Dara Kam

October 22, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley said that, while his office hasn't received specific death threats, it has been subject to "very ugly calls" after the November election.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

October 19, 2021 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor determined that the owners of the pari-mutuels Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County and Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida did not have legal standing to challenge the gambling agreement because they had not shown they will be harmed.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

October 11, 2021 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Conference of the NAACP, Disability Rights Florida, the League of Women Voters of Florida, UnidosUS and a number of other organizations allege that the changes approved by the Legislature this spring could curtail voting by Black, Latino and disabled residents.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

October 04, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Senate President Wilton Simpson blamed chronic staffing shortages and high turnover rates on corrections officials' "lack of vision" and "myopia" in operating the troubled prison system.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

September 29, 2021 | Daily Business Review

South Florida developer Armando Codina, a longtime opponent of expanded gambling, argues in a lawsuit that the agreement signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by the Legislature violates the state Constitution and federal laws.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

September 28, 2021 | Daily Business Review

A physician who has practiced in Florida for nearly three decades risks losing his medical license after the Department of Health filed a complaint alleging the Tallahassee-based doctor violated medical marijuana laws when ordering cannabis for two undercover investigators with the state agency.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

September 16, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Judge K. Michael Moore said that the parents of disabled children in the case have different circumstances, demonstrating "that there are unique problems facing plaintiffs, which require unique solutions."

By Jim Saunders and Dara Kam

4 minute read

September 14, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Santa Rosa Beach attorney Daniel Uhlfelder garnered national headlines for donning a Grim Reaper costume to criticize Gov. Ron DeSantis' handling of the pandemic.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

September 10, 2021 | Daily Business Review

The Dream Defenders, the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and other organizations alleged in a lawsuit that the law is unconstitutionally vague, has a "chilling" effect on First Amendment rights and gives police too much power.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

August 12, 2021 | Daily Business Review

The groups challenging the law argue that a definition of "riot" in the measure is vague and overbroad and may criminalize "merely being present at a demonstration where violence or property destruction occurs."

By Dara Kam

6 minute read