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Florida Firefighters Allowed To Pursue Case Over Facebook Posts
A federal appeals court Friday cleared the way for two Palm Beach County firefighters to pursue a lawsuit over being disciplined for Facebook pos [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis, AG Moody Announce Lawsuit Against CDC For Public Transportation Mask Mandate
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Florida is leading 20 states in a multistate action against the unlawful mas [...]
Florida Woman Sues Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wants Him Ousted Over Nuclear War Threats
A Florida woman has filed suit against Russian president Vladimir Putin, and wants him ousted over fears of nuclear war.
According to court docume [...]
WFLA Parent Company Files Suit Against Alleged “Bootlegging” Local Podcast Company
TAMPA, FL, - WFLA News Channel 8’s parent company, Nexstar Media, Inc., filed suit on March 4 against a St. Petersburg true-crime podcast production [...]
Florida AG Moody, Death Row Inmate Battle Over DNA Testing
In a case involving a man who has been on Death Row for more than four decades, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office and the inmate’s lawyers are b [...]
Florida Woman And State Spar In Court Over Whether Giving Dietary Advice Is A Job Or Free Speech
The title “life coach” is one of those nebulous jobs that inspires thoughts of a New Age, hippie pursuit that possibly doubles as a scam, or alternat [...]
Salvation Army, Catholic Diocese Of St. Petersburg At Civil Odds Over $5,000,000 Estate
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. - The Salvation Army and the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg are at civil odds in the Hillsborough County courts. Both f [...]
Court Sides With Florida Juvenile On Zoom Hearing
A divided state appeals court Friday sided with a juvenile who objected to the use of Zoom technology to hold a hearing on allegations that he violat [...]
Tobacco Industry Gets Win At Florida Supreme Court
In what a dissenting justice called a “fundamental shift,” the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling that likely will make it harder for [...]
Lawsuit Asks Federal Court To Set Florida Congressional Map
With Gov. Ron DeSantis vowing to veto a congressional redistricting plan, a lawsuit filed late Friday asks a federal court to set new U.S. House dist [...]