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September 25, 2009 |

State university board approves budget request

The board that oversees Florida's state universities approved a $3.6 billion budget request for the next school year at its meeting on Thursday, an increase of nearly 6 percent that would help boost public medical schools.
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August 11, 2005 |

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August 27, 2012 |

First Cy Pres Award After Rule Change Goes to IOLTA, CLS

In what appears to be the first such donation since the Supreme Court ordered all excess class action settlement funds to be donated to legal aid providers, lawyers at Feldman Shepherd have facilitated two donations of nearly $46,000 each to the state IOLTA board and a local public interest firm.
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September 21, 2010 |

Home sales jump signals market stabilization

Home sales probably increased in August, a sign the U.S. real estate market is stabilizing after the expiration of a tax credit caused demand to plunge, economists said before reports this week. Purchases of new and previously owned homes rose 7 percent to a combined 4.395 million annual pace, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey.
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June 29, 2007 |

How Philip Morris Tried to Use Federal Officer Removal Statute for Forum Advantage

One might think that a tobacco company would steer as clear as possible from the federal government. So when the Justice Department brought a RICO action against the industry seeking $280 billion, it is somewhat ironic that it would seek to remove a state court consumer fraud class action to federal court under the so-called federal officer removal statute. Yet that's what Philip Morris did. Law professor Georgene M. Vairo explains why a private company would want to label itself a federal agent.
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December 26, 2006 |

Prisoners' Right to Internet Materials Contested

The Internet age -- and all its legal complications -- has finally come to prisons. Cases about inmates' rights in the digital world have focused on whether prisoners should be allowed to receive correspondence originating from the Internet. Opponents have brought up an array of safety and security concerns, such as the possibility that the materials could include contraband, but prisoners' advocates argue that receiving the material in the mail is a free speech right protected by the First Amendment.
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