Jim Saunders

November 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The dispute about the subpoenas involves whether lawmakers are shielded from turning over documents by what is known as "legislative privilege."

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

November 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court denied a motion by West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. to "immediately suspend the sports betting provisions" of a law that carried out a 2021 gambling deal between the Seminole Tribe and the state.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

November 09, 2023 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Roy Altman ruled that the controversial law did not violate constitutional equal-protection and due-process rights and Title IX, a federal law that prevents discrimination based on sex in education programs.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

November 08, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The attorneys for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. filed a motion at the Supreme Court hours after the Seminole Tribe quietly began allowing some gamblers to place wagers on the sports-betting app anywhere in Florida.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

November 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A 2018 state constitutional amendment was designed to restore voting rights for felons who have completed their sentences. But a lawsuit contends that a "bureaucratic morass" has prevented people from voting or determining whether they are eligible to vote.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

November 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Attorney General Ashley Moody contends that the proposal should be kept off the 2024 ballot because the wording of the ballot summary would be misleading to voters.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

November 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis disputes that using executive privilege conflicts with a 1992 constitutional amendment aimed at providing access to public records.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

November 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

In a 2-1 decision Monday, a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker and ordered that subpoenas for the documents be quashed.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

October 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Attorney General Ashley Moody's office disputed that the restriction is unconstitutional and said paid "lobbying by public officials threatens the integrity of and public confidence in democracy."

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

October 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom this summer issued a permanent injunction against a restriction on state and local officials lobbying other government bodies while in office. Bloom said the restriction violated First Amendment rights.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read