Alex Ebert
Senior Correspondent at Bloomberg Industry Group
Journalist/Lawyer. State litigation senior correspondent for @BLAW @BGOV @TAX @ENVIRONMENT [email protected] Tips on NJ, FL courts? DM for Signal
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19 hours ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Alex Ebert |Alex Clearfield |Patrick Gregory
A landmark prosecution seeking federal criminal obstruction charges against a Milwaukee County judge must go through the courtroom of a jurist who was disciplined for openly criticizing a rightward swing on the US Supreme Court. Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan’s case was randomly assigned to 85-year-old Lynn Adelman, a US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin judge and former state senator nominated by Bill Clinton in 1997.
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1 day ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Alex Ebert |Alex Clearfield
Florida’s prohibition on minors attending “lewd” events without nudity, such as drag-shows at restaurants, was jettisoned by US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Tuesday. The decision is a win for free speech claims from left-leaning groups and pro-LGBTQ+ businesses like Hamburger Mary’s, which sued claiming Florida’s law violated the First Amendment.
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1 day ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Alex Ebert
Forcing show indoors implicates expression of organizersOutdoors show not “compatible” with local character, city saidThe city of Naples, Fla. can’t push an annual drag show indoors and prohibit minor attendees despite concerns over threats of violence to the performance and “compatible” community character, a federal district court ruled Monday.
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5 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Alex Ebert
Deepfake had fabricated voices of several state judgesJudge had a duty to verify whether recording was fakeA fabricated phone call denigrating a judge using AI-generated voices is at the center of an ethics complaint against a Broward County, Fla. jurist. The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission filed a complaint Friday seeking sanctions against County Judge Lauren N.
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5 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Alex Ebert
Regulating attorneys’ debt work infringes on court powerTerm ‘principally engaged’ is too vague to regulate lawyersNew Jersey legislators can’t limit and penalize lawyers’ unlicensed consumer debt adjustment work, a state appellate court ruled Friday in a decision backing the State Bar. In New Jersey, only nonprofits are permitted to perform debt adjustment services.
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An AI-generated phone call, with a deepfake voice joking about burying a sex worker alive, is raising ethical concerns for a Florida judge accused of passing along the recording without looking into whether it was fake. https://t.co/pylXND0pyp
Florida AG @AGJamesUthmeier is subpoenaing @Roblox seeking information about minors use of the game and developers marketing and controls for underage users. Here's the subpoena, sent under color of Unfair Trade Practices enforcement: https://t.co/BoWHFqsRW6 https://t.co/vhC0VzLZ8P
Farm workers in Florida are suing the state over its new immigration law. They claim Florida's criminal penalties violate economic powers left to Congress and skirt around federal immigration enforcement law. https://t.co/4XGylsXZFp
