Six of the largest U.S. book publishers are suing Florida education officials, challenging a new state law that the plaintiffs say allows the removal of books from school libraries based on “an empty and meaningless overbroad standard.”
Florida has received the support of attorneys generals from 17 other states in its legal effort to keep a state law banning sanctuary cities on the books so that local officials will be required to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agencies.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a controversial “net metering” bill that was supported by Florida Power & Light (FPL) and characterized by opponents as an attempt to kill the rooftop solar industry in the state.
A professor of pharmacy called as an expert witness by the State of Florida on April 25 told a jury that of the prescriptions he reviewed between 2007 and 2020, Walgreens Pharmacies failed to investigate and resolve 89.3 percent of the suspicious prescription opioid drug orders received.
As the state of Florida and Walgreens face off in a trial over liability issues in the opioid epidemic, tort reform supporters are raising questions about whether protracted litigation is the best way to deal with such a complex social problem.
The trial of Walgreens Pharmacies, accused of causing an opioid epidemic in Florida, came to an abrupt halt on April 20 when it was disclosed a member of the jury had tested positive for the COVID virus.
A jury trial began Monday in a lawsuit launched by former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2018 against Walgreens pharmacies, accusing the company of flooding the state with opioid pills and creating an epidemic of addiction.
An Alachua County judge has dismissed a Santa Fe College student’s lawsuit alleging that she should be reimbursed for college fees she paid when the college shifted to online instruction during the coronavirus pandemic.
The federal government will appeal a November court decision in the District of Columbia that overturned a 2021 Seminole Tribe compact authorizing online sports betting in Florida, according to court documents.
The chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees last week sharply criticized several professors who filed a lawsuit challenging the school’s policies on academic freedom and faculty members’ outside activities.
In a split decision, a federal appeals court has rejected an emergency request by the Seminole Tribe of Florida to suspend the judgment of a lower court that ruled the tribe’s new sports gaming pact with Florida violates federal law.
A federal judge last week scrapped the $2.5 billion-dollar compact between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe, saying that it violated federal law by allowing online wagering off of tribal lands.
The following cases categorized as "ca - certiorari" were on the docket in the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida on Nov. 24. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "business transactions" were on the docket in the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida on Nov. 23. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
