‘I’m going to go down swinging’: Meet the Florida entrepreneur taking on Trump’s tariffs in court

Photo: Liberation Day, President Trump at the Make America Wealthy Again Event – April 2, 2025. Image credit: The White House via Flickr. US government work. Article by Issie Lapowsky. Fast Company – April 7, 2025.

Business owners around the world are still reeling from the sky-high, globe-spanning tariffs President Donald Trump has announced since taking office. Last week, Emily Ley became the first to take her concerns to court. In a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Florida last Thursday, lawyers representing Ley, a small business owner in Pensacola, argued that Trump’s tariffs on China are “unlawful,” “unconstitutional,” and risk having devastating consequences on businesses like Simplified, the 10-employee stationery company Ley founded in 2008. […]

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