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Staff ReportsNovember 3, 2017

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The Florida Bar said it was creating three new committees “to study and develop recommendations … on supporting attorney mental health and wellness, advancing Florida’s mental health laws, and improving representation for children and families in the courts.” The Bar announced the moves in a Thursday press release. “Promoting mental health and wellness for Florida attorneys, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 20, 2017

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Joe McCann, a former House Democratic Office staff director, has joined the Pittman Law Group as Senior Policy Director, the firm announced Wednesday. McCann will work alongside attorney Sean Pittman to direct the firm’s lobbying efforts. McCann was a founding member of Ballard Partners, where he served as senior executive vice president. “We are […]

Staff ReportsJuly 24, 2017

Without surprise or intrigue, the full board of Enterprise Florida (EFI) on Monday hired lawyer and Gov. Rick Scott loyalist Pete Antonacci to be its next leader. The former lobbyist had been recommended as the new CEO by the jobs-recruiting agency’s executive committee during a conference call last week. Scott chairs the EFI board of directors as governor. In […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2017

Consumer protection attorney Ryan Torrens is quite aware that he’s not an established political presence, but he says that should be an argument for his fledgling candidacy to become Florida’s next Attorney General. “Look, I get it,” the 32-year-old told an audience who gathered Friday morning at Tampa’s Oxford Exchange to hear the Hillsborough County […]

Jim RosicaJuly 10, 2017

A Tallahassee-based circuit judge will hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit against Attorney General Pam Bondi that claims she forces businesses to pony up millions of dollars to unregistered charities as part of settlements in consumer protection cases. Circuit Judge Charles Dodson will hear the case at 2 p.m. in the Leon County Courthouse, dockets accessed Friday show. The plaintiff, Orlando […]

Jim RosicaJune 16, 2017

A Leon County judge has set a hearing in a lawsuit against Attorney General Pam Bondi that says she forces businesses to pony up millions of dollars to unregistered charities as part of settlements in consumer protection cases. Circuit Judge Charles Dodson ordered the hearing for July 10 in Tallahassee, court records show. The plaintiff, Orlando entrepreneur John D. […]

Jim RosicaMay 26, 2017

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office this week responded to a lawsuit claiming she forces businesses to pony up millions of dollars to unregistered charities as part of settlements in consumer protection cases. Deputy Solicitor General Jonathan L. Williams, writing on Bondi’s behalf, said in part that some of the organizations criticized by Orlando entrepreneur John […]

Jim RosicaMay 16, 2017

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George Sheldon, a former Florida official now facing an ethics inquiry as director of Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services, also ran into a spot of trouble at home this week. Property records show Sheldon, secretary of Florida’s Department of Children and Families in 2008-11, claimed a homestead exemption on his Tallahassee house while […]

Staff ReportsMay 15, 2017

George Sheldon‘s hometown newspaper now has weighed in on the former Florida politico, putting in newsprint the latest ethics woes of the now-director of Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services. The Tallahassee Democrat’s Monday edition (online version here), with help from the Chicago Tribune’s estimable reporting of the last few weeks, documented Sheldon’s travails as head of […]

Jim RosicaApril 12, 2017

Attorney General Pam Bondi has lost a preliminary round in a lawsuit claiming she forces businesses to pony up millions of dollars to unregistered charities as part of settlements in consumer protection cases. Circuit Judge Charles Dodson of Tallahassee on Monday ordered Bondi to show why he shouldn’t find for the plaintiff, Orlando entrepreneur John D. Smith. In […]

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Florida Bar creates panels for mental health, children and families

Personnel note: Joe McCann to Pittman Law Group

It’s official: Pete Antonacci hired as Enterprise Florida CEO

Ryan Torrens, political outsider running for Attorney General, says he’s what Florida Democrats need

Pam Bondi case over unregistered charities heads to court

Hearing set in lawsuit against Pam Bondi over unregistered charities

Pam Bondi says charities she helps aren’t required to register with state

George Sheldon, under fire in Illinois, also faces questions at home

George Sheldon now taken to task by hometown paper

Pam Bondi loses first round in unregistered charities lawsuit