JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

A Florida legislative committee Thursday advanced a bill that would outlaw certain discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida schools. A court could award damages and reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs to the parent should they succeed in receiving relief.

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Above The Law

MARCH 27, 2023

The post Doctor Arrested On First-Degree Murder Charges For Death Of Florida Attorney appeared first on Above the Law. There's a possible litigation connection between the victim and the accused murderer.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2022

Two Florida student athletes filed a lawsuit challenging compensation restrictions on Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the FHSAA currently prevents Florida high school athletes from profiting off their name, image, and likeness (NIL).

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A Florida man who died while skydiving last weekend has been identified as a 69-year-old attorney who practiced administrative and employment law. Frederick Charles Morello,…

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 19, 2024

“A Florida dentist was convicted of having his brother-in-law killed. Her attorney says she’s ‘absolutely innocent’ in her former son-in-law’s murder.” The post “A Florida dentist was convicted of having his brother-in-law killed. His mother was charged in the plot days later.

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MAY 31, 2022

“Hiring a hitman: Inside a Florida dentist’s alleged plot to have his sister’s ex, a prominent attorney, killed; A Florida lawyer allegedly contended with nightmare in-laws and faced fatal consequences.”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Texas authorities Monday announced a criminal investigation into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ operation which flew approximately 50 Venezuelan migrants into Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The migrants first went to a hotel, then onto a plane to Florida, then onto a plane to Martha’s Vineyard “for little more than a photo op.”

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“Florida brings battle over social media regulation to Supreme Court; The state attorney general filed a petition to the court Wednesday, after two lower courts split on decisions about social media laws”: Will Oremus and Cat Zakrzewski of The Washington Post have this report.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2022

A Florida law banning abortions after 15 weeks is still in effect as of Tuesday despite an earlier injunction. The injunction went into effect Tuesday morning, but the state of Florida filed their appeal an hour later and halted the injunction.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A Tampa, Florida, attorney has been granted leave to file an amended complaint in his libel lawsuit against the founder of a guardianship reform group…

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday for the second time in Florida v. The case involves concerns about water flow in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF Basin), a delta that flows into the Gulf of Mexico from Florida. Georgia , a case about water rights between the two neighboring states.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 9, 2024

“Donna Adelson hires same lawyer who represented her son in Dan Markel murder case; Court records show Daniel Rashbaum and Tallahassee attorney Alex Morris are now heading up her defense team”: Julie Montanaro of Tallahassee, Florida’s CBS affiliate WCTV has this report.

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LawSites

JUNE 26, 2023

In what appears to be a first for a state bar association, The Florida Bar is providing each of its 110,000 members with free access to legal trust accounting software – a move its new president believes will help attorneys better comply with trust accounting requirements and better protect the public from trust violations. attorney F.

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Law 360

MARCH 23, 2023

The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a sweeping tort reform bill that changes the comparative negligence standards for jury verdicts, cuts the statute of limitations for injury cases in half, and eliminates one-way attorney fees and fee multipliers for all lines of insurance, sending the bill to Gov.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

A coalition of US state attorneys general Thursday announced a coordinated bipartisan investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. The group comes from a broad range of states across the country, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 16, 2021

A Florida man who posed as an immigration attorney has been sentenced to 20 years and nine months in federal prison. In December, Elvis Harold…

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 14, 2022

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was indicted Thursday for allegedly committing perjury and filing false mortgage applications to buy two homes in Florida. The

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LegalReader

AUGUST 4, 2022

The amount of child support that a person gives will be based on the most current child support guidelines that are detailed in the Florida Statute § 61.30.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tennessee’s Attorney General Herbert Slatery announced Wednesday that the state is suing retail pharmacy giant Walgreens, accusing the chain of contributing to the state’s opioid crisis by failing to maintain effective controls against the abuse of opioids. There were 595 overdose deaths involving prescription opioids in 2o2o.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 11, 2021

Lawmaker says he’s ‘Christian, not an attorney’ A Florida lawmaker says he was just joking when he said told a Jewish colleague that he was…

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

A federal grand jury in the US District Court for the District of Maryland Thursday indicted Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore City, with separate counts of perjury and submitting false mortgage applications.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

One such destination for many lawyers has been Florida, and now a decision from the Florida Supreme Court provides guidance on the ethics of an out-of-state lawyer practicing remotely from within the Sunshine State. So grab your laptop and flip-flops and rest assured that you can ethically work pool-side or sea-side in Florida.

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Law 360

MAY 20, 2022

Gunster continues its expansion in Florida, bringing in six new attorneys and continuing a hiring spree that began two years ago, the firm announced Friday.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Florida lost the battle of the experts and its pockets are lighter for it. The post Florida’s First Loss Was From The Teachers. The Second Was From The Attorney’s Fees appeared first on Above the Law.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Child custody matters are complicated during divorce proceedings, but spending time with children should not be adversely affected for either parent, or the children. .

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

TOLEDO, OH—As reports show talent wars are threatening law firms, Shumaker has attracted and hired a dozen new attorneys to join its teams in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 31, 2023

It's important to note that in Florida, there is a statute of limitations for filing a personal injury lawsuit, which is generally four years from the date of the accident.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Florida Supreme Court has disbarred a lawyer who died more than a year ago. Sabrina Starr Spradley, a 41-year-old attorney in private practice in…

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LegalReader

JULY 7, 2021

While the standard statute of limitations for personal injury cases in Florida is four years, certain factors can extend the deadline or effectively pause the timer.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Florida Pastor Evan Evans, 64, and his son Josh, 30, face 30 years in prison if convicted on the highest conspiracy charge to commit bank fraud after allegedly obtaining $8 million in Covid-19 relief funds fraudulently. The judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation of Edwards after he had difficulty communicating.

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Law 360

MAY 25, 2022

Maynard Cooper & Gale PC has added five attorneys across offices in Alabama and Florida, including a shareholder specializing in tax, estate planning and business planning, two of counsel, an attorney and an associate, according to an announcement Wednesday.

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 19, 2021

7, 2021), the Supreme Court of Florida issued a ruling that section 57.105(7) of the Florida Statutes did not apply to the. Earlier this month in Levy v. SC20-1195, 2021 WL 4614308 (Fla.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In related coverage, Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “ Florida man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Supreme Court justice; The chief justice was his target, a court-ordered psychologist report says.” ” Yesterday, the U.S.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Attorney Mark NeJame is representing the families of third grader T’yonna Major and Spectrum journalist Dylan Lyons at no cost after the two were shot and killed in a spree shooting in Orange County, Florida last week, Brenda Argueta reports for Click Orlando.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2022

A federal jury has convicted Jorge Perez, 62, and Ricardo Perez, 59, of a scheme to defraud rural Florida hospitals of $1.4 billion on multiple counts of conspiracy and health care fraud, the Department of Justice has announced. Polite, Jr. in a Department of Justice release.

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Law 360

APRIL 5, 2022

Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale is merging with the Central Florida boutique firm Swann Hadley Stump Dietrich & Spears PA, bringing 13 new attorneys experienced in areas such as real estate, banking and corporate work, the firm said Monday.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 9, 2021

On December 3, 2021, the Florida Department of Legal Affairs of the state attorney general's office issued an emergency rule establishing the procedure for private employer vaccination mandate.

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