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2 weeks ago | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
https://www.floridabulldog.org/donate-to-florida-bulldog/By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgWhile federal judges say some of President Trump’s orders are illegal, Florida state officials seem to take for granted that he alone stands above the law. At first glance, one particular state statute may look trivial. Every Florida resident with an out-of-state felony conviction, such as Trump’s New York financial crimes conviction, must register with their local sheriff’s office.
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1 month ago | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgWhen longtime attorney Robert Kerrigan set out to file his first ever misconduct report against another lawyer, he hit a snag that he believes artificially limits the number of complaints the Florida Bar investigates. He resolved to do something about it.
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1 month ago | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgTALLAHASSEE — Lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder finally got his Florida Bar ethics trial, more than four years after judges savaged his reputation for criticizing Gov. Ron DeSantis’s COVID-19 policies in a lawsuit. Uhlfelder’s April 8-9 trial in the Leon County Courthouse also served as a tutorial on how some Florida lawyers are allowed to treat their clients and each other. It isn’t pretty.
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2 months ago | 
southfloridareporter.com | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org The Florida Supreme Court has assembled a committee to figure out how to stop an outsider from inflicting what it considers radical leftist standards like diversity on Florida lawyers. That outsider is the American Bar Associatio n, which has tangled with the Supreme Court over diversity in legal education.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgGov. Ron DeSantis, who like President Donald Trump still has it in for Dr. Anthony Fauci, is making another run at blaming the retired public health leader for COVID-19’s toll on Florida. But the governor has at least one hurdle to clear: His first attempt failed. A statewide grand jury found no criminality in efforts to contain the virus that has killed more than 87,000 Floridians.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
newsbreak.com | Noreen Marcus
New Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, left, has been asked to go after Palm Beach CIrcuit Judge Darren Shull for civil rights violations Four women are demanding that the state Attorney General and the Florida Commission on Human Relations seek to punish Palm Beach Circuit Judge Darren Shull for gender discrimination.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgFour women are demanding that the state Attorney General and the Florida Commission on Human Relations seek to punish Palm Beach Circuit Judge Darren Shull for gender discrimination. Calling themselves Mothers Against Court Abuse, the women filed a joint complaint with exhibits seeking to compel an investigation and the enforcement of Florida’s civil rights law. They also want Judge Shull “immediately” removed from proceedings involving women.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgRoxey Nelson wants a word with anybody who doesn’t care if Gov. Ron DeSantis gets the Legislature to help him make voter initiatives vanish. DeSantis’s effort fizzled during last week’s special session, but the governor is expected to try again at the regular session starting March 4. Nelson is executive vice president of Miramar-based 1199SEIU Florida, a union representing about 35,000 current and retired healthcare workers.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgAn extraordinary feud between Palm Beach billionaires that began on country club tennis courts has reached the Florida Supreme Court, where it will influence the law of punitive damages. The combatants are Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter, former Marvel Entertainment CEO and one of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest financial backers, and Harold Peerenboom, founder of Mandrake Management, a leading Canadian executive-search firm.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
floridabulldog.org | Noreen Marcus
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.orgWill a developer with a $50 billion portfolio put a 30-story condo tower on public oceanfront land in Hollywood? Will even more construction on the beach, one of the city’s greatest assets, turn it into an overbuilt Fort Lauderdale South? The answers are complicated by local politics, a public outcry and a strange, fatal error in a Nov. 5 ballot measure. After that blunder the city attorney resigned and a repeat vote was scheduled for 2026.
