Tag: LGL Recycling
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Broward Chief Judge Tuter overturns $20 million jury verdict for Palm Beach trash tycoon, boosting Waste Management
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Call it the case of the $20 million oops. -
Broward judge rules in favor of Waste Management and against Ron Bergeron in long-running recycling business dispute
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Six acrimonious years of litigation that climaxed last month in a four-week trial, ended Friday when a Broward judge ruled there was no evidence that Waste Management and its co-defendants conspired to ruin the recycling business of Davie businessman Ron Bergeron. -
Judge: Evidence shows Waste Management had ‘anti-competitive goals’ and ‘lack of business ethics’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward judge has ruled that Davie businessman Ron Bergeron can seek punitive damages against Waste Management and LGL Recycling, a company controlled by Palm Beach trash kingpin Anthony Lomangino, for allegedly conspiring to ruin his flourishing recycling business. -
Bergeron vs Waste Management trial nears; focus on legitimacy of $525-million recycling deal
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Five years of complaints, amended complaints, and seemingly endless hearings, motions and incremental judicial orders later, the epic legal struggle between Waste Management and competitor Ron Bergeron is finally set for a non-jury trial later this year. -
Bergeron v. Waste Management: Judge to decide if trash giant committed a crime or fraud
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Six hours of tedious testimony and legal jargon spewed in court last week laid out the “sloppiness and mistakes” that Broward Chief Judge Jack Tuter said accompanied Waste Management’s $510-million takeover of Southern Waste Systems. -
The Waste Management story: Big money political donations and regulators who sit on their hands
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Eight months ago a Broward judge determined that it is more likely than not that Waste Management committed a crime or fraud in connection with its attempts to influence federal and state antitrust regulators. What have those authorities done about it? Nothing, apparently.
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