Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 22, 2024
6min0
Karen Fisher 'admits and stipulates that all trust beneficiaries of The Directed Benefits Foundation, Inc. are injured purchasers of Defendants’ trust administration services.'
Tag: Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act
Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 22, 2024Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 6, 2024
6min0
The lawsuit accuses defendants of 'ruining the lives of hundreds of vulnerable beneficiaries.'
Staff ReportsDecember 18, 2017
5min517
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday filed a complaint seeking to shut down a Florida charity falsely claiming to use charitable donations to provide financial support to families of firefighters lost in the line of duty, according to a press release. Community Charity Advancement, Inc. (CCAI) also allegedly falsely claims to use donations to provide assistance […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 19, 20174min380
A Tallahassee judge has tossed out a lawsuit against Attorney General Pam Bondi that accused her of improperly coercing businesses to donate millions of dollars to unregistered charities. Those donations are part of settlements in consumer protection cases her office pursues under the “Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.” Orlando entrepreneur John D. Smith, who was investigated on a […]
Jim RosicaApril 11, 2017
5min373
Attorney General Pam Bondi is forcing businesses who settle unfair trade actions with her office to pony up millions of dollars to unregistered charities, according to a lawsuit filed last week. She also is directing contributions to her Office’s own nonprofit, Seniors vs. Crime, which is a “conflict of interest,” the suit says. Two of its […]
Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2017
4min353
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved SB 1620 Monday, a bill filed by West Palm Beach Democrat Bobby Powell that would exempt credit unions from regulation under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. However, there were also discussions about rolling back federal consumer protections by President Donald Trump, leading Fort Lauderdale Democrat Gary Farmer to attempt a late-filed amendment. […]