Polk Law Blog

Commentary from Polk County, Florida attorney Kemp Brinson

Month: March, 2009

Guns at Work: What happened with that?

You may recall passage of the much-debated “Guns at Work” law last year. So what ever happened with that? Allow me to bring you up to date.  I. Executive Summary The law is valid as to employees, but invalid as to customers. Businesses have to let employees with permits bring guns to work, as long [...]

District 12 Race Getting Interesting

The race for Florida’s Twelth Congressional District (Adam Putnam’s seat) is getting interested. If you are keeping score, the candidates who are in or who have left the door open are: Republicans Dennis Ross – in Paula Dockery – undecided Democrats Doug Tudor – in (but I don’t think there has been an official announcement) [...]

New Focus

I have decided to take the blog in a slightly new direction, both to increase its broad appeal and to make it easier to come up with things to write about on a regular basis. I’ll be focusing less rigidly on law and business news, though I would still like to emphasize those topics, and [...]