Month: May 2018
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As Broward recycling crisis boils, Bondi’s antitrust regulators kept a secret that could cost cities
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org State antitrust regulators who OK’d Waste Management’s $525-million buyout of the company that handles recycling for most Broward cities did so only after being assured that those cities would be allowed to renew their contracts this year on the same terms and conditions.
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As Waste Management tightens grip in Broward, recycling becomes costlier, endangered
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Last month, Sunrise City Manager Richard Salamon fired off an ominous email to more than two dozen of his fellow municipal managers across Broward. The subject: solid waste disposal and single stream recycling. The urgent message: “most of us are facing the reality we don’t have anyone lined up to accept…
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Nickel-dime payout from Florida Bar fund ‘like a slap in the face,’ says victim of crooked lawyer
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org Laura Harris is not happy with how the Florida Bar handled her claim against a disbarred lawyer. She, her five siblings and their mother scraped together $38,000 to hire a Tallahassee lawyer and help their brother and son, Charles E. Bell, who is serving a life sentence in a Florida prison.…
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Florida Bar has money-back guarantee for clients of thieving lawyers, but collecting isn’t easy
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org The Florida Bar has a pot of money available for swindled law clients. But getting some isn’t easy. For starters, you have to document exactly what your thieving lawyer extracted during your attorney-client relationship. The breakup must have been painful.
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Miami judge seals high-profile defamation suit filed after state dropped child sex abuse case
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Peter Lopez has sealed all court records in a high-profile defamation lawsuit brought by Jozef Opdeweegh against the parents and grandfather of a 6-year-old girl who accused him of sexually molesting her at a May 2017 pool party.
