Dara Kam

July 11, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Critics of the proposal warned that it could have deadly effects on transgender Floridians and is based on politics rather than policy.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

June 28, 2022 | Daily Business Review

As they battle over a 2018 Florida law that raised the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy rifles and other long guns, attorneys for the state and…

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

June 27, 2022 | Daily Business Review

The Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, which lobbied against the bill, thanked the governor "for understanding the bad precedent the retroactivity" of the measure would have established.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

June 07, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"There is a clear, logical connection between regulating cardroom operations and prohibiting cardroom employees from gambling where they work," Administrative Law Judge G.W. Chisenhall wrote.

By Dara Kam

3 minute read

June 06, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Lawmakers included the red-flag measure in a sweeping school-safety law passed after a 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that killed 14 students and three faculty members.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

May 31, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Lawson, 61, who was appointed to the court by former Gov. Rick Scott, is stepping down from the court nearly 15 years ahead of reaching a mandatory retirement age for justices of 75.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

May 20, 2022 | Daily Business Review

The NRA's lawsuit argued, in part, that the state age restriction infringes on Second Amendment rights of young adults, who are authorized to use weapons when they serve in the military or in law enforcement.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

May 09, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Appellate judges scolded a federal judge for failing to "properly account for what might be called the presumption of legislative good faith."

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

April 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Under intense questioning from Judge Kevin Newsom, a lawyer for the DeSantis administration said common-carrier regulations should apply because users are stuck with large social-media platforms once they sign onto the services.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

April 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Republican lawmakers' break with Disney --- one of the state's largest employers, a colossal player in the state's tourism industry and, until recently, a major political donor --- illustrates DeSantis' iron-clad grip on the Florida GOP and the governor's relish for wielding power over his foes.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read