A federal appeals court has blocked a provision of a new Florida law barring employers from holding mandatory workplace training sessions that embrace race, sex and equity concepts the state deemed offensive.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A Florida federal judge who undertook his own investigation of a serial lawsuit-filer and his attorney and penalized them for filing frivolous civil rights claims on behalf of the hearing-impaired was right to do so, an appeals court has ruled.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to plaintiffs lawyers who developed a cottage industry of suing the owners of websites on behalf of the visually impaired.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court last week approved a $20.7 million punitive damages award against cigarette maker Philip Morris, saying even though it was just one of thousands of similar cases over the same corporate behavior, the judgment fell well within constitutional limits set by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cary Aronovitz is joining Holland & Knight's Miami office as a partner after serving for six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – Lead plaintiffs in class action lawsuits aren’t entitled to more money than the rest of their fellow class members, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Two federal appeals court judges rebuffed calls by 10 Democratic U.S. senators that they recuse themselves from a closely watched case involving felon voting rights in Florida.
Florida’s 1951 law requiring members of the governor’s political party to appear first for each office listed on general election ballots remains in force as a result of a federal appeals court decision this past week.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has lost another round in his legal battle to bar felons from voting who have served their time but are unable to pay all court-mandated fines and fees.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has overturned a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, clearing the way for the Internal Revenue Service to proceed with an injunction against a Sarasota medical practice that has failed to pay federal employment taxes for nearly 10 years, despite facing IRS levies and liens.
A federal appeals panel has denied an Orlando business' try to force an insurance company to pay its attorneys' fees, saying the business jumped the gun in suing its insurer before the contractually-required appraisal process had a chance to play out.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity when conducting child-protective investigations.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled against a woman who was denied a substitute teacher position because she refused to take a drug test.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit denied several appeals made by Philip Morris over a trial that awarded a woman damages for smoking-related diseases.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit determined it couldn’t decipher the domestic details of a case in which a Colombian man filed a suit for his minor daughter to be brought back to the country with him.
An appeals court reversed a decision to grant a motion for summary of judgement to Lifemark Hospitals after a deaf man claimed his rights had been impeded upon during a mental evaluation.
A district court judge has ruled that it is too early for a group of defendants in an ongoing property scam case to request sanctions against their litigant.
