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 | Apr 16, 2013 | Constitutional Litigation, Courts, Criminal Law, Family Litigation, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Real Estate & Foreclosure Litigation, Tort/Injury Litigation
In the past few years, the strangest things have started appearing in appellate decisions: images. That has been seen as so revolutionary that it has been widely covered in the legal press, with 7th Circuit opinions authored by Judge Richard Posner (as is often the...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 7, 2012 | Courts, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court
The Florida Supreme Court justices and District Court of Appeal judges who were up for retention votes this year had a great day yesterday. Congratulations go out to all of the retained justices and appellate judges: Florida Supreme Court: Justice R. Fred Lewis...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 6, 2012 | Courts, Florida Supreme Court
I’m voting “yes” to retain the 3 justices of the Florida Supreme Court who are up for a retention vote this year — and I urge the readers of this blog to do the same. That may seem out of line with the general non-political/non-partisan tone of...