Ashley Moody

State Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office, taking the lead in a brief filed by officials from 23 states, described the mask requirement as “overreach” by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that the law, which DeSantis calls the "Stop WOKE Act," violates the First Amendment and are seeking a preliminary injunction to block its enforcement.

As part of a flurry of filings in Leon County circuit court, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office disputed arguments by the Sarasota County Public Hospital District and Lee Memorial Health System that Moody had reached settlements that would improperly scuttle the districts’ separate legal claims against the industry.

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office requested that the battle about the new 15-week abortion law go quickly to the Florida Supreme Court — and indicated that the state will use the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade to help defend the law.

Attorneys for the state are fighting an attempt to block a 15-week abortion limit that is slated to take effect July 1. A judge will hear arguments this month in a case that could ultimately test whether a privacy clause in the Florida Constitution will protect abortion rights.

Republican attorneys general from 17 states backed Florida this week in a legal battle about a 2019 law that banned so-called sanctuary cities. They filed a brief supporting Florida’s attempt to overturn a district judge’s ruling that blocked key parts of the law.

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office this week asked a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked key parts of a 2019 law that banned so-called sanctuary cities in Florida.

A federal judge in Pensacola has rejected a request by the Biden administration to toss out a lawsuit filed by Florida over the release of undocumented immigrants.

Walgreens was the 12th and final defendant in the state's legal battle against opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmaceutical companies it holds responsible for the epidemic.

Attorney General Ashley Moody issued an emergency rule to outlaw eight synthetic drugs known as nitazenes. The order said the drugs are commonly available online and through illicit drug markets.

As Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody assail federal immigration policies, the Biden administration is asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by the state over the release of undocumented immigrants.

After inking $2.4 billion in settlements with prescription drug manufacturers, distributors and retailers, the state is set for a courtroom showdown with Walgreens over the pharmacy giant’s role in the opioid epidemic.