Alex Ebert

@Alex__Ebert

Journalist/Lawyer. State litigation senior correspondent for @BLAW @BGOV @TAX @ENVIRONMENT [email protected] Tips on NJ, FL courts? DM for Signal

Marshfield, WI

Joined September 2014

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Feb 12

The Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, making voting discrimination cases dramatically harder to bring in federal court. Cases citing Section 2 of the Act plummeted 60%, a @BLaw analysis shows. Here's a 🧵on our reporting news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/vot…

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to bring to court but dramatically so, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis and...

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Jul 17

A key anti-discrimination law in Florida was hobbled today by the state Supreme Court. The justices ruled congressional and state legislative districts drawn to not diminish the power of minority voters can run afoul of US Constitution. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/flo…

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redrawing of a dependably-Democratic congressional district into a dependable Republican seat was upheld Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court in a ruling that hobbled the state’s...

Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · May 22

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ind… For more than 1,000 years legal systems shielded judges from lawsuits over acts performed as jurists. Milwaukee Judge Dugan's defense wants to stretch that civil immunity & block a criminal prosecution. What do precedent and experts think? Read here ⬇️

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. The rare prosecution of a sitting judge is teeing up a legal fight over her immunity from criminal charges, and whether the same protections President Donald Trump claimed might apply to judges.

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · May 9

An AI-generated phone call, with a deepfake voice joking about burying a sex worker alive, is raising ethical concerns for a Florida judge accused of passing along the recording without looking into whether it was fake. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ai-…

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. A fabricated phone call denigrating a judge using AI-generated voices is at the center of an ethics complaint against a Broward County, Fla. jurist.

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Apr 16

Florida AG @AGJamesUthmeier is subpoenaing @Roblox seeking information about minors use of the game and developers marketing and controls for underage users. Here's the subpoena, sent under color of Unfair Trade Practices enforcement: aboutblaw.com/bhTR

Alex__Ebert's tweet image. Florida AG @AGJamesUthmeier is subpoenaing @Roblox seeking information about minors use of the game and developers marketing and controls for underage users.

Here's the subpoena, sent under color of Unfair Trade Practices enforcement: aboutblaw.com/bhTR

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Apr 2

Farm workers in Florida are suing the state over its new immigration law. They claim Florida's criminal penalties violate economic powers left to Congress and skirt around federal immigration enforcement law. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/flo…

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. Florida lawmakers’ new criminal penalties for migrants entering the state violate the US Constitution, immigrant rights and farm worker advocates claim in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Apr 2

What does the big Wisconsin Supreme Court election mean? Catch insights from court watchers, litigators and researchers about the big cases--and national implications--from America's most expensive judicial election. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/gop…

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is exiting a trench warfare period with a breakthrough liberal win that could give Democrats a leg up in the fight for Congress.

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Bloomberg Government@BGOV · Apr 2

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is exiting a trench warfare period with a breakthrough liberal win that could give Democrats a leg up in the fight for Congress. @Alex__Ebert explains: bit.ly/43Cvt2W

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Apr 2

Why did national groups plow record cash into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race? Control of Congress is one big reason. Here's a quick explainer from our @BLaw team about how @crawfordforwi's win could impact DC power.

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Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Mar 25

Exclusive: liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate @crawfordforwi mischaracterized a suit she brought for a union challenging labor regulations. It's one of many recusal controversies--spanning @Tesla to abortion--in America's biggest judicial race. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/mus…

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. In the most expensive judicial election in American history, the candidates are wielding the issue of judicial recusal as a shield and a sword.

Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Mar 19

Atlantic City boardwalk injury case dismissed. City is immune from lawsuit over how one board, raised up inch, across 4 miles of boardwalk caused a woman to fall. aboutblaw.com/bhzq Love reading legal decisions that feel iconic to a place

Alex__Ebert's tweet image. Atlantic City boardwalk injury case dismissed.

City is immune from lawsuit over how one board, raised up inch, across 4 miles of boardwalk caused a woman to fall. aboutblaw.com/bhzq

Love reading legal decisions that feel iconic to a place

Alex Ebert@Alex__Ebert · Mar 18

Yessssssss! Welcome to the team Alexia, Cole, Elleiana, Taylor, Quincy, Benjamin, Elias, Abby and Finn :) It's going to be a great summer. Can't wait to see your work. bloombergindustry.com/press-releases… via @BBGIndustry

Alex__Ebert's tweet card. Bloomberg Industry Group welcomes nine interns to its newsroom, showcasing diverse achievements and backgrounds in journalism and related fields.

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