Category: First District Court of Appeal
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Florida Bar flops in effort to demonize DeSantis critic as referee recommends lightest possible sanction
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Bar’s politically charged prosecution of an attorney who publicly challenged Gov. Ron DeSantis’s pandemic policy climaxed Tuesday in embarrassment. -
Florida Bar hid prosecutions of witnesses it was using to go after lawyer targeted by DeSantis
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A lawyer facing discipline for alleged misdeeds five years ago has accused Florida Bar prosecutors of hiding news that might have helped exonerate him at a pivotal moment in his politically charged case. -
As Florida adds firearm ‘open carry’ to ‘stand your ground,’ grocery shopping can be hazardous
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Publix shoppers may want to keep track of more than BOGOs now that customers can stroll grocery aisles flashing guns and knives like they’re roaming the range in the wild, wild West. -
Federal judge, former chief justice denounce Florida Bar prosecution loaded with political baggage
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A federal judge and a retired Florida Supreme Court justice shredded the Florida Bar’s case against lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder during a Zoom hearing last week. -
Florida Bar finally puts DeSantis critic on trial, but strategy backfires
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
TALLAHASSEE – Lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder finally got his Florida Bar ethics trial, more than four years after judges savaged his reputation for criticizing Gov. Ron DeSantis’s COVID-19 policies in a lawsuit. -
Broward’s two hospital districts lobby for bill that would give them sweeping new business powers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly identical bills quietly filed in the Florida House and Senate would grant Broward’s two taxpayer-supported hospital districts sweeping new powers they could use to merge or go into business with any public or private company without fear of violating state or federal antitrust laws.
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