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May 08, 2023 | National Law Journal

Winston & Strawn Adds Trio of Government Contracts Partners From Reed Smith

"Their arrival offers Winston's clients additional capabilities beyond government contracts and enables us to expand our representation in health care and life sciences matters," D.C. managing partner David Rogers said.

By Robert Stack

3 minute read

May 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida Lawmakers Tee Up Tax Breaks for Shoppers, Businesses

The bill includes holding two back-to-school tax holidays, after holding one holiday in past years. It would allow shoppers to avoid paying sales taxes on clothes costing $100 or less, school supplies priced at $50 or less and personal computers that cost $1,500 or less.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

May 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

DeSantis Celebrates Wins at End of Busy Legislative Session

Gov. Ron DeSantis concluded a legislative session that establishes him as perhaps the most aggressive and accomplished conservative governor in the nation's bitter culture wars.

By Steve Peoples and Anthony Izaguirre

7 minute read

May 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

House Gives Final Approval to Bill Targeting Campus 'DEI' Efforts

The bill's critics said diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are important and that the legislation will drive away top faculty members and students.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

May 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Near End of Legislative Session, Lawmakers Pass Trans Bathroom Bill

Democrats argue that the bill would subject transgender people to harassment and question how it would be enforced.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

May 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Monorail Inspections Teed Up for DeSantis in Disney Battle

Disney and other large theme parks conduct their own safety inspections because of a carve-out from oversight by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

May 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

US Supreme Court Asked to Halt Execution

If the execution is carried out, Darryl Barwick, 56, would be the third inmate put to death by lethal injection in less than three months.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

May 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Reproductive Clinics Say Privacy Clause Protects Abortion Rights

Florida voters in 1980 approved a constitutional amendment that established state privacy rights. A 1989 Florida Supreme Court ruling set an initial precedent about the privacy clause protecting abortion rights, and subsequent decisions have followed that precedent.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

May 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Trump PAC Complaint Against DeSantis Rejected in Florida

The Donald Trump-supporting super PAC MAGA Inc. filed the complaint against Gov. Ron DeSantis in March and asked the Florida Commission on Ethics to investigate the governor for allegedly leveraging his office to enrich his national profile.

By Anthony Izaguirre

3 minute read

May 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Fla. Shortens Time for Filing Construction-Related Suits, Imposes Materiality Threshold

The act amends Section 95.11, Florida Statutes, shortening the time that lawsuits based upon design, planning, or construction involving real property must be commenced, and altering the date that the statute of limitations period begins to run.

By Travis McConnell

3 minute read