by Dan Bushell | Feb 3, 2014 | Courts, Criminal Law, Family Litigation, General Civil Litigation
Is a Facebook friendship really a friendship? Can judges be “friends” with attorneys on Facebook? Florida judges and legal ethicists have been debating these questions for more than four years. Florida District Courts of Appeal have now begun to offer...
by Dan Bushell | Dec 20, 2013 | Constitutional Litigation, Florida District Courts of Appeal
Gun rights advocates received a big win in Florida’s First District Court of Appeal on December 10, 2013. The 1st DCA took the unusual step of issuing seven separate opinions to explain the result. Sitting en banc in Florida Carry, Inc. v. University...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 21, 2013 | Constitutional Litigation, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Insurance Coverage, Tort/Injury Litigation
Florida’s acupuncture physicians and massage therapists recently learned that they are (again) ineligible to be paid PIP benefits for treating automobile accident victims. Chiropractors learned that PIP coverage of their services has (again) been curtailed as...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 7, 2013 | Constitutional Litigation, Family Litigation, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
Issuing its opinion in DMT vs. TMH, a closely watched case that drew national attention, the Supreme Court of Florida today declared that a woman has constitutionally protected rights to raise a child created by artificial insemination using her ovum, with the...
by Dan Bushell | Oct 22, 2013 | Criminal Law, Florida District Courts of Appeal, General Civil Litigation, Miscellaneous
It’s not uncommon to see pro se litigants butt heads with trial judges. It’s less common to see attorneys doing so. Knowing that they will likely appear before the same judge in the future, most lawyers take great pains to put aside personal grievances in...