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Come for the pop culture takes, stay for the extraordinary writ puns.
It ends up being some weird pdf/a issue every time. I would have at least emailed opposing counsel and then fixed in morning. Also never do late filing unless there is truly no other alternative because stuff happens.
An off duty Alabama deputy got drunk at the sheriff’s office, then drove a black police truck at night with no lights at about 70 mph in a 25 mph zone. Reckless. Deadly. And still shielded by qualified immunity.
The Eleventh Circuit held today that a sheriff’s deputy who drove drunk in his patrol car, caused a fatal crash, and fled the scene was entitled to qualified immunity.
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1st DCA - Chief Justice Muniz
2d DCA -
3d DCA - Justice Couriel
4th DCA - Justice Labarga
5th DCA - Justice Grosshans
6th DCA - Justice Sasso
At Large - Justice Francis
Former Justice Canady resided in Lakeland at the time of his appointment, which was in the Second DCA at that time.
Fla. Const. Art 5, Sect 3. (a) "Of the seven justices, each appellate district shall have at least one justice elected or appointed from the district to the supreme court who is a resident of the district at the time of the original appointment or election." www.flsenate.gov/laws/constit...
The Rule Against Perpetuities makes an appearance, which is weird because in May 2022, Florida amended its statutory rule against perpetuities period, the maximum permitted duration of a Florida trust to 1,000 years.
Filing # 239429285 E-Filed 01/13/2026 05:59:31 PM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR BY ADDING CHAPTER 22 Case No. SC25-1281 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL ADDITION OF CHAPTER 22 Pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.330, the Attorney General respectfully requests that this Court reconsider its December 29, 2025, decision denying the proposal to create Chapter 22 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, and states as follows: 1. This Court rejected the Attorney General's proposal outright in a single-page order, holding that the status quo-namely Rule 11-1.9-is sufficient to balance "accommodating the government's workforce needs and ensuring that those authorized to practice law in Florida possess the requisite knowledge of Florida law, technical skill, and moral character to do so." Order at 1. The Attorney General's petition, however, specifically informed the Court of his pending staff shortages and that Rule 11-1.9 is "insufficient to address the issues surrounding government lawyers." Pet. at 2. This 1
was not an abstract conclusion; it was, and still is, the reality for the Attorney General and all other impacted agencies as they attempt to recruit the best possible lawyers to serve the people of Florida. It is a common barrier to recruitment informing experienced, credentialed lawyers that they will have to invest the time and money to sit for another bar exam. This Court can of course disagree with that assessment, but at minimum it should explain why it believes the status quo is better for the Bar and Florida and why the Attorney General's arguments and evidence in support of the petition were insufficient. The Attorney General's petition noted that most States have some form of reciprocity, that government clients are sophisticated parties, and that already-hired attorneys' time is better spent working than memorizing the exception to the exception to a rule in some arcane area of law far removed from their job. For instance, several senior lawyers in the Attorney General's Office, whose prior out-of-state service includes federal appellate clerkships and impressive stints in government service and private practice, are currently unable to devote their full time and energy to their heavy official workloads. Instead, they are studying for the bar exam-a time-intensive 2
enterprise, as this Court knows—in order to master pedantic areas of Florida law that will never arise in the course of their official duties. Indeed, the Attorney General hired these attorneys for these positions because of their advanced litigation skills and experiences-benefits to the State that must sit on the shelf while they re-learn the Rule Against Perpetuities. What's more, these top-level counsel, and the additional lawyers the State could recruit with the aid of the proposed rule, promise great benefit to the State as it advances and defends its laws in Florida's courts-including this one. The Court should at least explain to a co-equal branch of government why it is deciding not to adopt its modest request. In any event, if the Court remains uncomfortable with the petition as-crafted, summarily denying it is extreme medicine. It should at least exercise its prerogative and modify the proposed Chapter 22 in any way it deems best. For example, this Court noted its concern about government attorneys possessing the needed "moral character" to practice. Rather than deny relief outright, this Court could amend the proposal to require these lawyers to go through the standard character and fitness background check if it
believed that was absolutely necessary.! There are many ways to structure a system to attract accomplished, public-service minded lawyers to come and serve the people of Florida, and the Attorney General is open to modifications to assuage the Court's concerns. 3. Toward this end, the Attorney General requests that this Court decide this motion after it affords him the opportunity to discuss, in-person, this proposal with the Justices. The petition to amend the rules is not pending litigation, so there are no ex parte considerations that prevent such conversations. Such discussions among constitutional officers may shed further light on why the importance of this executive branch request clearly justifies the relatively light imposition being requested of this Court. Respectfully submitted. /s/ James Uthmeier JAMES UTHMEIER Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 1 The Attorney General didn't include this in his proposal because the 3-year safe harbor is self-evidently time-limited; virtually all government attorneys; and the provisionally admitted government attorneys would entirely submit to this Court's discipline. 4
The Fla Attorney General just filed a really weird request for rehearing in his attempt to get the Fla Sup Ct to allow out of state lawyers to practice in Florida without taking the Bar exam or passing character and fitness.
His logic applies to virtually all lawyers so let’s abolish the Bar Exam!
I forget what 8 was for.
Florida Supreme Court rules sperm donor uninvolved in child’s life may have parental rights. Majority includes tortured reading of Florida law including a lengthy discussion of “a” vs “the”
Dissent discusses how Court has created a child with 3 parents.
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I asked the AI and it said making stuff up for a report about healthcare seemed like a problem but it was really fine.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
If the goal of school based athletics is in any way to teach then this is one of the most important lessons.
Another huge opinion from 11th Cir.
Florida utility, its CEO and allegations “corporate malfeasance, bribery, off-the-books recordkeeping,surveilling journalists, creating ‘ghost’ candidates, corrupting independent media outlets, … “
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Eleventh Circuit upholds sanctions order against Trump and Habba.
Pryor authors opinion with Brasher and Kidd.
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I have seen the future, it is a very, very burnt cake.
This is a wonderful meal. One of my favorites.
We are honored to be partners with ACLU of Florida on this important fight.
We are honored to be partners with the ACLU of Florida in fighting for the free speech rights of government employees.
“Through this lawsuit, we’re standing up for every public employee whose rights have been chilled by government retaliation.”
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A normal society would react to this by introducing regulations to prop betting or rolling back accessibility to online betting
Instead we'll just get a new TV spinoff, Law & Order: Sports Investigation
The video seems to be showing textbooks concerted activity, employees seeking to speak with the appropriate management representatives about an issue impacting them and their co-workers. Who else other than HR would they address their concerns to?
The video of the head of Conde Nast Human Resources refusing to speak with employees shows what looks a lot like protected concerted activity to me. 🤷👩⚖️⚖️
“We know - just as Donald Trump does - that when working people have ironclad rights, the bosses who seek to extort them become very small indeed.” NYC Union-Endorsed Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani
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Major win for my firm in Johnson v. Nocco (M.D. Fla.). Court holds that arrest of passenger for refusal to provide ID violated the 4th Amendment.
We’ll keep fighting to ensure law enforcement respect all of our constitutional rights.
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If I opened a late night restaurant near a college that only sold pizza bagels would I make millions or billions?
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
