld Populace Day 14thBastille Day 18thInternational Nelson Mandela Day 19thMuharram Islamic New Year 24thPioneer Day (Mormon) 26thNational Disability Independence Day (commemorates the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act) 30thInternational Day of Friendship… Read More
Celebrating Juneteenth 2023
The NMAAHC is a public institution open to all, where anyone is welcome to participate, collaborate, and learn more about African American history and culture. In the words of Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the Museum, “there are few things as powerful and as important as a people, as a nation that is… Read More
Hope Rising-Massaro Pride Interview
Hope Rising-Massaro is a paralegal in our St. Petersburg office. She is a married mother of 3 boys and 1 girl. Her daughter Nicole is gay. Nicole, who is now 40, came out when she was 16. “Coming out” can be a complex event in an LGBTQIA+ person’s life. It can be fraught with tension,… Read More
Important D&I Calendar Dates – June 2023
June 2023 Month-long observance: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month Black Music Month National Caribbean American Heritage Month Pride Month (LGBTQIAA+) Important D&I calendar dates: 5thWorld Environment Day 11thRace Unity Day 12thLoving Day 19thJuneteenth 20thWorld Refugee Day 21stNational Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada) 21stLitha, Summer Solstice (Pagan) 24stSt-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec) 28th Eid al-Adha (Muslim) Pride Day (LGBTQ+)… Read More
Florida Unfavorable Exhaustion of Benefits Order/Gratuitous Payments
The Honorable Judge Myriam Lehr (Miami-Dade County – County Court) recently issued an order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment on exhaustion of benefits in New Vista Diagnostic Imaging Services v. Direct Gen. Ins. Co. on April 25, 2023. The order addresses two (2) gratuitous payment arguments raised by Plaintiff’s counsel, Demesmin & Dover, who… Read More