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A criminal court's determination of Stand Your Ground immunity in a battery prosecution does not constitute a change in circumstances sufficient to vacate a permanent domestic violence injunction entered by default in a civil proceeding.
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The court denied the petitioner's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, finding he was unlikely to succeed on the merits and that injunctive relief was not in the public interest.
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The Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, granting the defendants' motion to dismiss and closing the case.
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The court adopted the Magistrate's Report and Recommendation, granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
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The court awarded plaintiff $68,784 in fees, $9,170.61 in costs, $20,000 in statutory damages, and post-judgment interest, permanently enjoining defendants from further infringement and ordering destruction of infringing inventory.
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A motion to dissolve an injunction filed in the wrong division must be transferred to the appropriate division rather than denied, as all circuit court judges have equal jurisdiction within their circuit.
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The Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to Florida Probate Rule 5.920 to conform the rule to 2025 legislation (Chapter 2025-158) that established a new process for substitute service on unascertainable respondents in vulnerable adult exploitation injunction proceedings. The
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The court denied the motion for a temporary restraining order because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate the likelihood of irreparable harm and the impracticality of providing notice to the defendant.
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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation brought a federal trademark counterfeiting and infringement action against an anonymous online seller operating e-commerce stores that sold counterfeit goods bearing Fender's registered trademarks without authorization. The court granted Fen
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The court held that a motion for preliminary injunction must comply with notice requirements under federal and local rules.
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The Federal Trade Commission sued Start Connecting LLC and related entities for deceptively marketing fraudulent student loan debt relief services through false claims about government affiliation, guaranteed low monthly payments, advance fee requirements, and misappropriated con
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The court held that a motion for preliminary injunction must be denied if the movant fails to provide notice to the adverse party or establish an extraordinary circumstance excusing notice.
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The court granted in part plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, finding they demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on their Florida Unauthorized Publication Act claim, a likelihood of irreparable injury, that the equities weighed in their favor, and tha
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The court adopted the Magistrate Judge's recommendation to grant Plaintiff's motion for default judgment and permanent injunction, finding Defendant liable for breach of contract.
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The court held that a motion for preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order must be denied if it seeks relief for events not at issue in the complaint and against parties not named in the litigation.
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The court denied the plaintiff's emergency motion for a temporary restraining order because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate imminent irreparable harm and the necessity of proceeding without notice to the defendants.
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The court denied Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company's motion for a preliminary injunction without prejudice.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2025-08-20
A trial court violates a defendant's procedural due process rights by entering a protective injunction under a different statute than the one pleaded and noticed for hearing, particularly when the unpleaded statute contains less stringent evidentiary requirements than the pleaded
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The court denied Defendants' motion for an extension of time to answer and denied their motion to stay Plaintiff's preliminary injunction motion, but granted a limited extension for Defendants to respond to the injunction motion.
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A Florida-based underwater exploration company sued France seeking salvage compensation and other remedies after discovering the wreck of a 16th-century French military vessel off Florida's coast, but the court affirmed summary judgment for France, holding that the Sunken Militar
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The court recommended granting Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, finding sufficient evidence of trademark infringement and related claims.
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The court denied Plaintiff's emergency motion for temporary injunctive relief because he failed to satisfy the requirements of Rule 65 and local rules.
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The court adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, granting in part Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.
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In this civil rights case, the District Court affirmed the Magistrate Judge's recommendation to dismiss Plaintiff Ruiz's amended complaint as a defective "shotgun pleading" that failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). The Court granted Ruiz's motion to proceed
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-13
The court granted the petitioner's motion to approve the ad interim stipulation for costs and value with a letter of undertaking, and to enter monition and injunction.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-08-12
Tottenham Hotspur Limited sued unknown defendants who operated counterfeit e-commerce stores selling unauthorized merchandise bearing Tottenham's federally registered trademarks without authorization. The court granted Tottenham's motion for default judgment on trademark counterf
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The court denied the motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and took the motion for a preliminary injunction under advisement.
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The court recommended granting default judgment against the defendant for copyright infringement, awarding statutory damages, attorneys' fees, costs, and injunctive relief.
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The court held that the plaintiff failed to meet the burden for a temporary restraining order without notice.
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The court recommended granting Plaintiff's ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order, finding a substantial likelihood of success on the merits regarding breach of non-compete agreements and irreparable harm.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2025-08-06
Lee Kerzner appealed three family court orders from Miami-Dade County. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court's decisions, applying the abuse of discretion standard and finding the trial court properly exercised its broad discretion in the family law matters
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2025-08-06
Lee Kerzner appealed three circuit court orders from Miami-Dade County involving family court matters. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's decisions, applying the deferential abuse-of-discretion standard and finding no clear abuse of the court's broad di
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The court held that while a prisoner's First Amendment free speech claim against Sheriff Ivey regarding a book ban may proceed, most other claims are dismissed for failure to state a claim or for being duplicative.
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The court denied the plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction.
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The court recommended granting plaintiff's motion for default judgment and permanent injunction because the defendant willfully failed to defend the action and the plaintiff adequately alleged a breach of contract claim and grounds for injunctive relief.
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The court recommended granting plaintiffs' motion for default judgment and permanent injunction against defendants for trademark counterfeiting and infringement.
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The court recommended granting the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, including asset restraints, due to strong evidence of copyright infringement by defendants who failed to appear or respond.
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The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits or irreparable harm, thus denying the motion for a preliminary injunction.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2025-07-16
A person who reports sexual violence to law enforcement and cooperates in any criminal proceeding has standing to file a verified petition for an injunction for protection against sexual violence under Florida Statute § 784.046(2)(c)(1).
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The court held that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants for all of the plaintiff's claims and that venue was improper in the Middle District of Florida.
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The court held that the Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction must be denied because it failed to comply with procedural requirements regarding notice, security, and the content of the supporting memorandum.
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Deltec Bank & Trust Limited sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to freeze approximately $20.7 million in funds held by Ibanera LLC and its CEO Michael Carbonara, which Deltec had transferred to Ibanera under a Processing Services Agreement for cross-bo
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A federal district court in Florida granted preliminary injunctions blocking enforcement of new state laws that restrict petition circulator eligibility, finding that the residency and citizenship requirements for those gathering signatures for ballot initiatives impose unconstit
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The court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to decide the issue of substantive arbitrability because the parties' arbitration agreement, through its incorporation of AAA rules, clearly and unmistakably delegated such issues to an arbitrator. Consequently, the plaint
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The court recommended granting the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction due to the defendant's alleged infringement of the plaintiff's trademarks and failure to appear or respond.
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The court adopted the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, granting in part and denying in part the motion for default judgment.
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The court denied the motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction because the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under 15 U.S.C. § 1119, and because § 1119 is not an independent cause of action.
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The court held that the plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction must be denied because she failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits of her § 1983 claim.
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The court held that the plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction must be denied because she failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits, specifically the 'color of law' element required for a § 1983 claim.
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A county court lacks jurisdiction to award possession to a landlord in an eviction action when the tenant holds a valid domestic violence injunction from the circuit court awarding exclusive possession of the shared dwelling, because the circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction o