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Florida Office of the Attorney General

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    How the PIP Reform Bill Will Impact 411-PAIN

    ​The Broward-based 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service and other companies that solicit clients who have been in car accidents got a legislative kick in the knees Friday, but they are still standing.A bill designed to cut down on personal injury protection (PIP) insurance fraud passed the state Senate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    The Judge And The Wiseguys

    Broward Circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato made her name as a Mafia fighter. As a former prosecutor and cop, she has both presided over, tried, and investigated high-profile mob cases.  John "Johnny Meatballs" Piteo is oft-convicted bookmaker with suspected organized crime ties who has done two str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Felon Voting Laws, Racism, Rick Scott, and Pam Bondi, Part II

    Florida Attorney GeneralYou really think justice is colorblind, Ms. Bondi?​The Florida Clemency Board's decision last week to reinstate an archaic felon voting ban has set off a storm of protest. The new rule, which requires nonviolent felons to wait five years after completing their sentences to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    DJSP, Processing Company for Foreclosure Attorney David J. Stern, Lays Off 96 Employees

    David J. Stern, whose law firm is under investigation for foreclosure fraud.​The latest round of layoffs at DJSP Enterprises, the foreclosure processing company for the law offices of David J. Stern, could add fuel to a class action case against DJSP and Stern, according to a lawyer for the compan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Election Day Notes

    Let's start this thing off with a couple of blog votes. On Amendments 5 and 6, it's pretty easy: If you like gerrymandering, vote against them. As for me, it's a yes vote on these two. On the judicial race between John Fry and John Howes for County Court Judge in District 1, I've made a decision. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Friday Morning Hits

    -- Remember those shady attack ads aimed at Florida Attorney General candidate Dan Gelber accusing him of being "toxic to Jewish education"? Pam Bondi Campaign Gelber and Bondi at last night's Univision debate.​Initially, it didn't appear that Gelber's opponent, Pam Bondi, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Anatomy of the Gelber Attack: From Amway To Huizenga

    Sometimes  negative campaigning lives up to its bad name. The weekend attack on Florida Attorney General candidate Dan Gelber is a perfect example of the kind of sleazy negative campaigning that should make your skin crawl. In the ads sent out this week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Photo Fun

    This photo of Gov. Charlie Crist and Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter could be a classic someday​. They look so darned happy. Inside see more. 

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2010

    Yes On Amendment 8; More On School Board Leak Scandal

    Time to talk about Amendment 8 real quick. Vote for it. ​Amendment 8 is the one that is going to give Florida school boards a little more flexibility on class sizes that were mandated by the 2002 class-size amendment. Since then the legislature has appropriated about $18 billion to fund tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Former Executive Blew Whistle on E-Cigarette Maker From Weston Now Being Investigated by AG

    FlickrE-cigarettes are in the strange position of suing to prove they're a tobacco product.​A Weston-based company called Smoking Everywhere wanted an executive who could go to battle against the FDA and U.S. Customs, which had teamed up to ban the import of e-cigarettes. But by hiring Ray Story i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Rubbing Egg Over Body Does Not Cure Ovarian Cancer (and Other Lessons From Arrest of Hollywood Scam Artist)

    Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeMarks​As scam artists go, Gina Marks is maddeningly persistent. The 37-year-old from Hollywood has been busted before for what Broward Sheriff's Office calls "gypsy" crimes. Last May she was convicted of felony fraud, but she received only probation, which paved the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    [UPDATED] "Toothless" Commission on Ethics Gives Legislators Something to Chew On

    Flickr: simplelogikThat's the kind of arsenal you need to get a jaw-full of Florida corruption​The political scandals in Broward County have roused the Florida Commission on Ethics from its comatose state. An outfit derided as "toothless" is asking the Florida Legislature to give it a new set of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Flak for State Utility Regulator Gets Grabby With Reporter

    OK, so it's not nearly as goofy as the WPLG video I mentioned in the Morning Juice, but this one has a better backstory. Cynthia Muir, a spokeswoman for the Public Services Commission, is already in hot water over sharing BlackBerry PINs with an FPL lobbyist -- one of the reports being looked at in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Gelber Unloads on Bushies Who Politicized Federal Proscutors' Offices

    The Democrats' side of the Florida Attorney General race, between Sens. Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber can feel like a meeting of the Mutual Admiration Society. But it's just not healthy to be always so measured and tactful, which is why it must have felt good for Gelber to wind up and then tee off on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    With Regret, Hollywood Drug Retailer Making Bucks Off Dishonest Advertisement

    ​The researcher who discovered the possible life-extending powers of resveratrol sold his company for $780 million, which probably means he doesn't need to sell his endorsement to a company called FWM Laboratories that operates out of a shabby industrial neighborhood near I-95 between Stirling and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Aronberg Derails Gravy Train for State Contractors

    Flickr user: UN1SONAronberg (pictured) may have found a pinata for his AG's campaign​Sen. Dave Aronberg from Greenacres has convinced the Florida Department of Transportation to abandon its practice of awarding automatic annual raises to private contractors, and now the Florida Attorney General ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2009

    Sunday Reading: The Wayne Huizenga Story

    I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose ... More >>

  • News

    February 5, 2009

    South Florida's underground vampires lust for more than your heart

    I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose ... More >>

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Bitter Pill

    Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2007

    DeGroot On His Old Friend, Ken Jenne

    Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2007

    Crist Dancing Around Scandal

    Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2006

    A Bousquet Case

    Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Crist Denies Trysts II

    Sworn testimony backs up claims that Bruce Jordan boasted of his affair with Charlie Crist.

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    Crist Denies Trysts II

    Sworn testimony backs up claims that Bruce Jordan boasted of his affair with Charlie Crist.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Once A Propagandist ...

    Sworn testimony backs up claims that Bruce Jordan boasted of his affair with Charlie Crist.

  • News

    July 6, 2006

    Letters for July 6-12, 2006

    Sworn testimony backs up claims that Bruce Jordan boasted of his affair with Charlie Crist.

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    Oh, Canada

    We objected to John Canada's abuse of power. But the state didn't.

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Letters for , 2001

    We objected to John Canada's abuse of power. But the state didn't.

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Pain in the Bike Lane

    A compromise to widen A1A could kill

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    The Big Lie

    Is the North Broward Hospital District playing a shell game with tax dollars?

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    MOB Rules

    A fishy hired gun of an economist endorses the hospital district's $100 million taxpayer rip-off

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Felon Follies

    A problem that marred the 2000 ballot is back

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Wild, Wild West

    Once convicted of fraud and in debt to the IRS for a cool million, Steven West is some kind of businessman

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Cleanup Patter

    Getting down and dirty with Broward's school janitors

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    A Sorry Excuse

    Ken Jenne's department helped convict the wrong man. Why won't he and Jeb Bush admit it?

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Undercurrents

    Slammin' Sammy keeps hitting, but his Broward County foundation whiffs

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    The Widow and the Nurse, Part Two

    When Bridget Garcia told police that her boss' son had raped her, they barely listened. This is her story.

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Undercurrents

    Nova's medicine man and Hollywood's deserted eateries

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Burning Down the House

    After the closing of an apartment building for AIDS victims in Fort Lauderdale, the city's ability to oversee a multimillion-dollar, federally funded program is called into question

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    The Doctor Will Sell You Now

    Supplied by Rexall Showcase of Boca Raton, doctors and other distributors are pitching alternative forms of medicine that may not work in ways that may not be legal

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Undercurrents

    Supplied by Rexall Showcase of Boca Raton, doctors and other distributors are pitching alternative forms of medicine that may not work in ways that may not be legal

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    The Sheriff's Criminal Association

    If Ken Jenne were like most cops, he'd be investigated for being friends with felons who give him money

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    Where There's a Wheelchair, There's a Way

    Former love doctor Fred Shotz is determined to make every sports venue in South Florida handicapped-accessible

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Cyber Stakes

    South Florida is at the heart of the internet gambling boom -- and of the war to stop it

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