Category: Florida News
Apr 10, 2018
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped two Florida appellate judges with ties to Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Gov. Jeb Bush to serve as federal district judges. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260914-allen-winsor-wendy-berger-picked-to-serve-as-federal-judges
Apr 10, 2018
She was slated to be his U.S. Senate campaign’s Hispanic media outreach director, Politico Florida’s Sergio Bustos and Marc Caputo report. https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/04/09/member-of-scotts-media-team-dies-in-florida-keys-boating-accident-355003
Apr 10, 2018
The ACLU’s “Voting Restoration Amendment” would automatically restore the right to vote for felons who have completed their sentences, fulfilled probation or parole and paid restitution. The proposal, which excludes felons convicted of murder or sexual offenses, will appear as …
Apr 10, 2018
An administrative law judge Monday sided with a Central Florida “foreclosure-rescue” firm in a dispute about whether it had improperly performed loan-modification services without a state license. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via the Orlando Sentinel. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-bz-nsf-florida-foreclosure-rescue-case-recommendation-20180409-story.html
Apr 10, 2018
Florida’s gender pay gap is 12.5 percent, meaning women employed full-time, year-round earn 87.5 cents for every dollar a man makes. That’s a yearly pay difference of $5,474. Casey Logan reports for the Naples Daily News. https://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/business/local/2018/04/09/womens-pay-florida-worsening-but-gap-closing-report-says/501204002/
Apr 10, 2018
Scammers are now deploying “porting” technologies and “business email compromise” (“BEC”) to intrude fraudulently into wire transfer technology, the New Jersey Department of Insurance advised in Bulletin 18-04 issued April 10, 2018. http://www.browardbusinesslawyer.com/new-jersey-department-insurance-warns-financial-mortgage-entities-new-wire-transfer-fraud-schemes/
Apr 10, 2018
In a joint market conduct examination with 41 other insurance departments, the California Department of Insurance reviewed HCC Life’s marketing and sale of short-term health insurance products, and claim handling occurring under the policies. http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2018/release036-18.cfm
Apr 9, 2018
The private rail line, which debuted in South Florida in early January, has now been involved in six fatalities and two non-fatal accidents since it began testing the train in 2017. Arie Chokey reports for the Sun-Sentinel. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-pn-brightline-fatality-delray-20180408-story.html
Apr 9, 2018
Governor Rick Scott on Friday announced the reappointments of six Judges of Compensation Claims, who handle disputed workers’ compensation cases, FloridaPolitics.com reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260735-rick-scott-reappoints-6-compensation-claims-judges
Apr 9, 2018
Lack of regulations surrounding sober homes and lucrative urine testing were the two main drivers for the insurance scam that came to be known as “The Florida Shuffle.” ESPN’s John Barr and Mike Farrell report. http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/23053946/how-detroit-red-wings-ken-daniels-voice-hockeytown-lost-son-drugs-insurance-fraud-espn