The publishers of a journal that reports on inmate rights is preparing for trial over Florida’s ban on the publication in state prisons. The state’s prison system is the only one in the U.S. to ban Prison Legal News, said Paul Wright, editor and founder of the Lake Worth-based journal. The publishers have sued Florida’s […]
GOP Redistricting Docs Go Before The Florida Supreme Court – FCIR
A legal challenge over whether documents related to the Florida Legislature’s 2012 effort to redraw the state’s congressional districts can be made public is now before the state’s Supreme Court justices. The first hearing on the matter began Friday. The Florida League of Women Voters and a group of individuals sued the Florida Legislature alleging […]
Batmasian must alert Palm Beach Post of efforts to seal court file – Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Meenu Sasser on Tuesday ordered attorneys representing James Batmasian to alert The Palm Beach Post of any motions they file that would limit public access to a series of salacious lawsuits against the Boca Raton real estate mogul. Saying courts repeatedly have given newspapers the right to intervene in lawsuits […]
