Florida’s Tomato Farmers are challenging the Commerce Department’s recent suspension agreement with Mexico. The Florida Tomato Exchange has filed a lawsuit with the US Court of International Trade, questioning whether the antidumping case complies with federal laws designed to ensure fair trade on imported goods. Federal trade laws provide a remedy for “dumping” – selling imported goods into the U.S. market at a price below the home market price or the full cost of production, according to a press release. “Farming is one of America’s most important industries, and most enduring ways of life,” said Reggie Brown, Executive Vice President of the Florida Tomato Exchange. “Tomato farmers in Florida and across America can compete favorably in a market that is both free and … [Read more...]
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Florida’s Tomato Farmers Filed Lawsuit Challenging Commerce Department’s Recent Suspension Agreement
Family files lawsuit after fatal shooting
SOUTH MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- A South Florida family is filling a lawsuit against Miami-Dade County and a security surveillance company for failing to keep their loved one safe. Twenty-five-year-old Casanova Atwater was gunned down in the parking lot of a housing community in South Miami-Dade in March. The shooting occurred just feet away from a security camera, but investigators said, the camera was not working. The low-income community of Goulds' Arthur Mays Villas had a state-of-the-art security system with 22 cameras installed less than two years ago at taxpayer expense. "At least we would have had some justice of finding out who did this to my child," said Patricia Atwater. "You put up all of these cameras, but nobody can see nothing; your cameras don't work at all." Read … [Read more...]
Lululemon sued after boosting executive pay after See-through pants disaster
The New York Post/AP WILMINGTON, Del. — A retirement fund for police and firefighters in Florida is suing Lululemon Athletica Inc., taking issue with a decision by Lululemon's compensation committee to boost the maximum payout of the executive bonus plan just before a $60 million recall of yoga pants. The Hallandale Beach Police Officers and Firefighters' Personnel Retirement Fund filed the lawsuit Friday in the Chancery Court of Delaware. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/sheer_madness_lululemon_fiasco_after_xfA6iz5hIDNgOOl07VP1mK … [Read more...]
ACLU sues Florida school board over gay-straight club
By Bradenton Herald Staff -- OCALA -- The American Civil Liberties Union sued a Florida school board Wednesday, claiming its delay in allowing the formation of a gay-straight alliance club at a middle school is a violation of free speech and equal access. The ACLU filed the lawsuit against the School Board of Lake County in federal court in Ocala. Efforts by eighth-grader Bayli Silbertstein to Read more … [Read more...]
Brockovich: ‘We Have Your Back’ On Whirlpool Groundwater Issue
By Chad Hunter Times Record •chunter@swtimes.com A standing-room only crowd, many former Whirlpool employees, was assured Tuesday by environmental activist Erin Brockovich that she will investigate contamination in and around the now-vacant refrigerator plant. “This is going on across America,” Brockovich said. “I’m getting sick of it. What’s happening is people and communities are getting sick of it, as well. “We have your back.” Brockovich and associate Bob Bowcock, an environmental investigator, spoke to a crowd of at least 200 people Tuesday night at the Fort Smith Senior Activity Center. Brockovich and her consulting firm turned their attention to Fort Smith on a request from resident Debbie Keith, who lives in a neighborhood just north of the Whirlpool … [Read more...]
