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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/im-going-to-go-down-swinging-meet-the-florida-entrepreneur-taking-on-trumps-tariffs-in-court/
- Published: 2025-04-08T09:45:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.fastcompany.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio