Tag: Florida

June 16, 2023

Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed a new law that would prohibit people who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents and whose “domicile” is in China from purchasing certain real property in the state. Generally, the […]

June 13, 2023

Florida has become the latest state to enact a comprehensive privacy law this year when SB 262 was signed by Governor DeSantis last week. It combines some new, and some familiar, provisions. It has also passed a child privacy law, […]

May 5, 2023

The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that, if enacted, will require private employers with 25 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of newly hired employees beginning July 1, 2023. The bill, […]

May 24, 2022

A federal appeals court on Monday blocked parts of a Florida law that prevent social media companies from banning political candidates, deprioritizing political messages or censoring content by journalistic enterprises. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Atlanta ruled […]

April 20, 2022

The Republican-led Florida Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would eliminate a special tax district that allows Walt Disney Co. DIS 0.55% ▲ to govern the land where its theme parks sit, as lawmakers target the company for opposing legislation […]

March 10, 2022

Florida will not pass a comprehensive data privacy law for the second year in a row. It will be easy for some to speculate that the bill died because the House insisted on a private right of action. That speculation […]

January 11, 2022

Florida appears to be gearing up for another partisan battle on data privacy. On Friday, January 7, 2022, Florida Senator Jennifer Bradley (R-Dist. 5), introduced Florida Senate Bill 1864, titled the “Florida Privacy Protection Act” (“FPPA”). This is the 2022 […]

December 2, 2021

On November 23, 2021, the US District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated a 2021 gaming compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida, which permitted mobile sports wagering throughout the state (the Compact). The […]

November 29, 2021

During a special legislative session, Florida passed a new law banning private employers from mandating COVID-19 vaccines unless several exemptions are offered to employees. The legislation, which was signed into law by the governor on Nov. 18, comes as the […]

October 20, 2021

Florida and California join a growing minority of states enacting laws protecting a person’s genetic information (Nevada and Alaska also have laws). Florida’s new genetic privacy law, known as Protecting DNA Privacy Act, went into effect on October 1, 2021. […]

July 21, 2021

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed into law the Combating Corporate Espionage in Florida Act, and it will take effect on Oct. 1. The new law was created to protect intellectual property in Florida from theft by foreign governments and […]

December 22, 2020

Assignment of benefits agreements has been the bane of the property insurance industry’s existence because of perceived fraud, overcharges, and resulting litigation leading to increases in insureds’ premiums and disgruntled homeowners. Recognising these abuses, state legislatures and governors across the […]

November 18, 2020

The managing partner of the South Florida law firm Ford, Dean & Rotundo has been charged with asking a former NFL player to pay off his clients to change their testimony in a robbery case. Lawyer William A. Dean, 50, […]

February 8, 2019

Under current state laws in Florida, public school districts are given the option of providing classes that include the “objective study” of the Bible. But a new statute would require public high schools to offer an elective course on the […]

March 9, 2016

Florida’s Governor Rick Scott signed a new death sentencing law yesterday after the US Supreme Court invalidated the state’s sentencing system in January. Capital punishment has been on hold since the old law was deemed a violation of a defendant’s […]