Navigation A Fort Lauderdale resort hotel has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit. Lago Mar Properties Inc., doing business as Lago Mar Resort & Beach Club, agreed to settle a lawsuit under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit, […]
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Measures on judicial sales, stalking, and boating safety introduced
A handful of bills have been filed ahead of the Legislature’s March 2025 session, in addition to 17 claims bills that were filed this summer on behalf of severely injured victims seeking compensation for government negligence. Sen. Ileana Garcia, a Miami Republican who chairs the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, filed five bills […]
Supreme Court rounds out the Trial Court Budget Commission
Judge Michael T. McHugh Twentieth Circuit Judge Charles McHugh, who ended an eight-year tenure as chief judge last year, has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to the Trial Court Budget Commission. In a November 20 Administrative Order, In Re Trial Court Budget Commission, AOSC24-123, Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz appointed McHugh to replace a […]
Governor appoints retired Judge Belvin Perry, Jr., to Florida A&M Board of Trustees
Belvin Perry Gov. Ron DeSantis on November 11 appointed retired Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr., to the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Board of Trustees. Perry, a former personal injury attorney with Morgan & Morgan, has held leadership roles such as chairing the Trial Court Budget Commission, leading the Florida Innocence Commission, […]
Florida man files class action against Netflix over Paul-Tyson fight buffering issues
Netflix is facing a potential class action lawsuit after a Hillsborough County man said he was upset by the “unwatchable” livestream of last week’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight. Ronald “Blue” Denton filed his lawsuit November 18 in state court seeking damages on behalf of Netflix subscribers who were affected by buffering issues during the live […]