U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
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Plaintiffs challenge Florida's age-verification requirement to access online sexual content
Free-speech advocates and adult-content providers are suing Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to bar her from enforcing a new state law requiring online platforms with sexual content to verify that their users are at least 18 years old. -
Plaintiffs, school district in lawsuit over 'Tango Makes Three' book removal file for summary judgment
The Escambia County school board and the authors of the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” are both urging a federal district judge to grant summary judgment in their favor in a lawsuit challenging a new Florida law that restricts school books with “sexual content.” -
Florida to pay $720,000 in legal costs to businesses over 'Stop WOKE Act' litigation
A lawsuit challenging a portion of Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” that places restrictions on businesses’ worker training sessions came to a close this month with state officials agreeing to pay plaintiffs who challenged the law $725,000 in attorney fees and costs. -
Federal judge rejects bid to extend Florida voter registration in wake of hurricanes
A federal judge has turned down a request from civil rights groups in Florida to extend the deadline for voter registration in the state in the wake of devastation and evacuations caused by back-to-back hurricanes. -
Cultivated meat company loses bid for preliminary injunction against new Florida law
A federal judge has turned down a cultivated meat company’s request to block the enforcement of a new Florida law that bans the sale or manufacture of meat products produced from cultured animal cells -
Florida agriculture commissioner sued over new law banning lab-grown meat
A California-based company that manufactures meat from animal cells has filed a federal lawsuit in a bid to overturn a new Florida law that bans the sale of “cultivated meat." -
Plaintiff attorney: Injunction overturns 'warped' provision of 'Stop WOKE Act'
A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against a key provision of Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” that restricts private employers from holding mandatory employee training sessions that promote certain beliefs dealing with race, color, sex or national origin. -
19-year-old nude dancer challenges state's age limit for working in adult entertainment industry
A 19-year-old nude dancer who lost her job due to age restrictions in Florida’s new law on human trafficking is suing the attorney general and other state officials, alleging that the law violates her constitutional right to free expression. -
Judge strikes down parts of Florida law that barred treatments to transgender minors
A federal judge has overturned key provisions of a new Florida law that bars minors whose gender identity differs from their sex at birth from receiving certain medical treatments, such as puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. -
Former driver accuses UPS of discrimination
A former UPS driver has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of racial discrimination. -
Federal judge dismisses free-speech lawsuit filed by Disney against DeSantis
Disney Parks and Resorts said it will appeal a recent federal court ruling dismissing the company’s free-speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state Department of Economic Opportunity secretary and members of the special district overseeing Disney. -
3 Florida teachers file federal lawsuit challenging new state law restricting pronoun use in public schools
A new Florida law restricting teachers’ use of pronouns and titles in public schools amounts to sex discrimination and violates the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws, a federal lawsuit filed by three Florida educators alleges. -
Lawsuit challenging Florida transgender restrictions OK'd as class action
A new Florida law restricting medical treatment for transgender adults and prohibiting such care for many transgender minors can proceed as a class action, a federal judge has decided. -
Plaintiff's attorney talks adding new defendant to cold medicine lawsuit
Attorney Jason Richards plans to add Kenvue as a defendant to his Northern District of Florida complaint -
Journalists file brief backing Disney in federal lawsuit
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says outcome could spell doom for media -
Medicaid transgender procedure ban enforced despite pending federal appeal
5 Medicaid health care insurers allegedly broke the state's transgender procedure coverage ban -
11th Circuit set to rule on state attorney's lawsuit alleging DeSantis violated his free speech rights
After Northern District Judge Robert Hinkle dismissed Tampa prosecutor's legal challenge, he appealed to the 11th Circuit -
Federal judge enjoins state's ban on transgender care for minors
Northern District of Florida Judge Robert Hinkle’s order is in direct conflict with Senate Bill 254, which prohibits transgender minors from obtaining puberty blockers -
Federal appellate court upholds injunction against releasing parole migrants
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida Judge T. Kent Wetherell's ruling is upheld -
A class action lawsuit alleging funding gap among black colleges is proceeding in Florida federal court
Student plaintiffs from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) filed the lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida