Courtesy of CBS12 PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. -- You might be breaking the law and not even know it. Florida's law books have some deep dark secrets. In the 1990s Lisa Hornsby broke the law with a smile on her face. "There's no way to explain it. People ask all the time, what does it feel like? What is it like? Really there's nothing like it," said Hornsby. She committed the crimes for years before she got married. "Do I feel like a criminal now? Naw. It's ridiculous," she said. She liked it so much, she built a business around it with her husband. "I could be working in an office with walls around me. Instead the sky is my office. Read more: http://www.cbs12.com/articles/bizarre-4738892-duration-laws.html#ixzz1meE8exC6 … [Read more...]

By RICH ABDILL, Miami New Times A political action committee opposing Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich just bought $3.6 million in Florida TV advertisements, according to theNew York Times, and it appears the best response Gingrich can muster is something along the lines of, "Hey guys, knock it off. That's not nice." The group, called "Restore Our Future," backs Mitt Romney and has already spent millions of dollars on attack ads accusing Gingrich of everything from being friends with Nancy Pelosi to trying to get the government to pay for abortions. The bit Gingrich takes exception to, however, is a little 7-second segment in the middle of an ad that claims Gingrich was fined $300,000 for ethics violations as speaker of the House. (Spoiler alert: He was.) Read more: http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/01/gingrich_false_romney_ads.php … [Read more...]

The world is closely watching a federal case in the Northern District of California where a mobile news and reviews resource company,PhoneDog, is suing a former employee Noah Kravitz (or independent contractor, depending on what news report you read) over who owns a Twitter account that was started in association with PhoneDog, and is now being used by Kravitz as his own Twitter account. Read More: http://www.socialmedialawupdate.com/2011/12/articles/recent-media-law-cases/do-your-social-media-accounts-belong-to-your-business-why-worry-when-there-are-safeguards-you-can-take-now/ … [Read more...]

By Ashley Lopez, The Colorado Independent According to new polling, the majority of Americans do not have definite positions on a health care reform provision requiring everyone to have health insurance. The individual mandate, which is the main subject of Florida’s legal challenge to the law, is one of the measure’s more controversial sections. However, as Kaiser Health News reports, a new survey finds that the public is just as swayed by arguments supporting the health care mandate as they are by arguments criticizing it. Read more: http://coloradoindependent.com/108860/americans-unsure-what-health-care-reform-means … [Read more...]