Dara Kam

August 25, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers representing Arizona death row inmates aren't backing down from a battle with Florida corrections officials over the release of documents related to execution drugs, part of a drawn-out challenge to Arizona's lethal-injection process.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

August 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

An administrative law judge paved the way for another nursery to get a medical-marijuana license, striking a blow against the Florida Department of Health during a contentious hearing.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

August 05, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A lawyer for death row inmate Terrance Phillips wants the Florida Supreme Court to order an investigation into allegations of racism involving the circuit judge who sentenced the Jacksonville man to death, including accusations that the judge once said blacks should "go back to Africa."

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

July 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

9 minute read

July 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Medical marijuana could be available to a select group of Florida patients as early as next week, after health officials gave the go-ahead for the state's first pot dispensary to begin distributing products.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

July 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A Jacksonville judge accused of using epithets to refer to a female staff attorney and saying that blacks should "go back to Africa" could face sanctions after an investigation by a panel that polices judicial conduct.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

July 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

It may be unusual for industries to seek red tape, but gambling operators are urging a judge to keep regulators from doing away with a rule governing controversial card games that have become all the rage at the state's pari-mutuel facilities.

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

11 minute read

July 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Panhandle developer Jay Odom is bankrolling a Northeast Florida operation licensed by health officials to grow, process and distribute noneuphoric marijuana products, a lawyer for Chestnut Hill Tree Farm confirmed.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

July 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers representing seven Arizona death row inmates want information about the drugs used in Florida's lethal-injection procedure, but corrections officials are asking a judge to keep the documents secret.

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

7 minute read

July 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

More than two years after lawmakers legalized a limited type of medical marijuana, an administrative law judge heard arguments in a dispute about whether a Northeast Florida nursery should receive one of the highly sought-after licenses to grow, process and distribute the noneuphoric pot.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

11 minute read