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20 Oct 2013, 2:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
 (HT: ABA Journal) In 1998, after eight years watching his wife Terri in a persistent vegetative state, Michael Schiavo petitioned a Florida court to remove her feeding tubes. [read post]
20 Oct 2013, 2:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
 (HT: ABA Journal) In 1998, after eight years watching his wife Terri in a persistent vegetative state, Michael Schiavo petitioned a Florida court to remove her feeding tubes. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 6:00 am
Florida is among several southeastern states with the nation's highest premature birth rates, according to the March of Dimes second annual premature births "report card. [read post]
24 Sep 2023, 9:09 am by Chip Merlin
A reader of this blog asked me to comment on the following ruling from a recent Florida appellate case:1  State Farm Florida Insurance Company (‘State Farm’) appeals the final judgments entered in four related cases that confirmed appraisal awards set by a court-appointed umpire. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 5:00 am
Last week Florida joined 25 other states that have made wearing seatbelts a primary offense which allows law enforcement to pull a driver over. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 10:57 pm
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:SO, YOU WANT TO BE A FLORIDA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE .....? [read post]
4 Sep 2018, 2:00 pm by The Ansara Law Firm
Exact rules for electric scooters may vary by state and city ordinance (if there is one yet), but there are a few statutes that are instructive. 15 U.S. [read post]
26 May 2022, 2:24 pm by Howard Bashman
“Why the Florida Supreme Court must uphold its abortion precedent, even if Roe is overturned; Florida’s constitution specifically protects the right to privacy, which the state supreme court has interpreted to include the right to an abortion”: Law professor Louis J. [read post]
14 Sep 2020, 6:50 pm by Howard Bashman
“The Decision Upholding Florida’s Jim Crow–Style Poll Tax Is an Affront to Democracy; Not only can Florida force people to pay a tax before voting, but the state doesn’t have to tell them how much to pay”: Perry Grossman and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. [read post]
30 Aug 2024, 2:45 pm by Howard Bashman
“Trump comes out against Florida’s abortion rights ballot measure after conservative backlash; The GOP nominee landed in hot water on abortion Thursday, after criticizing Florida’s six-week ban and initially declining to take a stance on a state ballot measure”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report. [read post]
19 Oct 2010, 12:44 pm
Our South Florida criminal defense attorneys have learned that the Miami-Dade State Attorney [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 3:18 am
  Part of this reform was to lift a cap on rates charged by Citizens Property Insurance Company, Florida’s state-sponsored insurer of last resort.Based upon the recent legislation, Citizen’s board voted unanimously to recommend rate increases that average 429% percent statewide after the Legislature. [read post]
15 Apr 2019, 10:01 am by admin
The burden then shifts to the state to prove that you were not justified in your use of force. [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 12:26 pm
The historic first set of disclosures in Florida reveal that corporations, special-interest groups, cities and counties paid lobbyists nearly $60 million last year to influence the state legislature. [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 7:17 am by Hanlon Law, PA
Prior to the trial, he filed a motion to preclude the State from introducing evidence of his refusal to submit to any kind of testing, on the grounds that the arresting officer did not read him Florida’s implied consent law or advise him of the adverse consequences he might face for refusing to submit to testing. [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 7:17 am by Hanlon Law, PA
Prior to the trial, he filed a motion to preclude the State from introducing evidence of his refusal to submit to any kind of testing, on the grounds that the arresting officer did not read him Florida’s implied consent law or advise him of the adverse consequences he might face for refusing to submit to testing. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 8:59 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Of all states, Florida imprisons the second-highest number of prisoners – over 11,000 or approximately 11% of the state prison population – in private facilities. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 3:26 pm
  "Like Florida, many Southern states struggled through the Jim Crow era, resisting calls to change laws, continuing to deny the restoration of civil rights," Crist said. [read post]