Government

Today, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals declared that a major component of the recently passed health care law is unconstitutional. The court identified the requirement under the Patient [...]

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a decision by the Eastern District Court of Virginia holding that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring [...]

Yesterday, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a circuit court judgment holding that the Florida Constitution prohibited Broward County voters from amending the [...]

The Act removes the state mandate for local governments to enforce transportation concurrency, the regulatory requirement that roadway and other transportation facilities be in place concurrent [...]

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a decision of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida which had upheld the City’s of St. Petersburg municipal ordinance [...]

Yesteday, Judge Steven Liefman ruled that the current programs operated by South Florida cities do not violate equal protection and that they are not unconstitutional.  Michael S. Popok, [...]

Following the passage of the sweeping growth management legislation included in House Bill 7207 of 2011 (the “Community Planning Act”), the Town of Yankeetown,Florida sued to overturn the bill. [...]

On November 14, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 2010 healthcare overhaul law. The Court will hear an appeal from the Eleventh [...]

The Miami-Dade County Commission recently approved two applications that could move the Urban Development Boundary (“UDB”) and allow more development on previously sacrosanct property. The [...]

In Glenn v. Brumby, 1:08-CV-023360-RWS (11th Cir., December 6, 2011), the court found that a governmental employer violates the Equal Protection Clause’s prohibition of sex-based discrimination [...]