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Three conservation groups have filed a second federal lawsuit involving poor water quality in Florida that is blamed for “catastrophic mortality” of manatees. The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and the Save the Manatee Club filed the lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in…
Read More Groups Sue EPA Over Florida Water Quality, Manatee Deaths
TAMPA, Fla. – On May 6, Eric Aldinger, a former employee of a 30-year-old moving company, 3 Guys Moving, filed suit in the Hillsborough County courts. He believes his employer was conducting unfair and deceptive trade practices with its customers during his time of employment…
Read More “He’s Just Looking For Money” Moving Company Disputes Former Employee’s Lawsuit
A legal battle over a new state law that restricts teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms could continue well into the upcoming school year. The law, which passed during this year’s legislative session and has drawn heavy national attention, will take…
Read More Florida Education Fight Could Take Months To Play Out
Attorneys for Secretary of State Laurel Lee objected Monday to the possibility of Gov. Ron DeSantis being added as a defendant in a federal lawsuit challenging a new congressional redistricting plan. In March, voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs filed the lawsuit as DeSantis and state…
Read More State Seeks To Shield Florida Gov. DeSantis From Redistricting Case
Attorneys for Secretary of State Laurel Lee fired back Monday at an attempt to block a new congressional redistricting plan, saying plaintiffs in a lawsuit want to “revert to some racially gerrymandered” map that would stretch a district across a swath of North Florida to…
Read More State Fires Back In Florida Redistricting Lawsuit
As the Florida Supreme Court continued to weigh the issues, the state and a group of insurance companies have settled a long-running battle about the constitutionality of a 2016 life-insurance law. Attorneys for the Florida Department of Financial Services and four life-insurance companies that are…
Read More Battle Over Florida Insurance Law Settled
TAMPA, FL. – In April, a Hillsborough County judge granted a search warrant to collect digital forensic evidence in a case involving social media death threats toward a child. Several social media platforms are being ordered to comply with a criminal investigation under Florida State…
Read More Social Media Death Threats To Child Result In Search Warrant
Nearly a month into a jury trial over the opioid epidemic, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Thursday announced the state had reached a $683 million settlement with Walgreens Co. The pharmacy chain was the sole remaining defendant in a sweeping lawsuit that the attorney…
Read More Walgreens To Pay $683 Million In Florida Opioids Lawsuit
A federal appeals court Thursday rejected arguments by Florida restaurants and a furniture retailer that insurance policies should have covered losses stemming from shutdowns early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The 34-page decision in four consolidated cases came after a flood of claims and litigation across…
Read More Florida Court Rules Against Businesses On COVID-19 Coverage
A federal judge Wednesday rejected a request by the Biden administration to toss out a lawsuit filed by Florida over the release of undocumented immigrants. Pensacola-based U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell denied a motion by U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to dismiss the case,…
Read More Judge Denies Biden Admin’s Request To Toss Florida Illegal Immigration Lawsuit