News & Notes

Rachel Fugate Slated as Panelist for PLI Communications Law in the Digital Age 2017 conference

Rachel Fugate has been selected to serve as a panelist for the Defamation and Related Claims session at theCommunications Law in the Digital Age 2017 conference, which is presented annually by the Practising Law Institute (“PLI”). Each year, PLI… Read More
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Categories: Speaking

City of Riviera Beach Invokes Stricter Attorneys’ Fee Provision in Seeking to Deny Requester Attorneys’ Fees

The City of Riviera Beach, facing a public records lawsuit over records related to the firing of its City Manager, is testing a new provision of the Florida Public Records Act that restricts fee recovery in some access cases.  The update to Section… Read More
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Categories: Cases, Other News

Rachel Fugate to Speak at Reporters’ Workshop

Rachel Fugate will be a panelist on a fake news session at the 2017 Florida Bar Reporters’ Workshop in Tallahassee on October 16-17.  Each fall, The Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee presents a two-day event for print, TV, radi… Read More
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Categories: Speaking

Shullman Fugate Welcomes New Associate

Shullman Fugate is pleased to announce the addition of a new associate to our team. Attorney Giselle Girones will be working out of the firm’s Jacksonville office. She is a cum laude graduate of Stetson University College of Law, where she served a… Read More
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Shullman Fugate opens Jacksonville Office!

Nestled in the heart of downtown Jacksonville, Shullman Fugate’s new Jacksonville office will serve the firm’s client’s needs in the northern end of the state.  With offices in West Palm Beach, Tampa, and now Jacksonville, Shullman Fugate has… Read More
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Associate Attorney Position

About Our Firm Attorneys Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate have been working together in respected Florida media, IP, and commercial litigation firms for nearly 20 years. We have recently established our own boutique law firm concentrating in these a… Read More
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Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate Repeat Honors as Florida Super Lawyers

Attorneys Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate have been included in the 2017 Florida Super Lawyers list. Fewer than five percent of attorneys in any state receive this honor in a given year. Deanna has been recognized by Super Lawyers each year since 2… Read More
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Categories: Honors

Rachel Fugate Presented at PRNDI Annual Conference

Rachel Fugate led a hot session in Miami focused defamation and invasion of privacy as part of the Public Radio and News Directors Incorporated’s (PRNDI) Annual Conference on June 22.  PRNDI is an association representing local public media newsro… Read More
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Categories: Speaking

Mugshot Law Targets Pay to Remove Sites Only: news organizations unaffected

A bill signed into law at the end of June, requiring websites and other publications to remove mugshots upon request, will not impact traditional publishers. The bill, Chapter 2017-130, Florida Laws, takes effect on July 1, 2018 as Florida Statute Se… Read More
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Appellate Court Denies Review of Trial Court Order Determining Unpublished Dr. Phil Interview Given by Man Accused of Murdering Couple in their Garage is Public Record

In Harrouff v. State, Case No. 4D17-575 (Fla. 4th DCA. Feb. 27, 2017), Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate successfully obtained access in the trial court to discovery material containing an interview given by a murder defendant to a syndicated talk s… Read More
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Categories: Cases