Naked Politics, Miami Herald Back in 1988, Florida legislators passed a law that would allow sports stadiums to collect about $2 million per year from the government to build new shiny stadiums that would increase economic investment and improve the quality of life. Tucked into the statutes is an obscure homeless shelter provision, which has mostly been ignored for 23 years, and could be a $300 million “Oops” for stadiums, arenas and spring training facilities across the state. The law states that sports teams that accept taxpayer dollars to build facilities must house the homeless on off-nights, and lawmakers have brought it back from the dead in a pair of bills gaining steam this legislative session. http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/lawmakers-advance-bill-to-fine-sports-teams-for-not-housing-the-homeless.html … [Read more...]
Yet more US lawsuits added in Apple-Android war
By CAROLINE GABRIEL, Rethink Wireless The legal saga of Apple versus Android rumbles on, with Motorola Mobility taking further shots at its tormentor on the eve of its presumed takeover by Google, while Apple itself is trying to make it harder for HTC to work around a recent ITC ruling which could ban the Taiwanese vendor's devices from the US. Read more: http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2012/01/26/yet-us-lawsuits-added-apple-android-war.htm … [Read more...]
Ferris named Partner at Burr & Forman Orlando
Jacqueline E. Ferris has been named partner in the Orlando office of Burr & Forman LLP. Ferris works in the firm’s Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy section. Her practice includes representation of corporate debtors and creditors in a broad range of complex business cases of various sizes. Ferris’ practice includes representation of clients from multiple industries, including telecommunication companies and financial institutions. She also has experience with workouts and assignments for the benefit of creditors. … [Read more...]
Farb joins Kunkel Miller & Hament
Gail E. Farb has joined the Sarasota office of Kunkel Miller & Hament in an of counsel capacity. Farb focuses in labor and employment law representing management. She is active in the Sarasota Bar Association Labor and Employment section and The Florida Bar. … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Rejects Judge-Drawn Maps in Texas Redistricting Case
By ADAM LIPTAK, The New York Times The Supreme Court on Friday instructed a lower court in Texas to take a fresh look at election maps it had drawn in place of a competing set of maps from the Texas Legislature. The justices said the lower court had not paid enough deference to the Legislature’s choices and had improperly substituted its own values for those of elected officials. “To avoid being compelled to make such otherwise standardless decisions,” the Supreme Court’s unsigned decision said, “a district court should take guidance from the state’s recently enacted plan in drafting an interim plan. That plan reflects the state’s policy judgments on where to place new districts and how to shift existing ones in response to massive population growth.” Read more: … [Read more...]
