Need to know: Five things that happened while you pondered the definition of ‘national emergency’

1. Positive outcome: A panel from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has provided $3.6 million to the Florida Bar Foundation. In the Engle tobacco litigation, the Court found that certain lawyers engaged in unethical and unprofessional conduct, leading to a sizeable sanctions award, a release said. The money will go to qualified local legal aid organizations assisting litigants in obtaining representation.
2. CEO job opening: The Clearwater-based Juvenile Welfare Board wants a new CEO who is “strongly committed to advocating for and providing services to children and families.” Established by the Legislature in 1945, JWB is an independent special taxing district. Its annual budget is $57 million and it impacts 66,000 children and families in 88 programs with 49 nonprofit agencies. More info: http://bizj.us/1ptcls 
3. Employers needed: Employers from the public and private sectors, health care, hospitality, manufacturing and construction interested in promoting open and future positions can meet with job seekers from the Pasco County community and PHSC students seeking employment. The third annual Metro Job Fair is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the PHSC Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch. 
4. Milestone: Tampa’s Lee Pallardy Inc. is 100 years old. The firm of nine focuses on real estate appraisal, brokerage, development and land sales. The grandfather of current Chairman Lee Pallardy III started the firm in 1919. It’s rare to find a firm with a track record of work for clients like the city and airport for 50 years, VP David Taulbee told the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
5. Back pay: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, Palmetto-based Utopia Fresh South LLC — operating as Taylor & Fulton Packing LLC — has paid $87,920 in back wages to 109 employees for violating overtime and record keeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The employer was ineligible for an agricultural exemption it claimed and failed to pay the overtime, the government said. 

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