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Jones Walker touts expansion in Florida, new Tallahassee office

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In a news release Monday, the law and advocacy firm Jones Walker announced that it’s continuing its growth into Florida markets, adding a Monroe Street office in Tallahassee, around the corner from the Capitol. Read the release below: “Jones Walker announced today that the firm continues its expansion in Florida with the opening of a new office in Tallahassee. The office is located in the Tallahassee Central Business District and Marc Dunbar will continue to serve as the Office Head. ” ‘Jones…

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No Casinos decries 1st District Court of Appeal decision to allow counties to approve new slot machines

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In the wake of Friday afternoon’s surprise 1st District Court of Appeal ruling allowing Entertainment Creek in the Gadsden County city of Gretna to move forward in implementing new slot machines, the Orlando-based anti-gambling advocacy group No Casinos issued a stern rebuke of the decision. “Today’s court ruling has far-reaching implications for the people of Florida. When voters narrowly approved a constitutional amendment in 2004, the will of the people was to limit slot machines to existing locations in two Florida counties,” executive director Paul…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

First District Court rules in favor of Gretna slots, Gadsden voters, against Pam Bondi

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On Friday afternoon, Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal issued a sweeping 50-page ruling overturning a decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi that stood between Creek Entertainment and new slot machines licenses at their parimutuel facility in the city of Gretna, approved by Gadsden County voters in a 2012 referendum. The ruling repudiated the basis of the state’s opposition to the new slots led by Bondi, who instructed state regulators with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to deny the new…

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1st District Court of Appeal hears arguments in Gretna slots case

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The 1st District Court of Appeal on Wednesday afternoon heard arguments from plaintiffs seeking to overturn an opinion issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi invalidating the results of a 2012 Gadsden County referendum to allow slot machines to operate at a horse-racing facility in Gretna. An attorney from Bondi’s office defended the opinion. Attorney Marc Dunbar serves as legal counsel to Gretna Creek Entertainment and represented it before the court. He took to task, among other things, flawed grammar on the part of the AG’s office…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Lobbyist Marc Dunbar featured in this month’s issue of Ante Up (poker) magazine

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Usually its the likes of rounders Phil Helmuth or Jackie Chan on the cover of poker magazines, but this month the award-winning Ante Up magazine features lobbyist Marc Dunbar, “one of the most powerful players in Florida gaming, yet he doesn’t own a casino or parimutuel facility.” A must-read for any poker-playing political aficionado.

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