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Gregg Thomas and Carol LoCicero have again been recognized as among Tampa’s best lawyers
Gregg Thomas and Carol LoCicero have again been recognized as among Tampa’s best lawyers. Gregg and Carol are included in Tampa Magazines’ Top Lawyers listing published January 2025. Gregg was recognized for excellence in litigation, First Amendment law and media law. The listing notes Carol’s success in First Amendment law and media law. Tampa Magazines…
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Florida Bar Journal Credits Mark Caramanica and Carol LoCicero
Unlike many states, Florida’s version does not contain any special burden shifting, burden of proof, motion to strike, or discovery provisions to help flesh out the details of SLAPP dismissals. Further, as noted, there have been limited opportunities for Florida courts to weigh in on the earlier narrow law. Mark Caramanica and Carol LoCicero have been cited in Samuel…
TLo publishes article concerning online ratings defamation claims
Review and rating websites are largely protected from liability under the Communications Decency Act. James McGuire, Deanna Shullman and Allison Simpson have co-written an article in the ABA quarterly journal, “Communications Lawyer,” assessing how courts view defamation claims based upon online rating websites. Read more from the American Bar
Jim McGuire Comments on Policy Governing City Workers Who Speak To The Media
Jim McGuire recently commented on the rules that recently changed about how St. Petersburg employees can interact with the media. It was an expansion of an existing policy created a decade ago and had no punitive language. “The reality is they don’t want people to say anything against the picture they’re trying to paint.” Click here…
Latest Updates: TLo Represents News Media Seeking Access to 911 Calls from Mass Shooting At Orlando Pulse Club
In the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting at the Pulse club in Orlando, questions are swirling about the shooter, his motivations, and the 911 calls during the attack. In the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting at the Pulse club in Orlando, questions are swirling about the shooter, his motivations, and the 911 calls during…
Carol LoCicero Talks About End 68 Hours of Hunger
Carol LoCicero discusses the End 68 Hours of Hunger, a private, not-for-profit, effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school Friday and the free breakfast they receive in school Monday. Click here to view the video
US District Judge Remands Pulse Shooting Case to State Court
The case is remanded to the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. A judge has rejected government efforts to have a federal court decide a case concerning access to recordings of 911 calls about the Pulse shooting in Orlando. The Associated Press and 26 other news organizations sued the City of Orlando in state…
TLo Announces Membership in NAMWOLF
The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms Thomas & LoCicero is pleased to announce its membership in The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms, NAMWOLF. NAMWOLF is a non-profit trade association serving those public entities interested in diversifying their outside law firm portfolios and has been successful in providing…
Allison Simpson Joins Tampa Office As Associate
TLo’s Latest Addition to the Firm Allison Kirkwood Simpson has joined Thomas & LoCicero as an associate in the firm’s Tampa office. Simpson is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She is a former law clerk to U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew. Simpson practices media law,…
County Clerk’s Offices in Florida Transition to Posting Documents Online
Clerk’s offices in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Hernando and Pasco are at different stages of pushing records to the Web after the Florida Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that documents can be released electronically. Various Florida Clerk of Court records have been or will be available in most Florida counties over the next several months. Carol LoCicero notes that…
The Latest Threat To Your Business Success
Did you know your business is under 24/7 media scrutiny? Today’s technology provides unprecedented abilities to capture the smallest pieces of content and virally share it with a worldwide audience. Your employees, family, and friends all have the ability to share content on social networks in text, audio, and video formats that can significantly impact…
Florida Supreme Court says agencies that unlawfully withhold public records must pay attorney’s fees, even if they acted in good faith
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a prevailing plaintiff in a Public Records Act case is entitled to recover statutory attorney’s fees from the public agency that unlawfully denied access to the records. And now for some good news about open government in Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a prevailing plaintiff…
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