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26 Jan 2010, 1:01 pm by Saxon Gilmore
  Attorney General Bill McCollum is working to protect consumers against bill collector harassment. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 10:19 am by Kellen
The Florida Attorney General, Bill McCollum, will sue to declare a portion of the health care bill is unconstitutional if the bill is passed. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 4:52 am by South Florida Lawyers
" In other news, principled conservative and Florida AG Bill McCollum thinks Big Gov should get out of the way and let market forces set prices -- except when it comes to attorneys fees -- which of course need to be arbitrarily limited by the state: "It's been my observation that there's been a lot of abuse around the country" by law firms that run up excessive fees working on government cases, McCollum said. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 7:13 am by Corey Rayburn Yung
Raich when a couple of conservatives apologetically joined the four-member liberal bloc to rule 6-3 that Congress had the authority to regulate home-grown quantities of prescribed marijuana under its commerce power.The ruling did not invalidate California's medical marijuana law, or those of 10 other states, but meant that someone charged under federal drug laws could not use state law as a defense.However, despite the ruling in the marijuana case, the weight of Supreme Court jurisprudence… [read post]
27 Dec 2009, 6:51 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Attorney General Bill McCollum brought the suit against nine of the largest manufacturers of aftermarket auto filters, alleging a scheme to maximize profits by illegally fixing prices, allocating customers and eliminating price competition.The lawsuit alleges the companies have knowingly participated in the scheme since at least 1999 at the expense of Florida consumers and governmental entities.The defendants are Champion Laboratories Inc.; Purolator Filters NA LLC; Honeywell International… [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 7:50 am by Steve Hall
McCollum said a lawyer was negligent for not presenting to the jury evidence of his client's bravery during the war, even though it was 30 years after returning from Korea that he killed his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend. [read post]
13 Dec 2009, 8:58 pm by smtaber
December 14, 2009 – A summary review of environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 1:52 pm by Qui Tam
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that the state will receive $8.5 million from a settlement with Roxane Laboratories, Inc., and its corporate affiliates. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 1:47 pm
McCollum, No. 08–10537 In capital habeas proceedings, circuit court's order reversing a district court's grant of a habeas petition is reversed where it was objectively unreasonable for a state court to conclude that there was no reasonable probability the sentence would have been different if the sentencing judge and jury had heard the significant mitigation evidence that petitioner's counsel neither uncovered nor presented, including evidence of petitioner's… [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 8:17 am
McCollum, in which the Court reversed a lower court’s ruling rejecting an ineffective assistance claim. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 6:13 am
McCollum (11th Circuit), the Court reversed a decision that had rejected the defendant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 12:07 pm by admin
McCollum (08-10537) is best begun by reading the first paragraph of the opinion itself:  Petititioner George Porter is a veteran who was both wounded and decorated for his active participation in two major engagements during the Korean War; his combat service unfortunately left him a traumatized, changed man. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 7:50 am
McCollum per curiam opinion issued on Monday, which held that courts should give special attention to post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in capital sentencing. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 9:18 am by Paul Snow
The driver of a pickup truck, Ronald McCollum, was going North in the Southbound lanes of traffic on Hwy. 49 near Wiggins, MS when he collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Ryan Roberts. [read post]