Suit offers peek into world of lobbyists' grab for clients

[DoYouEverWonder]

December 4, 2006

TALLAHASSEE - Florida lobbying powerhouse Southern Strategy Group filed suit recently against its former lobbying partners in Georgia, accusing them of stealing a client list worth $600,000 a year in fees and seeking more than $50-million in damages.

The Florida group, headed by Paul Bradshaw, a confidant of Gov. Jeb Bush, accused its Georgia brothers of fraud and secretly plotting to sell the firm and make off with more than 40 clients.

Filed in Gwinnett County Court on Sept. 1, the lawsuit offered a peek inside the high-stakes world of lobbying - with so much money at stake that even what once were branches of the same firm went at it.

The suit was quietly dropped Oct. 10. All parties signed a confidentiality agreement and refused to discuss details of the decision to drop it.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/04/State/Suit_offers_peek_into.shtml

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. They dropped the suit because they realized they were about to let the cat out of the bag

I wish this would have went all the way. It would have even more revealing and educational to many Americans.