Government

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 [...]

The State of Florida Department of Transportation has started to send Owner Notification letters for its State Road 7/US 441 Project from North of Fillmore to South of Stirling Road in Hollywood. [...]

Each holiday season brings festivities, family time and a welcome break from the daily grind. For local government attorneys and officials, the holiday season also involves important issues of [...]

Backers of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) were dealt a major blow when freshman Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement withdrawing his support for Protect Intellectual Property Act [...]

On Tuesday, former Broward Teachers’ Union (“BTU”) President Pat Santeramo surrendered to authorities after he was charged with racketeering, grand theft, campaign contribution violations and [...]

On Tuesday, Miami-Dade commissioners unanimously voted to lift the County moratorium on city incorporations. Although no incorporations are anticipated in the immediate future, five communities [...]

The second day of oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) addressed the substantive question of whether or not [...]

In a ruling that is certain to impact where consumers can bring private lawsuits against telemarketing companies, the Supreme Court of the United States recently decided that claims under the [...]

Federal prosecutors indicted Steven Lippman, a former partner of Scott Rothstein at Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, has been indicted in an alleged conspiracy to commit bank fraud and to violate [...]