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A Florida federal jury on Thursday found a Miami city commissioner liable for $63.5 million in damages over using his office and government resources to systematically target a pair of business owners after they supported a political opponent during a runoff election in 2017.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his state political action committee were accused of violating federal campaign finance laws on Tuesday in a complaint brought by a Washington, D.C., nonprofit, saying that $80 million of "soft money" from a state PAC was transferred into an organization used to fund his presidential bid.
Several contracting entities on Wednesday told a Florida state appellate court that a lawsuit brought against them by the Mexican government belongs in Mexico, saying the trial court improperly denied their motions to dismiss by failing to consider the performance elements connected to the contract-related allegations in the lawsuit.
Bang Energy drink maker Vital Pharmaceuticals on Thursday urged a Florida federal bankruptcy judge to prevent its former CEO from using social media accounts tied to the company, saying his postings are jeopardizing a potential sale of the company's assets in its Chapter 11 case.
The holder of the LifeWallet software on Monday said its co-founder isn't entitled to a claim for $12.5 million because his name is not individually listed on the unexecuted purchase agreement and that he actually transferred the intellectual property through another contract he left out of the complaint.