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ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Lawrence Keefe Announces Over $2.6 Million To Support Offenders Returning To Area Communities
Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced $2,662,713 in Department of Justice grants to area programs to reduce recidivism among adults and juvenile offenders returning to their communities after confinement. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez Announces More Than $1.3 Million In Awards To Improve School Safety In The Middle District Of Florida
U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that four school districts in the Middle District of Florida (MDFL) have received a total of $1,316,375 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). Nationally, the COPS Office SVPP awarded nearly $50 million in school safety funding. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: Middle District Of Florida Receives Nearly $1 Million To Provide Housing To Human Trafficking Victims
U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced that the Middle District of Florida received $998,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office for Victims of Crime, to provide safe, stable housing and appropriate services to victims of human trafficking. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Keefe Encourages North Floridians To Use New Online Portal To Report Civil Rights Violations
United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe today encouraged residents across the Northern District of Florida to utilize a new Department of Justice online portal to report potential violations of individuals’ civil rights. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: Department of Justice Observes the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Keefe Announces Additional Grants To North Florida Communities To Address COVID-19 Pandemic
Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida,announced the award of grants to four law enforcement agencies in the district, with a combined total of $975,300. Department of Justice grants are awarded to help those agencies respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Keefe Announces Additional Grants Awarded To Local Communities To Address COVID-19 Pandemic
Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that grants were awarded to five additional law enforcement agencies in the district with a combined total of more than $500,000 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: Justice Department Awards More Than $20 Million To Hire Community Policing Officers In The Middle District Of Florida
U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez today announced $20,875,000 in grant funding through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). -
FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Moody Secures Refunds and Penalties from Florida Pharmacy Offering At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits
Attorney General Ashley Moody recovered thousands of dollars for consumers who purchased purported at-home COVID-19 test kits. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez Recognizes Police Week In The Middle District Of Florida
In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez joins the Department of Justice in recognizing the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Keefe Announces $240,000 Awarded to Local Communities to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that four counties in the district have been awarded a combined total of more than $240,000 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: Department Of Justice Commemorates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: Reference Laboratory, Pain Clinic, And Two Individuals Agree To Pay $41 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Unnecessary Urine Drug Testing
Logan Laboratories Inc. (Logan Labs), a reference laboratory in Tampa, Florida; Tampa Pain Relief Centers Inc. (Tampa Pain), a pain clinic also based in Tampa Florida, and; two of their former executives, Michael T. Doyle and Christopher Utz Toepke (collectively, Defendants) have agreed to pay a total of $41 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing Medicare. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF FLORIDA: South Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office and IRS-CI Warn Taxpayers Against Fraud Schemes Related to COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, are warning taxpayers to be alert about possible scams relating to COVID-19 economic impact payments. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Keefe Announces More Than $83 Million Available To Support School Safety
Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that communities across northern Florida are eligible to apply for a portion of more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants nationwide to help communities, including those across northern Florida, improve school security and protect students, teachers, and faculty from threats of violence. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Keefe Announces More Than $163 Million Available to Fight Addiction Crisis
Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that communities across northern Florida are eligible to apply for a portion of more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants nationwide to help communities across America address the nation’s addiction crisis. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR FLORIDA: Department Of Justice Makes $850 Million Available To Help Public Safety Agencies Address Covid-19 Pandemic
The Department of Justice announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. -
FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Moody Highlights Senior Protection Efforts at U.S. DOJ Elder Justice Summit
Attorney General Ashley Moody today announced more than $2 million in recoveries and savings for Florida seniors at the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Fighting for Elder Justice. -
Coral Gables attorney faces suspension following money laundering, bank fraud convictions
TALLAHASSEE— Longtime Coral Gables attorney Mark S. Scott faces indefinite suspension following a Feb. 3 Florida Supreme Court order after he was found guilty in New York last year on money laundering and bank fraud charges, according to a recent announcement by The Florida Bar. -
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS: Bradley Partner Jason Mehta Selected as 2020 LCLD Fellow
Bradley is pleased to announce that Jason P. Mehta, a partner in the firm’s Tampa office, has been selected as a 2020 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).