In 2010, Florida State Representative Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, sponsored Amendment 9, a proposed state constitutional amendment aimed at stopping the federal health care law (aka “Obamacare”) from being implemented in Florida. The Florida Legislature passed a joint resolution containing the text of the proposed amendment, as well as a ballot […]
I wrote last week about Republican voter suppression efforts, and the unfortunate decision of a judge in Pennsylvania not to block that state’s voter ID law, which could disenfranchise up to 750,000 mostly minority voters. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia […]
“Now I’ve been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is why must we go on hating, why can’t we just live in bliss” -Cat Stevens ‘Peace Train’ While I certainly share in the singer/songwriters desire for peace and am moved when I hear this song, it is the […]
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (August 24, 2012) — 13 lawyers from Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. Chris Searcy, Jack (John) Scarola, Greg Barnhart, John Shipley, Cal Warriner, Brenda Fulmer, Karen Terry, Chris Speed, Sia Baker-Barnes, Jack Hill and Ed Ricci (West […]
Many states have their vacancies for judges filled through a typical election. Candidates file, they campaign (to the extent they are ethically allowed), and the candidate with the most votes assumes the office of judge. That is the way we in Florida handle all judicial positions except those judges in […]
I have done it twice; once for under-grad and then again for my juris doctorate; also, I am at that age where I feel at liberty giving advice (don’t worry you will be here someday too). Here is my advice as you head off to college. You are, of course, […]
The first hearing for the newly-created Pradaxa MDL has been scheduled for October 3, 2012, at 1:30 PM at the United States Courthouse in East St. Louis, Illinois. On August 8, 2012, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPML) granted the plaintiffs’ request for establishment of an MDL and assigned […]
The citizens of the state of Florida should be permitted to elect our own public servants without interference from political, business or other forces OUTSIDE the state of Florida.
Having been in the legal and insurance industry for 45 years now, I have reasonably good insight on what really does go on, but I can simply not help being surprised and disturbed by how far corporate America is willing to go. Even when dealing with the health, life and […]
The New York Times has entered the Florida fray involving the merit retention race for Supreme Court Justices Pariente, Lewis and Quince. Their article, I think, sets forth the most succinct and accurate depiction of what has been happening in Florida’s merit retention race. The concluding paragraph of the article […]
