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HERE IS THE MESSAGE: Please post this for all to see. Even though I am acutely aware of scams, and this one in particular, when you get one of these calls, it’s easy to start to panic. Here is what happened: The phone rang, my wife answered and came to me to say “the Sheriff is on the phone.” I

Last week an amended scheduling issue, including an order that the parties attend mediation, was ordered by the Court in Does v. Swearingen (the “Ex Post Facto Plus” case). Trial in this case is scheduled for the two week trial period beginning on November 9, 2020. The following deadlines leading up to trial have been set: May 15, 2020: Defendant

A patchwork approach to the nation’s sex offense registry laws is leaving many of the 900,000 people on the country’s registries with a stark choice as COVID-19 sweeps the country: risk their lives or risk their freedom. The situation is similar in Florida. A spokesperson for the Florida Action Committee, which advocates for changes to the state’s registry laws, said

New York State is poised to enact a ban on some sex offenders in New York’s mass transit system, a move long sought by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and long dreaded by civil libertarians. The state budget that leaders are now finalizing would allow judges to ban individuals convicted of some sex crimes in mass transit from using the system

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, has issued an executive order (https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-91.pdf) which states: A. Senior citizens and individuals with a significant underlying medical condition (such as chronic lung disease, moderate-to-severe asthma, serious heart conditions, immunocompromised status, cancer, diabetes, severe obesity, renal failure and liver disease) shall stay at home and take all measures to limit the risk of exposure to COVID-19.

A member pointed something out that we were not aware of, but in times of crisis (such as we are in), becomes critical to businesses. The US Small Business Administration (SBA) provides small businesses with low interest loans to help recover from disasters, including the present financial disaster that is caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. The loans can save companies