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 | 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...
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 | 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...
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 | Sep 18, 2011 | Criminal Law, Florida District Courts of Appeal
The Fourth District Court of Appeal handed down quite a few reversals in criminal cases last week, with Santisteban v. State, No. 4D09-229, the most unusual one I’ve read in a while. The decision addresses 3 uncommon issues: (1) Is it proper for a judge...
