/florida?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Florida Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:25:41 +0000 /florida/articles/2410818?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410818 Walgreens told a state court jury on Thursday that Florida hospitals haven't proven that the company conspired with Walmart, CVS and pharmaceutical manufacturers to illegally dispense opioids through their pharmacies, arguing that the corporations shouldn't be liable for $1.5 billion in damages for contributing to an epidemic of opioid-addicted patients.  Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:02:23 +0000 /florida/articles/2410896?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410896 The Eleventh Circuit limited a Florida sheriff's office's responsibility to only $1 million in a lawsuit involving a 2018 high school mass shooting, saying its insurer must pay the excess damages to the victims and families who were impacted by the event, which left 17 people dead and several more injured.  Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:50:19 +0000 /florida/articles/2410788?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410788 The subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya" has asked a Florida appeals court to reconsider its decision reversing a $213 million judgment, saying the court needs to clarify how far the immunity that state law grants to those who report possible child abuse extends. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:51:30 +0000 /florida/articles/2410636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410636 A state appellate judge is asking the Florida Supreme Court to dismiss her ethics charges over a series of text messages she exchanged with a state attorney discussing postconviction litigation in a death penalty case, saying the communications are protected under the First Amendment. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:00:49 +0000 /florida/articles/2410838?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410838 President Donald Trump's signing of a government funding bill Wednesday rendered moot lawsuits seeking to make his administration tap emergency funds for food assistance benefits, the administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:38:05 +0000 /florida/articles/2406465?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2406465 A Florida state judge granted a request Thursday to push back the trial date of a suit against Tesla over a fatal crash and said he would be appointing a magistrate judge to handle the discovery disputes delaying the case. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:27:24 +0000 /florida/articles/2386991?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2386991 Building with Lego has taught me to follow directions and adapt to unexpected challenges, and in pairing discipline with imagination, allows me to stay grounded while finding new ways to make complex deals come together, says Paul Levin at Venable. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:29:13 +0000 /florida/articles/2410497?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410497 The Eleventh Circuit Wednesday halted the U.S. Department of Transportation's order directing Delta Air Lines and Aeroméxico to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, while the airlines pursue their petition asking the appellate court to void the government's order. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:04:48 +0000 /florida/articles/2410361?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410361 A Florida adult webcam operator moved his family to Thailand and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars setting up a studio only to learn that production in the country is illegal, his business claims in a lawsuit against the streaming platform that it says encouraged the plan. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:13:39 +0000 /florida/articles/2409689?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2409689 A Washington consumer who claims she became addicted to beverage maker Mitra-9's kratom-based seltzers, powders and shots has agreed to drop her lawsuit weeks after the company called the buyer out for claiming to have bought the products before it was even established. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:44:41 +0000 /florida/articles/2410424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410424 A college worker who was fired after sharing social media posts about the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk sued her former employer Wednesday for alleged retaliation in Florida federal court, saying the posts didn't amount to condoning violence.  Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:24:35 +0000 /florida/articles/2410399?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410399 Video game company Valve Corp. has told a Washington federal court that a patent licensing company's filings seeking to exclude Valve's experts contained quotes and case citations that were nonexistent, suggesting the filings may have been made using artificial intelligence. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:16:51 +0000 /florida/articles/2410280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410280 A Florida appeals court on Wednesday reversed an involuntary commitment order after the state conceded its evidence was insufficient for a finding of mental illness under state law. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:06:49 +0000 /florida/articles/2410206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410206 The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday revived a lawsuit claiming a pregnant woman was unlawfully subjected to an invasive strip search at a Florida airport, agreeing with five other circuits in ruling the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is not protected against "certain intentional torts" committed by its airport security screening officers. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:30:04 +0000 /florida/articles/2410401?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410401 NextEra Energy told a Florida federal court Wednesday that it agreed to the certification of a 20,000-member class in a lawsuit claiming the company misused forfeited 401(k) plan funds and allowed the plan's recordkeeper to charge excessive fees. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:03:01 +0000 /florida/articles/2410355?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410355 Forty Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday warned several governors, including in Arizona, California and Colorado, that their states may be unknowingly sending their residents' driver's license and registration information to federal immigration authorities. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:56:32 +0000 /florida/articles/2410185?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410185 A Florida federal judge on Wednesday recommended that a $5.3 million arbitration award against an Illinois sugar company be granted in a contract breach case, finding that its previous counsel's ineffective representation due to his improper English wasn't sufficient to undo the award.  Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:33:41 +0000 /florida/articles/2390430?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2390430 Cultivating a network isn't part of the law school curriculum, but learning the soft skills needed to do so may be the key to establishing a solid professional reputation, nurturing client relationships and building business, says Sharon Crane at Practising Law Institute. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:21:40 +0000 /florida/articles/2410095?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410095 Morgan & Morgan dropped its suit Wednesday against Disney that asked a Florida federal court to declare that an advertisement the firm planned to run featuring elements from the animated short film "Steamboat Willie" does not infringe Disney's intellectual property because the work entered the public domain last year. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:25:49 +0000 /florida/articles/2410060?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /florida/articles/2410060 Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Global Student Accommodation have completed the acquisition of a portfolio of eight student housing assets, in a transaction valued at more than $1 billion, the firms announced Wednesday.