SKS Secures Complete Summary Judgment for eDiscovery Firm Lawgical Insight in Federal Wiretap Act and Stored Communications Act Class Action
Miami, FL | August 4, 2026 -Stumphauzer Kolaya & Sloman, PLLC is pleased to announce that the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida has granted final summary judgment in favor of the firm’s clients — eDiscovery and digital forensics company Lawgical Insight, LLC and two of its executives — in a putative federal class action alleging violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Stored Communications Act (SCA). The decision is an important one for the eDiscovery and digital forensics industry, and just as much for the lawyers who practice in it.
Customs Fraud Is Becoming a Criminal and Whistleblower Priority: What the New DOJ–DHS Trade Fraud Guide Signals
Miami, FL | July 20, 2026 – In August 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force with the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), promising “robust enforcement” against importers and other parties who evade tariffs. What that would mean in practice was anyone’s guess.
Health Care Fraud Enforcement by the Numbers:
Miami, FL | July 2, 2026 – Every summer, the Department of Justice announces a coordinated “national health care fraud takedown,” unveiled with a headline dollar figure built to make news. The number is real, but by itself it tells you almost nothing.
The DOJ Just Charged 455 People in Its Biggest Health Care Fraud Sweep Ever. Here’s What It Signals for Every Provider.
Miami, FL | June 26, 2026 – Partners Matthew DellaBetta and Ryan Stumphauzer provide insight on the “biggest health care fraud sweep ever.”
Partner Matthew DellaBetta provides commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision in Snyder v. United States
Miami, FL | July 10, 2024 – Partner Matthew DellaBetta provided the Daily Business Review with commentary on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Snyder v. United States.
The Philadelphia Inquirer acknowledges Stumphauzer Kolaya & Sloman’s Efforts in Recovering Funds and Assets for Investors in SEC Receivership
Miami, FL | July 18, 2023 – Over the past three years, Ryan Stumphauzer has served as the court-appointed receiver for a Philadelphia-based merchant cash advance business in an action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Timothy Kolaya, who is counsel for the Receiver, has worked alongside Ryan to manage ongoing business operations, recover and preserve the company’s assets, and represent the Receiver in the SEC action. The Philadelphia Inquirer, which has been keeping a watchful eye over the case, recently reported on the progress of these recovery efforts:
Stumphauzer Kolaya & Sloman Prevails in Three Appeals Before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Miami, FL | August 30, 2022 – The attorneys at Stumphauzer Kolaya Nadler & Sloman received three favorable rulings from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit over the last few weeks. From claims arising from Instagram giveaways to unique jurisdictional questions involving receiverships, the firm is happy to have been able to achieve these positive results for our clients:
Significant International Legal Developments Made in the Area of Ethics in 2020
(Originally featured by the ABA International Section’s Ethics Committee at: ABA – International Section: The Year in Review; International Legal Developments Year in Review: 2020)
This article reviews some of the most significant international legal developments made in the area of ethics in 2020.
2020, the year of COVID, witnessed more than the warp-speed development of several vaccines against the Coronavirus. Indeed, as the world tackled a pandemic, the application of justice and law has carried on. Four areas of interest that merit highlighting in 2020 are: (1) service of process abroad, and how the pandemic has impacted alternative service under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 4(f); (2) the nomination of Supreme Court justices in the United States; (3) the neutrality or non- neutrality of wing arbitrators; and (4) the tackling of corruption in the execution of contracts that are later arbitrated.
What Health Care Providers Should Know About the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
By Ian Ross and Jorge Perez Santiago
(Originally featured by the American Health Law Association at: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/journal-health-law/article/c6fda9a6-4d67-4633-b65a-6e85a044661f/What-Health-Care-Providers-Should-Know-About-the-T )
Thousands of companies are sued every year under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (the TCPA). The attorneys who bring these lawsuits target every industry, but in recent years have focused much of their attention on health care companies and medical providers who communicate with their patients via text message and prerecorded messages. Many courts have held that certain provisions in the TCPA and its implementing regulations are subject to interpretation, and plaintiffs’ attorneys have taken advantage of this uncertainty by filing lawsuits first and worrying about the implications later. Although appellate courts—and even the United States Supreme Court—have stepped in to clarify the scope of the TCPA, it is important for health care professionals to understand the dangers posed by these lawsuits and to make sure that their compliance program and communications with their patients follow the TCPA and applicable regulations. This article will outline the basic structure of the TCPA and explain (1) what it prohibits, (2) the exemptions to the TCPA that have been enacted to protect health care professionals who need to communicate with their patients, and (3) how those exemptions have been interpreted by courts and why those interpretations continue to evolve.
Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya Attorney Amy Bowers Co-Authors Article for ABA International Section’s Ethics Committee
Miami, FL | August 16, 2021 – Stumphauzer, Foslid, Sloman, Ross & Kolaya attorney Amy M. Bowers co-authored an article in The Year in Review: An Annual Survey of International Legal Developments and Publication of the American Bar Association International Law Section, which is published in cooperation with Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. The article was submitted to the survey on behalf of the Ethics Committee of the International Section of the American Bar Association, which Amy co-chairs.