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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office is seeking to recover nearly $103,000 in legal costs from plaintiffs in a challenge to a 2015 law that imposed a 24-hour waiting period for abortions in Florida. Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey issued a ruling in April…
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A divided appeals court Wednesday upheld a life sentence for a woman who was convicted of murdering a Bay County cab driver when she was 15. Rebecca Falcon was initially sentenced to life in prison without parole in the 1997 murder. But a 2012 U.S.…
Read More Juvenile Life Sentence Upheld In Murder Of Florida Cab Driver
Wednesday, an appeals court revived a disability-discrimination complaint filed by a man who contended that Walt Disney World Parks & Resorts did not properly provide an exemption from its mask policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aaron Abadi filed the complaint at the Florida Commission on…
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Several workers’ compensation insurance companies are challenging a state policy that they say improperly requires carriers to authorize physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to dispense medication to injured workers. The companies filed the challenge last week in the state Division of Administrative Hearings against…
Read More Workers’ Comp Insurers Challenge Florida Dispensing Policy
An appeals court Tuesday rejected a request by voting-rights groups to fast-track a congressional redistricting fight to the Florida Supreme Court. The decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal was a blow to the groups and other plaintiffs trying to block a redistricting plan…
Read More Fast Track Rejected In Florida Redistricting Fight
Voting-rights groups went to the state Supreme Court on Monday as they try to keep alive the possibility of blocking a congressional redistricting plan that would make it harder to elect a Black U.S. House member this year in North Florida. The filing by attorneys…
Read More Florida Redistricting Wrangling Goes To Supreme Court
Dealing a major setback to Gov. Ron DeSantis, a three-judge appellate panel on Monday ruled that a 2021 Florida law targeting social-media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter unconstitutionally restricts the companies’ First Amendment rights. Monday’s decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Read More Florida Appeals Court Says ‘Big Tech’ Law Violates First Amendment
In a case stemming from a man brandishing a gun in Tampa, an appeals court Monday rejected a challenge to a federal law that bars undocumented immigrants from having firearms. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law does not violate the Second…
Read More Gun Rights Rejected In Florida For Illegal Immigrants
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – On May 19, the Pinellas County courts received a class action lawsuit against Goodwin Insurance Advisors, LLC of St. Petersburg. The firm is accused of invading the privacy and causing aggravation, annoyance, and inconvenience for presumably countless Florida residents who have…
Read More Florida Consumer Bites Back Against Intrusive Cell Phone Calls And Text Messages
On Friday, the Florida Supreme Court scheduled an Aug. 31 public reprimand for Tallahassee-area Circuit Judge Barbara Hobbs, who faces discipline after she acted as an attorney for her son following his arrest in a shooting incident. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued an order…
Read More Florida Judge To Face Suspension After Acting As Attorney For Her Son In Shooting Incident