Florida
2568 ABA Journal Florida articles.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart of Florida is at the center of controversy after signing the search warrant for the
Aug. 8 search on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Aug 11, 2022 12:25 PM CDT
Former President Donald Trump wouldn’t necessarily be disqualified from office if he was convicted of taking government documents, despite a statute that says so, several legal experts say.
Aug 9, 2022 10:21 AM CDT
Defense lawyers were unable to avoid shedding tears as parents testified this week about the loss of their children in the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018.
Aug 5, 2022 11:15 AM CDT
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he was suspending the elected state attorney in Hillsborough County, Florida, for “woke” positions on abortion and transgender medical care.
Aug 5, 2022 10:30 AM CDT
A smoker can sue the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for misrepresenting the health hazards of cigarettes, even though she smoked brands made by other companies, a Nevada Supreme Court panel has ruled.
Aug 4, 2022 10:47 AM CDT
Seven clergy members have filed five lawsuits in Florida contending that the state’s abortion restrictions burden their religious beliefs, speech and conduct.
Aug 2, 2022 3:17 PM CDT
Convicted go-between gets life sentence in law prof’s murder
Katherine Magbanua was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for acting as the go-between in the murder of…
Jul 29, 2022 2:35 PM CDT
A judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has declared a mistrial in a malpractice lawsuit alleging that an estate-planning lawyer at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough failed to ensure that a wealthy couple’s five children each shared equally in trust money.
Jul 26, 2022 1:27 PM CDT
When Alvin Bragg Jr. ran for district attorney of New York County last year, he broadly promised to decline prosecuting some defendants arrested for low-level crimes, prioritize treatment for mental illness and drug abuse, and to end the use of cash bail.
Jul 21, 2022 3:50 PM CDT
Emmett Till’s family seeks arrest after warrant found
Researchers have found an unserved 1955 arrest warrant in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse that accuses Carolyn Bryant Donham in the…
Jul 1, 2022 1:35 PM CDT
Updated: Supporters of abortion rights are taking their battle to state courts after the U.S. Supreme Court
overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday.
Jun 28, 2022 10:43 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state’s Medicaid program can seek reimbursement from lawsuit settlement payments allocated for the future care of accident victims.
Jun 6, 2022 10:57 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Tuesday to temporarily block a Texas law that bans large social media companies from restricting posts based on viewpoint.
Jun 1, 2022 10:29 AM CDT
Updated: Police in Uvalde, Texas, are unlikely to face civil liability for failing to rush in to confront shooter Salvador Ramos, 18, at Robb Elementary School last week, experts told several publications.
Jun 1, 2022 8:41 AM CDT
The woman accused of acting as a go-between in the murder of a Florida State University law professor was convicted Friday, after jurors deliberated for about eight hours.
May 31, 2022 10:55 AM CDT
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