The recent Texas appellate court’s decision concerning revenge porn and a Sarasota promposal gone awry have brought to the forefront our constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of speech and expression. While many may not have read the Constitution or know how many amendments it contains (27), everyone knows they have a right to free speech. […]
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In 2015, Texas elected officials passed a bill making it a misdemeanor to publish intimate photos of an ex-partner. Laws have been enacted across the country that make it a crime to commit what has come to be known as revenge porn. However, last week a Texas appeals court struck down that law arguing it
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Attorney–client privilege is dead! So wrote President Donald Trump in response to the federal raid on his attorney Michael Cohen’s office, hotel room, and home. Many of us will switch channels when discussion turns to the topic of the raid. Some will dismiss it as another presidential rant or an overly zealous Department of Justice.
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Today’s Tampa Bay Times featured an article describing Florida’s Attorney General’s search for a lawyer to sue drug companies for the opioid crisis in our state. I’ll do it gladly. I’m sick and tired of large pharmaceutical companies getting rich off the pain, suffering, and addiction of our residents. It’s about time someone said enough.
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When Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law HB 21, it was hailed as the Sunshine State’s first real step in stemming the tide in the opioid epidemic. Time will tell if that hope is realized. The new law is designed to attack the epidemic at what some believe is the source of the problem-pain
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It was just a matter of time. Driverless cars-the wave of the future. Some greedy corporate types decided to push the envelope and bring driverless cars to market before the technology was solid and the legal and social structures had been properly prepared. Now, we have a fatality. Whose to blame? The driverless car industry
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The Facebook data sharing scandal should come as a shock to no one. Yet, many people are incredulously asking “How could they do that?” Come on. In an age where very few hold a thought, feeling, or ordinary event to themselves rather than posting on social media, it was inevitable that this information would be
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Divorce is a sad reality but it’s something for which you should be prepared if your marriage is in trouble. Before hiring a Florida divorce lawyer, you should know the basics about the law in Florida and the overall process. First, the technical term for divorce in Florida is dissolution of marriage and there are
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Criminal charges may be on the horizon in the tragic FIU pedestrian bridge collapse that claimed the lives of six people this week. Miami-Dade police and prosecutors have started an investigation into the accident that killed at least six people, but building a criminal prosecution for the deaths remains a daunting prospect, according to legal
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In nearly 30 years of practicing law in Pinellas County, I’ve represented all kinds of people in all types of cases-criminal, family law (divorce), bankruptcy, and personal injury. Some of them have been huge cases. Some have garnered media attention (I’ve been on Larry King Live among many other national shows). But nothing gives me
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