The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that evidence uncovered during a police search cannot be thrown out of court simply because officers failed to follow the state’s “knock-and-announce” rules before breaking down a door. The 6-1 decision directly …
The award was presented June 17 by the Florida Association for Women Lawyers. By Max Marbut | 5:00 a.m. June 26, 2026 | 2 Free Articles Remaining! Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Marcia Morales Howard received the 2026 …
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Daytona Beach ordinance banning panhandling partially violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a U.S. Appeals Court affirmed this week. But the judges also ruled the lower court went too far in blocking the whole …
To an untrained eye, it might have looked as though Elilton Alves Gouveia really did his homework. Gouveia, the defendant in a lawsuit filed by an investment company, was acting as his own lawyer when he appealed a Palm Beach Circuit Court decision …
Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes and Kari Hicks Kari Hicks, executive director of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, received the 2026 Marshall R. Cassedy, Sr., Award for "exemplary service and extraordinary support of the legal profession" from …
The enduring image of the “big bad wolf” has long shaped perceptions of the red wolf, despite its important ecological role as an apex predator. When European settlers arrived to the new world, they carried with them a deeply rooted fear that wolves were …
This Part II article is the second of what is now a three-part series designed to give readers the “what, how, and why” of Florida’s new protected series LLC legislation (§§605.2101 – 605.2802 of the Florida Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, F …
Section 1202 provides an exclusion from gross income of capital gain derived from the sale of qualified small business stock (QSBS).[1] The QSBS rules were enacted in 1993 to encourage equity investments in small businesses. While many tax practitioners …
For nearly five decades, the standard for “undue hardship” in religious accommodation cases under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was defined by a single, arguably stray, phrase from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1977 decision in Trans World Airlines …
Appellate advocates around the country recently watched a viral video of a lawyer being questioned during an oral argument at a state supreme court about including AI-generated, hallucinated caselaw in her filings.[1] The lawyer’s response was striking. …
A constant for most start-ups and young developing companies is the need for capital. Unfortunately, entrepreneurial zeal and deep pockets often do not go hand in hand. Equally unfortunate is the fact that neither federal nor Florida securities laws have …
Florida Bar President Michael Fox Orr intends to dedicate his term to improving the “core functions” of the Bar and supporting the Florida Supreme Court. “I want to focus on our court system and providing more resources for the judicial branch. And that …
Roku, Inc. will invest an estimated $25 million in child protection features for its services as part of a deal to end consumer protection litigation brought by the Florida Attorney General. The company and Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said in a …
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Two Florida-based securities attorneys say they helped a whistleblower secure a nearly $20 million award through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Whistleblower Program. Silver Law Group and the Law Firm of David R. Chase …
The Supreme Court of Florida has affirmed the first-degree premeditated murder conviction and death sentence of William F. Roberts, ending a lengthy appellate process centered on his choices to waive a jury trial and block his own defense team from …
Exclusive: Plaintiff has filed 160 lawsuits alleging website chats violated Florida wiretapping law A WPBF investigation found the lawsuits, filed on behalf of the same Broward County plaintiff, target businesses across the country that do business in …
New collaboration gives eligible members complimentary access to Clio Work and legal AI education Florida lawyers will soon have free access to an artificial intelligence platform designed specifically for legal work, making The Florida Bar the first state …
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Board Chair Tula Hudson-Miller, from the left, 2026 Lifetime Service Award honoree Lorna Brown-Burton, and Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida CEO Lisa Johnson. “Lorna has strengthened and guided our council and committees for …
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