In an update to my previous post, a state judge ruled that an illiterate 13-year-old boy does not have the right to refuse chemotherapy, in part because he only has a “rudimentary understanding at best of the risks and benefits of chemotherapy. … he does not believe he is ill currently. The fact is that [...]
A Minnesota court case raises a fundamental question regarding the balance of individual liberty and governmental power. The case requires the presiding judge to decide whether a 13-year-old boy and his family can refuse chemotherapy treatment for his cancer or whether the government can force him to receive the treatment against his will.
Daniel Hauser has [...]
The Florida Bar is known as perhaps the most aggressive and strict bar association in the country in regards to lawyer advertising. Florida lawyers have sued the Bar several times for violating their First Amendment free speech rights.
In a welcome turn, the Bar has backed off of one of its numerous absurd advertising rules. Lawyers [...]
The Florida Supreme Court disbarred a Florida lawyer Thursday for letting a female client pay for legal services by having sex with him.
James Harvey Tipler had earlier pled guilty to solicitation to prostitution in his criminal case. Tipler agreed to let his client, an 18-year-old woman, reduce her $2,300 fee for her assault case.
Every time [...]