A judge in Tennessee is making national headlines over a new policy he recently approved. If an inmate in county prison wants to take 30 days off their incarceration, men can get a vasectomy, and women can have a birth…
You don't even need to spend a minute in virtual reality to know that the future is here. And with all the new technology, as always, there are new challenges. RFID implants, while not so new anymore, have still not…
Rideshare services, such as Lyft and Uber, will have to comply with statewide rules, and students and teachers will be allowed to express their religious beliefs at public schools, under new laws that will go into effect Saturday.…
It’s illegal to leave a child unattended for 16 minutes or longer in a hot car in Florida. But 15 minutes is a whole different story. Under Florida law, leaving a child in a car for a shorter period of…
Florida has agreed to pay $1.1 million in legal fees to lawyers who sued the state over a 2011 law that barred doctors from talking to patients about gun ownership, according to a gun control organization involved in the case.…
Law requires companies to find life insurance beneficiaries going back 25 years Four Florida insurers were in court Monday afternoon in the state Capitol, challenging a law that requires them to locate life insurance beneficiaries going back 25 years.…
When someone takes the life of another, whether it was intentional or the result of negligence, the offender will likely face felony criminal charges and a lengthy prison sentence. But regardless of the underlying criminal charge (or lack thereof), anyone deemed responsible…
The definition of negligence is failing to exercise the degree of reasonable care expected of someone in order to minimize the risk of harm to another person. It serves as the legal basis for many personal injury cases, including car accidents, slip…
The Collaborative Law Process Act (CLPA) went into effect on July 1, 2017. This creates a new alternative to litigation for family matters in Florida – the Collaborative Process. The Florida Supreme Court recently adopted Florida Bar Rules and Professional Responsibilities on the…
As national student debt grows to $1.4 trillion, Florida colleges and universities are now required to provide students with annual reports that detail how much they’ve borrowed, their anticipated total loan amount and monthly payments. The new state law, which…