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Daniela Abratt-Cohen has been named as Thomas & LoCicero’s newest partner.

We’re proud to announce Daniela Abratt-Cohen as our firm’s newest partner.  Daniela has been a valuable member of the TLo team since 2018, and has worked extremely hard not only to uphold the job she was hired to do but also to look for ways to improve the effectiveness of the firm, grow the firm’s…

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Partner Earns CIPM Designation

Firm Leader in Data Privacy Receives Additional Designation Thomas & LoCicero is pleased to announce that Susan Tillotson Bunch, a partner practicing in its Tampa office, has earned the designation of Certified Information Privacy Manager “CIPM,” by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, “IAPP”. The CIPM designation demonstrates an understanding of privacy program governance and the…

Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference Features Carol LoCicero

Libel and invasion of privacy is highlighted by founding partner. Carol Jean LoCicero, one of the founding partners of Thomas & LoCicero, served as a speaker today at the Investigative Reporters & Editors 2018 Conference in Orlando.  Ms. LoCicero co-presented in a three-hour program sponsored by Knight Foundation addressing “Legal Workshop: Understanding Libel and Copyright.”  During…

Thomas & LoCicero Attorneys Named to Florida Super Lawyers

Florida Super Lawyers is a statewide rating service of attorneys that is held by only 5% of the state’s attorneys. The 2018 Florida Super Lawyers digital edition has been released.  Attorneys from Thomas & LoCicero were included in the statewide ranking for lawyers for excellence in the following practice areas: Florida Super Lawyers is a statewide rating…

#SaveStudentNewsrooms

Although independence is the ideal, financial difficulties are forcing some student papers around the country into making tough choices. At many universities and colleges throughout the United States, student-run newspapers are editorially overseen and financed—in part or in full—by the school itself. Other student publications are self-funded and -managed; in a word, they’re independent. These…

Civil Rights Commission Violated Baker’s First Amendment Right to Freedom of Religion

A state commission that ordered a baker to prepare wedding cakes for gay couples violated the baker’s First Amendment right to freedom of religion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The government must not base laws, regulations or decisions on hostility to a religion or religious viewpoint, the Court explained. In baker Jack Phillips’ case, the…

Thomas & LoCicero Hires Two Summer Law Clerks

Summer Law Clerks Join Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa Offices of Thomas & LoCicero Jacob C. Elberg and Minch Minchin have joined Thomas & LoCicero as Summer Law Clerks. A rising third year law school student at the University of Kansas School of Law, Mr. Elberg formerly served as a Judicial Intern for The Honorable Freda L.…

“Disparaging” Trademarks – The Supreme Court May Take Up a Difficult Conflict Between Trademark Law and The First Amendment

In 2014, in a widely reported decision, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office canceled several trademark registrations owned by the Washington Redskins because the term “Redskins” is disparaging of Native Americans.  But last year, the Federal Circuit ruled that Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), which prohibits registration of “scandalous, immoral,…

“Revenge Porn” Law Ruled to be Unconstitutional

A Texas appeals court finds that a state statute is unconstitutional and extremely broad. An appeals court has struck down a “revenge porn” statute as unconstitutional and overly broad. So-called “revenge porn” laws are intended to prohibit use of intimate photographs to cause embarrassment. Although in some circumstances sharing such photos might support a civil…

Are Some Speakers More Equal Than Others?

Are First Amendment rights of free speech and free press contingent rights, available only to those who qualify as members of ‘the press?’ In Maethner v. Someplace Safe, Inc., the Minnesota Court of Appeals recently held that a defamation plaintiff could recover presumed damages without having to prove actual malice (i.e., that the defendant knew his statement…

TLo Partners Serve as Panelists for Technology, Media & Privacy Law Conference

Two partners with Thomas & LoCicero will be serving as panelists in an upcoming conference this Friday, April 20th in Gainesville, FL Two partners with Thomas & LoCicero will be serving as panelists in an upcoming conference this Friday, April 20th in Gainesville, FL.  Carol Jean LoCicero and Mark R. Caramanica will be presenting at the Technology, Media &…

Judge Rules Release of Additional Video Recordings in Parkland Mass Shooting

After ordering the release of video from exterior cameras captured during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Judge Jeffrey Levenson has now ruled in favor of release of additional videos. FORT LAUDERDALE—Today, Florida Circuit Judge Jeffrey R. Levenson granting a petition by a coalition of news media parties represented by…

What the First Amendment protects – and what it doesn’t

Over the last couple of years, people have again found their voices and taken to the streets to protest…what exactly does the First Amendment protect and permit? Over the last couple of years, people have again found their voices and taken to the streets to protest through organizations like Black Lives Matter, the Women’s March,…

What’s Gone Wrong with Social Media & What Can We Do About It?

Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy published an article advocating for transparency by social media platforms. By Susan Tillotson Bunch Last week, Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy published an article (Harvard Kennedy School Article March 27, 2018) advocating for transparency by social media platforms in…

Judge Orders Release of Exterior Video Recordings in Parkland Mass School Shooting

Video exterior cameras captured during last month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland must be made public, Florida Circuit Judge Jeffrey R. Levenson has concluded. FORT LAUDERDALE – Video exterior cameras captured during last month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland must be made public, Florida Circuit Judge…