With the value of its stock dropping and more lawsuits expected, Monsanto's parent company says it will press on with its nationwide legal defense of its best-selling weed killer Roundup.
On Monday, San Francisco Judge Suzanne Bolanos upheld a verdict saying it causes cancer. But she cut the jury's award to $78 million.
Legal experts said the decision will have little value in courtrooms across the country where similar cases are pending,... [...]
A circuit judge has given a boost to more than 30 local governments — many of them in Miami-Dade and Broward counties — challenging a 2011 state law that threatens stiff penalties for city or county officials who approve gun restrictions.
Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson last week refused a request by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office to dismiss three consolidated lawsuits that contend the 2011 law, which threatens... [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated a key requirement to obtain a green card effective Nov. 1.
The policy changes announced this week will affect the medical and vaccination examination for immigration purposes, which makes sure there are no health issues that would deem the applicant inadmissible to the United States.
The medical examination is an indispensable requirement for all foreigners filing for adjustment of... [...]
OSHA has cited Orlando-area Kasper Roofing & Construction for a “willful” workplace safety violation in the April 12 fatal fall of an employee working on the roof of a Maitland house and has proposed $134,510 in fines.
A willful violation is defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as “a violation in which the employer either knowingly failed to comply with a legal requirement (purposeful disregard) or acted... [...]
In Miami Beach, an island known for its luxury real estate, affordable apartments are few and far between. The low-wage workers who clean the city’s hotels and work in its restaurants often struggle to find a place to live, as do elderly residents on a fixed income.
In recent months, the city’s affordable housing landscape has become even more complicated. A dispute between Miami-Dade County and a nonprofit that operates hundreds of... [...]
