Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse, housing the Florida Southern District Court, in Miami, FL. (Credit: Candace West)
A federal district court in Miami issued a preliminary injunction Monday evening preventing the Florida Commission on Ethics from enforcing the new Form 6 requirements that would require elected municipal officials to publicly disclose information about their net worth.
“This is the most intrusive form of financial disclosure that I am aware of in the entire nation and would deter qualified people from running for office,” said Jamie Cole, the managing partner at Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman in Fort Lauderdale and lead attorney for the plaintiffs, over 170 elected officials across the Sunshine State.
Jamie Cole of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman. (Courtesy photo)
