by Dan Bushell | Mar 26, 2015 | Family Litigation
Three times was too many for Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade’s ex-wife. Four years ago, an Illinois court entered a 102-page (!) judgment after a 38-day (!) trial, detailing D-Wade and his ex-wife’s custody and timesharing arrangements. D-Wade was given sole...
by Dan Bushell | Feb 25, 2015 | Constitutional Litigation, Criminal Law, Florida District Courts of Appeal
There’s no denying that public opinion on the dangerousness of cannabis has changed dramatically in recent years. Florida has not taken the steps that some states have taken to legalize cannabis for medical purposes, let alone for general use. But there’s...
by Dan Bushell | Feb 23, 2015 | Constitutional Litigation
There’s been considerable teeth gnashing about a 2013 Florida law allowing politicians to hold their assets in blind trusts, and withhold from public disclosure specification of the assets held in those trusts. But the debate is only theoretical at this point,...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 6, 2014 | Constitutional Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to step in to resolve a long-running dispute between Florida and Georgia. As noted in my previous post, it is the second Florida case on the Supreme Court’s docket this term that involves Florida’s...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 5, 2014 | Criminal Law, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, General Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Florida commercial fishing industry, meet the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases from Florida in its current term, two of which involve commercial fishing. In the most recently granted case, the state of Florida is set...