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By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A former Broward County Jail inmate says he became impotent after he was forced to swallow a powerful anti-psychotic drug he wasn’t prescribed, then suffered a painful erection for five days before nurses and jailers finally responded to his pleas for help.

Lobbyists, lawmakers hit jackpot as Mardi Gras Casino pays out big to shed greyhound racing

May 2, 2011

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By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The owner of Hallandale Beach’s Mardis Gras Gaming has paid a squad of lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars to sew up passage of a bill that would let it shed its moribund dog-racing business, but keep its lucrative slot machines and poker

Wexler congressional aide got kickback in campaign deal; pleads guilty to federal tax charge

April 26, 2011

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By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
An aide and fundraiser to former Congressman Robert Wexler has pleaded guilty in federal court to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service about a $15,000 kickback she received during a controversial real estate transaction by the South Florida Democrat’s campaign.

Weston mom’s lawsuit alleging false advertising by Enfamil leads to $12 million settlement

April 25, 2011

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By Donna Gehrke-White
BrowardBulldog.org
The manufacturer of Enfamil has agreed to pay up to $12 million to settle a class-action lawsuit after a Weston mom alleged in federal court that the pricey, but popular baby formula had falsely advertised that it contained nutrients not available in other

Loophole in law lets lobbyists dodge disclosure at South Florida Water Management District

April 21, 2011

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By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The South Florida Water District uses a loophole in state law to avoid requiring lobbyists to register and disclose who hired them, which officials they seek to influence and how much they are being paid.

Device makers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products

June 17, 2021

Dr. Kingsley R. Chin

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News

Hollywood orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kingsley R. Chin was little more than a decade out of Harvard Medical School when sales of his spine surgical implants took off.

Chin has patented more than 40 pieces of such hardware, including doughnut-shaped plastic cages, titanium screws and other products used to repair spines — generating $100 million for his company SpineFrontier, according to government officials.

Yet SpineFrontier’s success arose not from the quality of its goods, these officials say, but because it paid kickbacks to surgeons who agreed to implant the highly profitable devices in hundreds of patients.

BSO’s boner: Inmate says five-day erection, impotence followed medication mistake

Lobbyists, lawmakers hit jackpot as Mardi Gras Casino pays out big to shed greyhound racing

Wexler congressional aide got kickback in campaign deal; pleads guilty to federal tax charge

Weston mom’s lawsuit alleging false advertising by Enfamil leads to $12 million settlement

Loophole in law lets lobbyists dodge disclosure at South Florida Water Management District

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