FLORIDA RECORD

TAVARES – Election controversy has reached Lake County as Tim Sullivan, who is running for re-election as commissioner, is facing residency accusations that could severely impact his campaign moving forward.

PENSACOLA – The Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Florida recently decided to abstain from a disagreement stemming from the mortgage crisis of 2008.

TALLAHASSEE – Big tobacco has been on the run in Florida since a 2006 decision to decertify a class-action lawsuit, freeing up thousands of potential plaintiffs to file independent suits.

WEST PALM BEACH – After a 20-year court battle, Coy Koontz Jr. may finally receive the land promised to his father ages ago.

WEST PALM BEACH – RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Phillip Morris USA Inc. recently were found responsible in the death of a former Florida lawyer who died of lung cancer 15 years ago.

MIAMI – With the recent water crisis in Flint, Michigan, an environmental law professor at Florida International University (FIU) took the opportunity to publish a paper on the ethics, law and regulations of our greatest resource.

ORLANDO – The Florida Bar has suspended Fort Myers attorney Josiah Ewing Hutton Jr. for alleged misappropriations of client funds.

ORLANDO – In a sign that the Florida Bar is taking a no-nonsense approach with its members, it disciplined four lawyers earlier this month for wide-ranging offenses.

TALLAHASSEE – Animal Law Activists at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) have made great strides for Animal Rights over the past several years through fundraising and informative events meant to better educate the public on their four-legged brethren.