CITY MURAL Responding to a lawsuit, the City of Boynton Beach agreed to resolve the matter by paying an $80,000 settlement. Latosha Clemons, the City’s first Black female firefighter, filed the suit after a public mural depicted her as a White woman. Clemons had approved a photograph which was the basis of the mural and the original Read more about Legal Updates[…]
SEMINOLE GAMING COMPACT The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida has dismissed one of the lawsuits challenging Florida’s new Gaming Compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Court ruled that the pari-mutuel operations who filed the litigation did not have standing. However, other lawsuits are pending that have not yet been heard. HORSE Read more about Legal Updates[…]
FELON VOTING RIGHTS A unanimous panel of judges in the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Florida law requiring felons to pay fines, fees and restitution before regaining the right to vote does not intentionally discriminate against low-income Black women, who are less likely to be able to pay. The law was Read more about Legal Updates[…]
COVID-19 BUSINESS RENT The national clothing store Guess? Retail, Inc. suspended rental payments throughout the country during the initial stages of the pandemic. A Miami-Date County landlord sued the company alleging that the lease required the payment of rent, even during force majeure events, including government-imposed closures for the pandemic. A county circuit court judge decided against Read more about Legal Updates[…]
COVID-19 BUSINESS RENT The national clothing store Guess? Retail, Inc. suspended rental payments throughout the country during the initial stages of the pandemic. A Miami-Date County landlord sued the company alleging that the lease required the payment of rent, even during force majeure events, including government-imposed closures for the pandemic. A county circuit court judge decided against Read more about Legal Updates[…]