Protecting Creative Speech in Practice Let’s talk intellectual property. Not patents and trade secrets, not that “hard stuff.”  I’m talking creative intellectual property.  What some call “soft IP.” You are on-line and copy images or audio to use somewhere else—like a video presentation. Do you give credit to the original […]

The barrage of backlash booming around the repeal of the net-neutrality law by the Federal Communications Commission is facing an all-fronts assault. The communications companies that stand to win from the controversial FCC ruling, pushed through by Chairman Ajit Pai, a former Verizon attorney, and supported by Republicans are facing […]

Death threats. Protests. Rallies. Strong opinions roil around the controversial Federal Communications Commission vote to repeal the Obama administration’s net-neutrality law that protected a free and open Internet. Now, the United Nations has weighed in, saying the vote will silence voices that, without the World Wide Web, never would have […]

When you read what I just read, you will have to ask yourself: why is my legislator in favor of House Resolution 1215 (HR 1215)? HR 1215: Invades state’s rights to pass laws affecting their own citizens by the federal government mandating to the states. HR 1215 unnecessarily increases taxpayer […]

Fast-Track Legislation Appears To Attack 7th Amendment Tort reform has become a hot potato again as a series of proposed bills have been unleashed that impinge on the rights of people harmed or injured by product defects, medical malpractice, nursing home and other negligence race, through the House. One of […]

Employment Litigation Attorneys in Tallahassee and West Palm Beach State and federal laws protect employees against discrimination in the workplace. Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and various other statutes, employees are entitled to a workplace free of discrimination, and […]