TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 26 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit is charging two individuals involved in a sophisticated money laundering and grand-theft operation. According to Attorney General Moody's CFEU and law enforcement investigation, Thomas Simmons solicited and paid Raymond Ortiz, an employee of a cellphone store in Florida, to execute SIM card swaps. This allowed Sim  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 26 -- The Florida Department of Education issued the following news release: Last week, the Florida Department of Education hosted the 2024 Annual Charter School Conference and School Choice Summit in Orlando. The conference hosted a record-breaking 1,300 attendees and exhibitors. The conference provides leaders and educators from Florida's charter schools and private schools the opportunity to collaborate with each other and Florida Department of Education (FDOE) sta  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 26 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of John Carroll, Kenny Collette, and Stephanie Lewandowski to the Barbers' Board. John Carroll Carroll is a Sergeant for the Florida State Guard. A veteran of the United States Army, he is the Chair of the Hernando County Housing Authority and a member of the Military Police Regimental Association. Carroll earned his bachelor's degr  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 26 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Emil "Clayton" Lyons to the School Board of Baker County. Emil "Clayton" Lyons Lyons, of Macclenny, is an Accountant and Auditor for Lyons and Lyons, CPA. Active in his community, he is the Co-Chair of the Swine in the Pines Show, a member of the Baker County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, and the recipient of the Honorary Chap  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 26 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Joseph Zimmerman to the School Board of Nassau County. Joseph Zimmerman Zimmerman, of Yulee, is the Owner of The Zimmerman Group, LLC. Active in his community, he serves as a member of the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce and previously served as a member of the Nassau County Sheriff's Office Citizen's Advisory Board. Zimmerma  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 26 -- Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 24 263, which sets the dates for the Special Election for Florida's 6th Congressional District, a district that represents Flagler and Putnam Counties, and portions of Lake, Marion, St. Johns, and Volusia Counties. The date for the Special Primary Election will be Tuesday, January 28, 2025, and the Special General Election   more

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 26 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Nov. 25, 2024 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig continues to grow its Middle East capabilities with the addition of International Arbitration & Litigation lawyer Nils de Wolff and Corporate/M&A lawyer Krishen Patel. Both lawyers have longstanding practices active across the Middle East and joined the firm from Clyde & Co. De Wolff will be based in Greenberg Traurig's Uni  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 26 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets arranged the financing for the 495K SF Seagis Class A Industrial Portfolio * * * MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 25, 2024 - JLL Capital Markets announced today it arranged $102 million in financing for the Seagis Class A Industrial Portfolio, which includes three newly completed warehouse distribution centers encompassing 495,674 square feet i  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 25 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Because of warmer winters, Florida scrub-jays are now nesting one week earlier than they did in 1981. But these early birds are not always getting the worm. A new analysis of data from a long-term study, published Oct. 24 in Ornithological Advances, finds that warmer winters driven by climate change reduced the number of offspring raised annually by the federally threatened Florida scrub-jay by 25% since 1981. Warmer   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 26 -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance issued the following news: * * * Nationwide's Personal Lines president Casey Kempton makes the case for customers, agents and carriers to embrace technology to prevent losses * * * By Jarrett Dunbar Insurers that want to be successful in 2025 and beyond must lean fully into insurtech and Internet of Things devices. Nationwide's president of Personal Lines Casey Kempton conveyed that message to attendees of the Insurance Information Inst  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray, along with its co-counsel Protect Democracy, recently secured a significant fee settlement in the amount of $725,000 from the State of Florida after obtaining a statewide permanent injunction ending enforcement of the employer provisions of Florida's HB 7, also known as the Stop WOKE Act, which the Eleventh Circuit ruled unconstitutional under the First Amendment. The Act, which had been annou  more