Category: Palm Beach
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Billionaires’ feud reaches Florida Supremes, where justices may add a hurdle to claiming punitive damages
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
An extraordinary feud between Palm Beach billionaires that began on country club tennis courts has reached the Florida Supreme Court, where it will influence the law of punitive damages. -
Related Group tied to $100K that went to PAC backing Hollywood Mayor who backed its project
By Dan Christensen and Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
In the three weeks before Josh Levy’s re-election as mayor of Hollywood, a political action committee backing him accepted $100,000 in contributions from corporations tied to a Miami developer looking to build a controversial 30-story, luxury beachfront condo tower on public land. -
GOP bigshot Adam Kidan: A life of luxury despite owing millions in restitution from SunCruz fraud
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Ex-con Adam Kidan has owed the U.S. government $21.7 million, plus interest, in restitution since he and ex-super lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty in 2006 to fraud and conspiracy charges in the $147.5-mllion SunCruz Casinos swindle. So how, since his release from prison in 2009, has Kidan been able to live a life of luxury? -
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Adam Kidan’s long strange trip from SunCruz scandal to big time Republican donor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
It was the first epic South Florida scandal of the 21st Century and Adam Kidan was smack in the middle of it – a $14.5-million fraud wrapped in a congressional influence-peddling scandal inside a Mafia hit. -
Palm Beach County judge’s nude photos case ends quietly after 5 ½ years with a right-before-trial settlement
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A settlement has ended South Florida telenovela-worthy litigation involving explicit photos of a female Palm Beach County judge, a well-known pair of male trial lawyers and a spiteful post-divorce row. -
Donald Trump broke Florida criminal law, didn’t register NY fraud convictions with Palm Beach sheriff
By Noreen Marcus and Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Presidential candidate Donald Trump violated the law in his home state of Florida by failing to report to his local sheriff after a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records.
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