Government

Despite 2011 legislation regulating the pain management clinics which have made Florida a center for illicit trafficking in prescription narcotics, local governments continue to face the serious [...]

In its recent decision in the matter of St. Johns River Water Management District v. Koontz, SC09-73, the Florida Supreme Court held that under the U.S. and Florida Constitutions there is not a [...]

On December 21, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a new Rule that will change the procedures for private sector union representation elections. The Rule, which will take [...]

The Eleventh Circuit recently upheld a Spaulding County, Georgia ordinance banning nude dancing in places where alcohol is sold. In holding for the County, the Court also upheld the Order of [...]

On February 22, WSH Partners Matthew H. Mandel, Jamie A. Cole and Laura K. Wendell  obtained a favorable en banc decision on behalf of the City of Boca Raton in a wrongful [...]

WSH was recently retained by the Miami-Dade School Board to take the lead in a difficult, ongoing appeal before the Third District Court of Appeal of a decision by the State Board of [...]

On June 12, Judge Ungaro of the Federal Southern District of Florida, granted the City of North Bay Village’s motion for summary judgment seeking the dismissal on standing grounds of a [...]

On January 11, the United States Supreme Court held for the first time that federal discrimination laws do not protect church employees who perform religious duties. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical [...]

On July 25, the Fourth District Court of Appeal handed down a decision holding that section 316.075 of the Florida Statutes, which governs traffic control signal devices, is constitutional and [...]

This spring, oral arguments are scheduled to begin in a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Before the Supreme Court tackles [...]