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A permanently disbarred Florida lawyer has asked the Eleventh Circuit to join the appeal of a former state attorney ousted by Gov. Ron DeSantis to get his law license back, saying that his case is similar and cited the Dobbs abortion ruling to argue that the lifetime ban is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment.
Two law firms and an attorney sued for malpractice for representing a company that was targeted by the Federal Trade Commission over alleged fraudulent websites argued in Florida federal court on Wednesday that the suit brought by a receiver should be dismissed because the underlying enforcement actions have not concluded.
The full Eleventh Circuit on Monday agreed to reexamine a 2019 circuit precedent that a single unsolicited text message does not confer standing to sue under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, agreeing to take up the appeal of GoDaddy.com consumers who had their settlement reversed under the precedent.
An insurance company told an Eleventh Circuit panel Tuesday that it should reverse a lower court order compelling an appraisal of several condominium buildings in Florida with Hurricane Irma damage claims, arguing that the decision was premature because the court should have followed rules concerning injunctions and summary judgments.
A Raytheon Co. subsidiary argued in federal court Friday that several claims bought by Florida residents alleging their cancer was caused by radioactive-contaminated dirt are time-barred under state law because the nature of the suit doesn't relate to products liability, since the company doesn't sell products to the public.