ORLANDO – Retired Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Gill Freeman was recognized for her support of gender diversity in the legal industry at the recent Florida Bar convention in Orlando.
TALLAHASSEE – In its latest round of disciplinary actions, the Florida Supreme Court ordered the disbarment of three attorneys and also revoked the license of one attorney.
TALLAHASSEE – In a case that highlights the continuing debate over the rights of grandparents, the Florida Supreme Court is reviewing the case of a mom who has refused her late husband's parents the chance to see their grandchildren even though a Colorado court had previously awarded them three weeks of visitation a year.
TALLAHASSEE –– Donald Trump's political contribution to Florida's elected attorney general created at least the appearance of bias and impropriety. This is a danger faced by all elected legal officials, a Miami attorney said during a recent interview.
TALLAHASSEE – Florida's highest court held hearings earlier this month on a case that could redefine the ever-changing legal landscape of medical malpractice suits.
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court recently determined it’s constitutional to tax the sale of flowers that are ordered online through a company that resides in the state even though the order is fulfilled outside the state.
PENSACOLA BEACH – An attorney representing a company developing resort towers in Pensacola Beach believes a request by the Escambia County property appraiser and tax collector asking the Florida Supreme Court to reverse a ruling prohibiting the county from collecting taxes on the land will be denied.
TALLAHASSEE – A report from earlier this year by the Government Accountability Office highlighted the way Florida uses video to give its citizens access to the state’s judiciary.
Residents of Monroe County will be represented by a new Senator in the State Congress come November elections, when that latest Congressional redistricting goes into effect.
TALLAHASSEE – Following a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court, Palm Beach voters will be making their choice for an open county judge vacancy in August.
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Power and Light (FPL) knew it was taking a risk when becoming the first public utility to invest in gas production. Now, it's been dealt a major setback that means, at least in Florida, it'll be the last.
TALLAHASSEE – Despite his criticism of the horse races held at Hamilton Downs, an administrative law judge dismissed a state regulator’s complaint that alleged some of the track’s races don’t count.
DAYTONA BEACH – The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a 5th Circuit Court of Appeal ruling that requires passengers in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation to remain in the vehicle or at the scene of the traffic stop.
ORLANDO – Nurse by profession, community activist by nature, Sharon Middleton will have much to offer the Florida Bar when she joins its Board of Governors at the Bar’s June 17 annual convention as a public member.
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State Supreme Court recently began wading into the issue of differences in local communications services tax rates levied on satellite TV and cable TV services providers.
POMPANO BEACH – Following inaction by the Florida
legislature on an amendment that would have addressed the state’s legal
liability and a subsequent Florida Supreme Court ruling dealing with the
Department of Transportation’s railroad crossing indemnity clause, a
collaboration between Tri-Rail and All Aboard Florida that would bring commuter
rail service from Miami to Orlando may soon be full-speed ahead.
BARTOW – Nearing the end of her second six-year term, incumbent Judge Susan Barber faces a formidable challenge in Michael McDaniel, who is campaigning to fill her seat in Polk County’s judicial election on Aug. 30.
SANFORD – Seminole Judge Jerri Collins recently was publicly reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court, and ordered to take anger management classes and attend a course on how to best handle domestic violence victims in court, after a video of her severely scolding a woman in court went viral.
JACKSONVILLE – U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) is continuing to fight a redistricting plan that would shift her congressional district from north-south to east-west, but her prospects for victory aren’t clear for several reasons.
WASHINGTON – In the latest chapter in the state of Florida’s redistricting saga, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) appealed her redistricting case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
