Florida Ban on ‘Woke’ Company Training Struck Down on Appeal (2)

Florida’s “anti-woke” law limiting the concepts employers can espouse in mandatory corporate diversity training unconstitutionally infringes on companies’ free speech rights, a federal appeals court ruled.

The decision Monday from a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upholds an August 2022 federal district court’s ruling that blocked the law’s workplace restrictions from taking effect on the ground that they violated the First Amendment.

Opponents of the law, including Florida-based wedding registry business Honeyfund.com Inc., sued over its effects on free speech, also alleging it was unconstitutionally vague under the 14th Amendment. The state’s attorney ...