April 01, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Judge Keeps Embattled Domestic Violence Coalition Under ReceiverAttorney General Ashley Moody asked a court to put the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence in the hands of a receiver after investigations revealed that the taxpayer-backed coalition paid its chief executive officer more than $7.2 million in compensation over a three-year period.
By Dara Kam
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March 31, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Federal Appeals Court Refuses to Revisit Felons Voting DecisionRepublican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is under pressure to come up with a system to determine whether Floridians who register to vote are felons who have outstanding financial obligations and provide the information to local supervisors of elections, who have the authority to remove people from the voting rolls.
By Dara Kam
5 minute read
March 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review
AG Moody Fires Back Over Domestic Violence CoalitionFormer Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence CEO Tiffany Carr and a foundation that supports the organization are "nothing but kibitzers, seeking to insert their views into a matter that does not concern them," lawyers for Attorney General Ashley Moody wrote.
By Dara Kam
6 minute read
March 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Federal Judge Appears Skeptical of Ex-Broward Sheriff's ArgumentsThe Florida Senate formally removed former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel from office during an October special session, prompting Israel to file a federal lawsuit alleging the Senate process was unfair.
By Dara Kam
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March 27, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Federal Judge Warns DeSantis Administration on Felons Voting FixA lawyer for Secretary of State Laurel Lee told a federal judge that the state has not come up with an administrative process in which felons could try to prove that they are unable to pay financial obligations and should be able to vote.
By Dara Kam
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March 20, 2020 | Daily Business Review
COVID-19 Concerns Delay DeSantis' Selections for Supreme CourtGov. Ron DeSantis is replacing former Justices Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck, whom he appointed to the Supreme Court not long after he took office in January 2019.
By Dara Kam
4 minute read
March 13, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Florida Supreme Court Reverses Course on Juvenile SentencesThe ruling in the case of Linda Pedroza is rooted in two seminal U.S. Supreme Court decisions that found life sentences for juveniles violate Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
By Dara Kam
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March 12, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Federal Appeals Court Backs State in Fight Over Transgender InmateReiyn Keohane was born a male but began identifying as female at age 8 and started wearing women's clothing, makeup and hairstyles at 14, according to court records.
By Dara Kam
7 minute read
March 11, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Florida Lawmakers Back Compensation for 'Wronged' ManClifford Williams, right, thanked his lawyers and other people who helped him while he was incarcerated and said he plans to go back to prison, this time to help the friends he left behind when he was released last March.
By Dara Kam
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February 28, 2020 | Daily Business Review
DeSantis Administration Wants Court to Look Again at Felons VotingCooper & Kirk's Charles Cooper, one of the state's lawyers, asked the appellate court to continue preventing felons from voting while the appeal is underway.
By Dara Kam
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