July 17, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Voter Rights Group Asks Judge to Weigh Campus Early Voting SitesAttorneys representing the state argued there was no indication that college students would have voting rights abridged due to an advisory opinion under scrutiny in the federal lawsuit filed this year by the League of Women Voters and other plaintiffs.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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July 05, 2018 | Daily Business Review
State Appellate Ruling Throws Cold Water on Smokable Pot CaseThe ruling by a three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal came in a lawsuit initiated by Orlando trial attorney John Morgan and others who maintain that a Florida law barring patients from smoking their treatment runs afoul of a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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July 03, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Citrus 'Preference' for Applicants Spurs Marijuana License DisputeLouis Del Favero Orchids is challenging the proposed rule, which is based on a law passed last year implementing a voter-approved constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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June 27, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Supreme Court Justices Remove Circuit Judge From BenchIn the unanimous decision, the court ordered the removal at 5 p.m. Monday of Judge Scott DuPont, who heard cases in Putnam and Flagler counties in the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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June 13, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Tallahassee Judge Again Backs Nursing Home in Records FightLawyers for The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, which incurred the wrath of Gov. Rick Scott after elderly residents died following Hurricane Irma last year, asked Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis to hold the department in contempt in a legal tangle over copies of death certificates.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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June 01, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Legalization of Marijuana Could Be Key Issue for DemocratsTallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, Winter Park entrepreneur Chris King and former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine back an across-the-board legalization of pot in Florida, where voters two years ago overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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June 01, 2018 | Daily Business Review
DOC's Proposed Prison Visitation Changes Spark OutcryUnder the proposed rule, changes to the “standard” visitation schedule would be implemented on a prison-by-prison basis and would be based on a variety of factors, such as staffing shortages and the amount of contraband being sneaked into the institutions.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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May 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review
State Corrections Agency Wins First Amendment DisputeThe ruling last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a previous federal court decision in the case, which has dragged on for more than a decade and was filed by Prison Legal News over a publication allowed in institutions in every other state but banned by Florida corrections officials.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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May 21, 2018 | Daily Business Review
NRA Appeals Federal Court Ruling on 'Jane Doe' in Gun CaseThe gun-rights group filed the appeal after U.S. District Judge Mark Walker decided that previous court rulings forced him to reject the request to keep the identity of “Jane Doe” private.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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May 18, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Commission's Bid to Ban Greyhound Racing Draws Court FightThe Florida Greyhound Association and its president, breeder James Blanchard, maintain that the proposed ballot title and summary don't fully inform voters about the impact of the amendment if approved.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
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