A Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice study found that Tallahassee and Leon County are experiencing a spike in violent crime, Elena Barrera reports for Tallahassee Democrat. Homicide and... Read more »
75 percent of Florida prisons lack air conditioning, a situation made even worse by this summer’s record-breaking temperatures, Mitch Perry reports for the Florida Phoenix. In response, prisons have rolled out temporary... Read more »
A former preacher from Milton, Florida, Jason Robert Moore, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison on federal child sex abuse charges, Irene Wright reports for the Miami Herald. Moore abused... Read more »
More than a dozen civil rights groups filed a complaint against the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration alleging that the state is using... Read more »
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 When obtaining insurance coverage, businesses must be wary of policy exclusions that are so broad that they defeat the policy’s primary purpose and render coverage illusory. In Travelers Property... Read more »
Florida Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh declared Florida’s most recent congressional map unconstitutional on Saturday because it weakens Black voters’ ability to elect representatives of their choice. The case is in the... Read more »
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Wednesday, August 23, 2023 A federal court recently denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured’s claim for declaratory relief. The insurer argued that the policyholder’s declaratory judgment... Read more »
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... Read more »
In a first for a state bar, The Florida Bar is providing its entire membership of more than 111,000 lawyers with access to legal trust accounting software – a move designed to both help lawyers better... Read more »
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