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State to push Mathis Internet-cafe case to Supreme Court
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office has requested the state Supreme Court assume jurisdiction over a case involving a Jacksonville attorney whose conviction was dismissed. -
Tallahassee lawyers want Florida Supreme to rule on home-rule question
TALLAHASSEE – After an ongoing dispute over the residency case of Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox, city attorneys want the Florida Supreme Court to address whether state courts can seize the city’s authority to determine the eligibility of its own elected officials. -
Court rules police needed warrant to search cellphone
A South Florida Appeals Court ruled that the Sunrise City Police needed a search warrant to go through a personal cellphone of a young man involved in the case of a stolen car. -
Two Pinellas attorneys disciplined by Florida Supreme Court
The Florida Bar recently announced that the Florida Supreme Court has issued court orders seeking to discipline 16 lawyers, two of which are practicing attorneys in Pinellas County. -
Administrative Order issued for investigation into death row attorney Mary Catherine Bonner
An investigation has been ordered into a Fort Lauderdale attorney that serves as the legal counsel to death row inmates through the state’s registry of lawyers. -
Lawson for state Supreme Court justice wise choice by governor, FL business advocate says
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott's appointment of a conservative appeals court judge from Winter Park is good news for business owners, an advocate said during an interview shortly after the governor's pick was announced earlier today. -
Florida Supreme Court ruling addresses insurance payment clause debate
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court has sided with a homeowner who sued American Home Assurance Co. Inc. after the insurer denied his claim related to water damage in his Naples home. -
Florida falls to No. 4 on ATRA's annual Judicial Hellhole list
This year's report focused less on Florida as a whole and more on the state's Supreme Court and south Florida. -
Professor says quality appointments key for next Constitution Revision Commission
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Interest in serving on the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) for the 2017-2018 term is ramping up, and Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga already has 32 applicants for the 15 members he can choose for the 37-member commission. -
Nursing home residents unbound by unsigned contracts, says Florida Supreme Court
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the residents of nursing homes who lack the capacity to sign any contract cannot be held accountable to such agreements. -
Weather prompts rescheduling of arguments in indigent care reimbursement case
TALLAHASSEE -- Oral arguments will not resume until Feb. 8 in the constitutional battle over a 2003 state law requiring Sarasota County to reimburse private hospitals for providing indigent care, due to the weather. -
Homeowners face stiffer limits on sinkhole policies under state-created agency
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – According to an Oct. 20 Florida Supreme Court ruling, a homeowner’s rights under a sinkhole policy are limited once an insurer becomes insolvent and the claim goes to the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA). -
Senior judge debate continues in Florida courts
TAMPA — Recently, senior judges, or retired judges who have returned to the bench to help with backlogs, have become a subject of debate in Florida. Foreclosure defense lawyers find the dependence on senior judges concerning because the practice seems to violate multiple constitutional requirements. -
Three attorneys disbarred over allegedly excessive attorneys fees collected from Progressive settlements
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court disbarred three lawyers following what a court justice called acts of “greed” and “dereliction of duties” in handling a sizable insurance case. -
Polo club founder's attorneys seek appeal in vehicular homicide case
TALLAHASSEE – Attorneys for John Goodman, a Wellington polo club founder who was convicted of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in October 2014, laid out additional arguments in an attempt to win a reversal last month. -
Florida appeals court asks state supreme court to take up child support case
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – A Florida appeals court is suggesting the state’s supreme court take up a child-support case where a woman is trying to sue her former husband’s employer. -
Florida Supreme Court Justice Perry to retire next month
TALLAHASSEE – James E.C. Perry, a justice of the Florida Supreme Court, says he will retire Dec. 30, reported Florida Politics in a Sept. 12 article. -
Pacific Legal Foundation asks Florida Supreme Court to hear undertakings case
MARATHON – The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) has asked the Florida Supreme Court to review a regulatory undertakings case that pits the owners of a small island in the Florida Keys against the town that allegedly took jurisdiction over the property nearly three decades after it was purchased. -
Jones Day argues that federal law on smoking lawsuits should preempt state laws
TALLAHASSEE -- Attorney Gregory Katsas with Jones Day in Washington, representing tobacco company R.J. Reynolds, recently argued before the Florida Supreme Court that in Florida courts, the liability and negligence claims of smokers are preempted by federal law. -
Florida floral business asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear tax dispute
TALLAHASSEE — A Florida florist has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s flower tax after the Florida Supreme Court upheld the levy in a decision issued in May.