Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals News

The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 today in favor of the Federal Trade Commission in FTC v.

Actavis, Inc. today announced that the United States Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which had affirmed the District Court's ruling granting Actavis' motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit, FTC v.

The residents filed the challenge after seeking to pool $600 to run radio ads in 2010 against a ballot initiative known as the "Florida Hometown Democracy" constitutional amendment.

A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida judge's decision that let stand state regulations on groups of individuals who campaign for or against ballot initiatives.

Those who followed the judicial wars of the Bush years will remember that one of the most fiercely fought battles, involving one of the supposedly most controversial and allegedly "extreme" nominees of all, was the one over the nomination of Alabama's then-Attorney General Bill Pryor for a spot on the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

A closely watched dispute over Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's assets was resolved Wednesday in favor of bankruptcy courts and against federal criminal authorities.

She was born in 1943 in Valdosta, Ga., and her military family lived around the world.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced her appointment of Allen Winsor as Florida's Solicitor General.

The Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, Georgia, and Phoebe Putney defendants have agreed to halt the integration of the former Palmyra Park Hospital -- now known as Phoebe North -- with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, while an administrative law judge considers a Federal Trade Commission complaint challenging the merger as ... (more)

Best Buy's practice of scanning customers' driver's licenses when they make purchases does not run afoul of a federal privacy law, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on May 28. Steven Siegler in October 2011 bought and returned a computer mouse at a Best Buy in Palm Beach County, Fla., according to the complaint .

Florida is moving ahead with a plan to offer kosher meals in all state prisons by the end of the year, a corrections official testified at a hearing Tuesday on a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit demanding such a program.

Education: University of California, Riverside, B.A. in Psychology, Cum Laude, 2003; Florida Coastal School of Law, Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude, 2007.

MOBILE, Alabama - Seven former Mobile County principals who allege racial discrimination in hiring cannot represent all similar black employees who did not get promotions, a federal judge ruled this week.

In a case that has spanned nearly 27 years, a federal appeals court Thursday rejected arguments that a death row inmate should receive a new trial in the murder of an Indian River County deputy.

A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Florida Governor Rick Scott cannot require all state employees to take random drug tests and told the state to identify which government workers it believes should undergo periodic testing.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered a federal judge to reconsider her order essentially voiding Florida's drug testing program for state employees, though the appeals court left little doubt that the program is likely unconstitutional in many cases.

Approximately a year ago, Judge Orinda Evans of the Federal District Court for Northern Georgia held that the electronic reserves practices of the library at Georgia State University were, for the most part, fair use and not copyright infringement.

Hagopian is an experienced civil trial and board certified criminal trial lawyer.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 26--A federal magistrate in Milwaukee has ordered a West Allis man to take whatever actions are necessary to provide readable versions of encrypted hard drives agents seized from his apartment as part of a child porn investigation.

Pasco County officials have appealed a federal judge's ruling that struck down an ordinance allowing officials to make developers hand over property for future roads in exchange for a permit.