Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...the Florida Ethics Commission about the obligations of an HFA member who obtains a contract for services to be furnished in conjunction with a qualifying housing development. After Ellington was informed that the possession of such an interest violated Fla. Stat. § 159.606, Hasner submitted a letter stating that he 5 had resigned as an officer of Castle Florida on 10 February 1997 and that Castle Florida’s contract with Hawthorne had terminated. At the 2...

...pt of payment was improper. As a condition of the bond issuance, the attorneys were required to warrant that the matter being financed had been conducted in accordance with Florida law, including the conflict of interest provisions of Fla. Stat. § 159.606.2 Alligood and Sanford informed Ellington that they would withhold their approving opinions if Hasner’s payment was not repudiated. Alligood prepared a letter for Hasner’s signature, in which the real estate fee was disclaime...

...Ellington spoke with Hasner and informed him that “to fix the situation” Hasner should sign the letter disclaiming the interest in the $9,000 real estate fee and that Fisher would pay the fee to Hasner out of an unrelated project called Tierra Vista. 2 Florida Statute section 159.606 provides in relevant part: “No member or employee of a housing finance authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any qualifying housing development or in any property included or planned to be included in such a d...

...to address Defendants’ arguments that honest services charges could not be premised on the three state ethics statutes. The district court similarly did not err by refusing to instruct the jury on these statutes. Finally, because a showing that Hasner complied with Fla. Stat. § 159.606 was immaterial to the conclusion of whether Hasner intended to deprive the public of his honest services, the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to admit expert testimony interpreting Fla. Stat. § 159.606. Although defendants assert that government witnesses (lawyers for the bond deal) testified about Fla. Stat. § 159.606, the record reflects that these witnesses did so in the context of explaining why they refused to certify the bond issuance unless Hasner disavowed his interests in the Chelsea Commons project, including his referral fee....

...the Florida Ethics Commission about the obligations of an HFA member who obtains a contract for services to be furnished in conjunction with a qualifying housing development. After Ellington was informed that the possession of such an interest violated Fla. Stat. § 159.606, Hasner submitted a letter stating that he 2 About $13 million in bonds were ultimately issued. 5 had resigned as an officer of Castle Florida on 10 February 1997 and that Castle...

...concluded that Hasner’s receipt of payment was improper. As a condition of the bond issuance, the attorneys were required to warrant that the matter being financed had been conducted in accordance with Florida law, including the conflict of interest provisions of Fla. Stat. § 159.606.3 Alligood and Sanford informed Ellington that they would withhold their approving opinions if Hasner’s payment was not repudiated. Alligood prepared a letter for Hasner’s signature, in which the real estate fee was disclaimed and its inclusion in the closing statement deemed a mistake. 3 Florida Statute section 159.606 provides in relevant part: “No member or employee of a housing finance authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any qualifying housing development or in any property included or planned to be included in such a d...

my opinion on the following question: Does section 159.606, Florida Statutes, prohibit a person from being