JURIST

JULY 3, 2021

US Judge Robert Hinkle from the Northern District of Florida (Tallahassee Division) Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction against Florida’s new social media law FL SB 7072 which, among other things, mandated social media companies to publish detailed standards for censorship, shadow-banning, and de-platforming of users.

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JURIST

MAY 23, 2023

A group of Chinese citizens who live in Florida, along with a real estate firm that serves clients of Chinese descent, filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a Florida law that imposes restrictions on some foreign nationals and businesses from buying property in the state. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB264 into law in early May.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors into law on Monday. The law is set to take effect on January 1, 2025, and is expected to face numerous legal challenges. The law is set to take effect on January 1, 2025, and is expected to face numerous legal challenges.

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2021

The bill, however, has been widely supported by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who will be presented with the opportunity to sign the bill into law. The post Florida legislature passes anti-riot bill backed by Governor DeSantis appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2022

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Monday signed into law the controversial Parental Rights in Education Bill , commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The post Florida governor signs bill restricting education on LGBTQ issues appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

AUGUST 29, 2021

Circuit Court Judge John Cooper on Friday verbally ruled against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ (R) planned retribution against local school districts that implement masking requirements. 241, also known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights. 241, also known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

T he legal field is known to be extremely competitive. is the Chief Legal Officer at Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, where he oversees the Claims, Special Investigations, and Legal Departments. is the Chief Legal Officer at Florida Peninsula Insurance Company. An Interview With Chere Estrin.

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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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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2023

Disney filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and state officials, accusing them of spearheading a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power” against the entertainment giant. In response, Disney is seeking injunctive relief to block the actions of both DeSantis and the board. .”

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2025

CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor on Friday after the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled the network liable for defamation.

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Above The Law

JULY 7, 2021

The plaintiffs take issue with Florida's interpretation of what it means to place a sports wager on Indian lands.

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LawSites

MARCH 14, 2024

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about two more cases of AI-hallucinated citations in court filings leading to sanctions , and now comes the case of a Florida lawyer suspended from practice after filing cases that were “completely fabricated.” ” On March 8, the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2021

An undercover FBI investigation and sting operation into an attempted murder plot has revealed that Ku Klux Klan members were working inside the Florida Department of Corrections, with significant power over inmates, Black and white, reports the Associated Press.

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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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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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LawSites

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For those of you who still can’t get enough of watching panels of white men droning on about developments in the law, here is reason to celebrate: The Florida Supreme Court has doubled down on a rule it adopted earlier this year that prohibits the use of quotas in selecting participants for CLE courses.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 31, 2022

“Appeals Court Upholds Florida School Board’s Transgender Bathroom Policy; Decision rejects legal challenge by transgender student and potentially sets stage for Supreme Court review”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report. appeals court upholds Florida high school’s transgender bathroom ban.”

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Working Remotely Was Once Unthinkable in the Legal Profession. In general, legal ethics guidance is slow to evolve. The glacial pace of legal ethics change adds to the unease of lawyers who have to adapt very quickly to a changing environment, as we did at the start of the pandemic.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

“Challenge to Florida mask mandate heads to state Supreme Court”: Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida has a report that begins, “After months of legal wrangling across Florida about mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic, a challenge to a Palm Beach County mask mandate has gone to the state Supreme Court.”

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

More than a dozen civil rights organizations alleged in a new complaint that Florida uses administrative practices that are preventing underserved communities from renewing their Medicaid coverage.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed a decision that bans Florida lawyers from receiving continuing legal education credit for programs that require diversity among…

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Why, Yes, This Is About Florida! It's not a great career move, but let's keep it in perspective. The post Lawyer Arrested After Refusing To Wear Pants In Bar. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Florida Bar Wants Your Comments appeared first on Above the Law. Since when are lawyers this tech savvy? The post Should Your Clients Know You’re Briefing With AI?

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HowAppealing

APRIL 7, 2024

“Florida man found with contraband; The latest on the Presidential Records Act saga”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 9, 2022

TikTok is fertile ground for marketing legal services, but it takes more than a talent for lip syncing to attract the right kind of attention. The same thing is happening with services on TikTok, including professional services like legal. when searching for legal services providers. Here are five tips to save your credit.

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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. I summarized several of these in a post last September: Pandemic-Related Legal Ethics Opinions: A Compendium.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While we once might have thought these issues were temporary, many legal professionals continue to operate virtually, and even when we are fully free of the pandemic, many of us are likely to continue to practice virtually, at least part of the time. Florida Advisory Opinion FAO #2019-4 (May 20, 2021).

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Above The Law

AUGUST 23, 2023

Two Florida families allege that tens of thousands of Floridians are being terminated from Medicaid coverage without sufficient information as to why. This comes as the U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The post Florida Celebrates Black History Month By Gunning For Woke CLE Credits appeared first on Above the Law. This is what MLK would have wanted.

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

News & World Report law school rankings are here, and the legal world is definitely interested in all the ups and downs that we’re seeing when it comes to changes in rank. First and foremost, lawyers and law students are in an absolute tizzy over the state of the T14. Lawyer/Judge Assessment: 12.5%

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MyCase

MAY 18, 2021

That’s why the Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee released Proposed Advisory Ethics Opinion 21-2 in March. Accordingly, the Professional Ethics Committee issues this formal advisory opinion to provide Florida Bar members with guidance on the topic.”

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As I survey the legal profession broadly, and the world of legal tech and innovation specifically, I see uncertainty and inertia. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo. After all, it was a good year for the legal tech industry. Overall, the legal tech industry saw unprecedented growth.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2025

City of Sanford, Florida , the case of a retired Florida firefighter looking to sue her former employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act alleging discrimination in how retirement benefits are provided. Share The court will hear oral arguments this morning in Hewitt v. Listen live at 10 a.m. 13 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 9, 2022

1396a(a)(25)(H) ) explains that whenever “payment has been made under the State plan for medical assistance … where a third party has a legal liability to make payment for such assistance,” the state acquires the rights to those payments. The question now is how much of the total settlement Florida can recover.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2021

Other power providers and regulators in Texas are also facing legal fallout from the freeze. Florida-based law firm Morgan & Morgan sued ERCOT for failing to prepare providers for freezing temperatures despite warning and knowledge of the potential damage at risk.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

At the time, he had no idea his actions were anything but legal. But prosec­ut­ing people with past convic­tions for illeg­ally voting ignores the legal complex­it­ies of the state’s own making. As of 2020, there were more than 85,000 registered voters in Florida with past felony convic­tions whose eligib­il­ity had to be screened.

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LawSites

MAY 22, 2023

A new first-of-its-kind app and companion website, called FosterPower , provide foster youth with comprehensive but easy-to-understand information about their rights to mental health care, education and legal protections. Developed by Bay Area Legal Services , a nonprofit law firm in Tampa, Fla., Medical health. Mental health.

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