Professor J.J. Brown spoke with Kevin Wiatrowski at the Tampa Tribune yesterday about how eminent domain law applies to a new ordinance in Pasco County.

County should pay for land it takes, some say

Professor J.J. Brown spoke with Kevin Wiatrowski at the Tampa Tribune for the story “County should pay for land it takes, some say.”

Economic crime’s easy-ride days done

Dean Ellen Podgor spoke with the Sun-Sentinel in Ft. Lauderdale about the recent legal trend of sending white-collar criminals to jail for longer sentences.

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Dean Ellen Podgor spoke with the National Law Journal to lend her expertise to a story.

Request for independent adviser in Tanner case denied

Professor Roberta Flowers spoke with Kenya Woodard at the Daytona Beach News Journal about her continuing story about a state attorney who is investigating another state attorney. The judge has allowed a court reporter to take down grand jury proceedings.

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Government Bush halts executions

Professor Charles Rose spoke with Chris Tisch at the St. Petersburg Times about the Diaz execution and its impact on Florida’s death penalty policy.

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Judge in DCF flap recuses himself

Professor Charles Rose spoke with Chris Tisch at the St. Petersburg Times for a story about a judge who tried to jail the outgoing secretary of the DCF.

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Professor Robert Batey spoke with Kenya Woodard at the Daytona Beach News Journal about a sexual predator sting and how the law allows such operations.

Dean Ellen Podgor spoke with the Chicago Tribune regarding the Attorney Client Privilege Act of 2006 proposed by Senator Specter.

Professor Michael Allen spoke with Christina Asquith, editor at Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine, for a piece on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on two school desegregation cases for an article that will run in the Dec. 28 magazine.

Professor Robert Batey spoke with the Daytona Beach News Journal about challenging a surreptitiously recorded videotape as evidence in a criminal trial.

Professor Robert Batey spoke with Jamal Thalji at the St. Petersburg Times about Richard Paey, the man who suffers chronic pain but was sentenced to 25 years in prison for trafficking oxycodone. The 2DCA handed down opinion while affirming the conviction and sentencing.