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Phil AmmannNovember 24, 2015

Ten firms from the Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce Coalition received a perfect score this week on the annual Human Rights Campaign ranking of workplace equality. In an announcement Tuesday, the corporations scoring a 100 percent rating on the 2016 Corporate Equity Index include such Florida-based companies as Akerman LLP, AT&T, Florida Blue, Carlton […]

Phil AmmannJune 19, 2015

A top 100 U.S. law firm has joined the Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce Coalition in its effort to pass statewide discrimination protection in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Akerman LLP, the largest law firm in Florida and one of the 34 top employers in the state, has joined the fight for the Competitive […]

Phil AmmannMay 27, 2015

Attorney Matthew Z. Leopold of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt has been appointed by U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio to the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission. Leopold, who is based in the Carlton Fields Government Law and Consulting practice group, will be on the Northern District Conference, one of three corresponding to each of […]

Bruce RitchieMarch 23, 2015

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has filed what is the first challenge to a local comprehensive plan amendment since sweeping growth management law changes passed in 2011. Legal watchers on either side of growth management issues — development and environmental — say the DEO move against the city of Mascotte in Lake County is […]

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10 Florida employers recognized as national Best Places to Work for LGBT employees

National legal firm Akerman joins Competitive Workforce Coalition

Personnel note: Matthew Leopold of Carlton Fields named to Federal JNC

DEO files first challenge to a local government land-use change