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Court overturns commission penalties in Underhill case; Eleventh Circuit hears lobbying-ban appeal
Summary
General Counsel Steve Zukowski reported that the First District Court of Appeal vacated the commission’s final order in the Underhill case and remanded with directions to adopt the ALJ’s recommended order; the Eleventh Circuit also recently heard argument in the Garcia v. Stillman appeal of the in-office lobbying ban.
General Counsel Steve Zukowski briefed commissioners on two litigation developments affecting the commission.
Underhill v. Commission on Ethics: Zukowski reported that the First District Court of Appeal issued an opinion setting aside the commission’s final order in the matter of Douglas Underhill and directing the commission to adopt the administrative law judge’s recommended order as the new final order. The court rejected the commission’s earlier findings that (1) a disclosure of transcripts alone…
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