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The 2019 Florida Bar Annual Convention

LegalTalkNetwork

This year was the 69th anniversary of The Florida Bar’s Annual Convention which was held in Boca Raton, Florida at the beautiful Boca Raton Resort and Club. Attendees had a cornucopia of special events and sessions to choose from, including 83 credits worth of CLE programming and a luncheon featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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Justice Department Indicts Alleged Swatters of Turley, Members of Congress, and Others

JonathanTurley

The indictment alleges that their crimes encompassed 40 private victims and 61 official victims, including members of Congress, cabinet-level executive branch officials, and senior federal law enforcement officials. Attorney Conor Mulroe is prosecuting the case. Assistant U.S. Under the Crime Victims Rights Act, 18 U.S.C.

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Reject or Dismiss? A Prosecutor’s Dilemma

The Crime Report

District and state attorneys nationwide are facing increasing pressure to prosecute every case the police bring to their desks. But we must not conflate being unwilling to prosecute cases up front with being an unfit district attorney. When prosecutors look to alternatives, they are quickly labeled “soft on crime.”.

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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

JURIST

Attorney Matthew M. David Moerschel, 43, of Tampa, Florida, and Brian Ulrich, 43, of Guyton, Georgia, are similarly charged with federal offenses that include conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, and entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” to be charged criminally for transporting 36 people to Sacramento. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.”

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“Effective Altruism”: Could SBF’s Parents Be the Key to a Plea?

JonathanTurley

Other family members could also be subject to investigation, including Bankman’s sister, Barbara Miller, who works in Florida as a Democratic political consultant. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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Judge Dismisses Case Against Trans Woman Who Tried To Challenge Florida's Bathroom Law 

The Volokh Conspiracy

The first case of a person being arrested for attempting to challenge Florida's antitrans bathroom law has been tossed out of court after state prosecutors missed filing deadlines. She was protesting the state's law banning transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity.