Jim Saunders

December 08, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services filed a brief at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying decisions by the state Agency for Health Care Administration and lawmakers to prevent coverage for the treatments violated a federal Medicaid law and the Affordable Care Act.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

December 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review

U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, raised questions about whether Citizens could have to seek a federal bailout if Florida gets hit with a major hurricane.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

December 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The battle centers on part of a 2021 deal between Florida and the Seminole Tribe that allowed gamblers to place mobile sports wagers anywhere in the state, with bets handled by computer servers on tribal property.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

December 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved a request by Attorney General Ashley Moody's office for a partial stay of an injunction that U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom issued this summer to block the restrictions statewide.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

December 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The First District Court of Appeal by an 8-2 margin rejected arguments that a congressional redistricting plan pushed through the Legislature by Gov. Ron DeSantis unconstitutionally diminished the rights of Black voters to elect a candidate of their choice.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

December 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The law, in part, would prevent large platforms from banning political candidates from their sites and require companies to publish—and apply consistently—standards about issues such as banning users or blocking their content.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

November 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A three-judge panel of the Third District Court of Appeal rejected arguments by Tower Hill Prime Insurance Co. that damage to the home of Ivet and Mario Bermudez was excluded from coverage under their policy.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

November 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Sixth District Court of Appeal said the disputed part of the law, which requires homeowners to give a 10-day notice before filing lawsuits against property insurers, did not apply retroactively to policies issued earlier.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

November 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A 2018 constitutional amendment, known as Amendment 4, was designed to restore voting rights for felons who have completed their sentences.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

November 22, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. asked Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. to extend a deadline for filing a petition and said the U.S. Supreme Court case could be affected by a separate sports-betting challenge filed at the Florida Supreme Court.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read