How can I calculate my effective date?

You're asking the wrong crowd. This question does not pertain to "appeals." I can see how you thought it was about "appeals" because clearly the VA...

Which appeal court do I file my appeal with?

Jaime's right, to appeal to the First DCA, you file the notice of appeal in the trial court.

I want to attain copyright of a book that has is out of print and no longer "owned." I have the only copy of the book.

You cannot obtain a copyright in someone else's work unless that person (or his estate, if he is dead) signs the copyright over to you. There are...

Can the media publish articles on an ACD case accusing the person of a crime to the public?

Of course they can. There is nothing to stop them. I think maybe you are trying to ask whether you can punish them afterward for publishing it. If...

If I write a negative review on AngiesList.com based on facts, can the company attorney sue me for defamation?

Anybody can sue you for anything. All they have to do is pay a filing fee. Then, even if you are in the right, you have to defend the lawsuit.

You seem to be asking the question whether, in a libel case, it is a defense that someone else told you the allegedly defamatory statement. If...

Did anyone else hear her? It is not defamation to say something about you to your face if nobody else is listening. She must defame you to a third...

If you send a text (while drinking) accusing another man's wife of having sex with his supervisor, but only sent to him,

Of course it is public. You sent it to the recipient, so it's public. In the text message, you libeled the supervisor and the other man's wife, not...

If I texted while drinking a former supervisor, and said his wife had sex with his boss, can that be libel? it was not public.

How could you drink a former supervisor? Whatever you texted, of course it was "public." It was only "non-public" if you never transmitted it.

Has any foreclosure attorney ever won a foreclosure case either in the lower court or on appeal to a higher court in Florida?

Defendants win foreclosure cases all the time, both in the trial court and on appeal.