Jesse SchecknerMay 25, 2023
4min0
The measure stemmed from questionable conduct in a special tax district in Broward County.
Tag: conflict of interest
Jesse SchecknerMay 25, 2023
Ryan NicolApril 12, 2019
3min634
Questions were raised over a contract he signed with the district.
Jim RosicaFebruary 20, 2019
4min701
"This is an occupational hazard. I'm a public figure."
Jacob OglesJanuary 9, 20194min398
Closing loopholes in Florida’s conflict of interest rules and leveling the playing field on legal costs in ethics cases rose up as top priorities for the Florida Commission on Ethics this year. Kerrie Stillman presented the Ethics Commission’s legislation priorities to the Florida Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, where she outlined concerns about how local […]
Michael MolineNovember 15, 2018
8min336
A divided Florida Supreme Court has given judges permission to maintain Facebook friendships with trial attorneys, settling a divide between lower state appeals courts and siding with the majority of courts and ethics overseers in other states. The majority opinion, by Chief Justice Charles Canady, noted that the court hasn’t considered actual friendships between judges […]
Jim RosicaJune 28, 2017
4min569
Five months after he quit a law firm job following concerns of conflicts of interest, Senate President Joe Negron has joined the Akerman firm’s West Palm Beach office. The firm announced the move Wednesday in a press release. Negron will be “of counsel,” an arrangement usually meaning an attorney works on a case-to-case basis and not […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2016
10min261
The world of political influence is a small one, and a conflict in Congresswoman Corrine Brown‘s sphere was brought to light Wednesday in court. This particular conflict illustrated the intersection of Brown’s charitable and political endeavors, providing further evidence of the blurred lines between the two relative to the federal “One Door for Education” trial. […]