Daily Record Financial News &
Monday, December 18, 2017
Vol. 105, No. 023 • One Section
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CSX veteran: Board members must ‘do their job’ Past executive calls for global search to replace Hunter Harrison.
A former CSX Corp. executive, who spent more than a quarter century with the company and witnessed CEO E. Hunter Harrison’s successes, says it’s the corporate board’s responsibility – and challenge – to make sure the railroad company operates on the right track. Harrison, 73, died Saturday, nine months into the job. The company did not immediately announce a cause of death,
although Harrison was battling respiratory issues and using an oxygen tank. Jacksonville-based CSX said Harrison died “due to unexpectedly severe complications from a recent illness.” “Restoring market confidence and employee morale and customer satisfaction are key now,” said mergers-and-acquisitions adviser Asok Chaudhuri on Sunday.
Harrison took medical leave Thursday and COO James Foote was named acting CEO. “I think now the board has tremendous responsibility to sort out all the good things that Hunter launched, as well as the questionable ones, from a longterm perspective, and coach Jim Foote or whoever is the new CEO to continue with the good ones Mathis
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Stadium may get new name in Q1 2018
ANYONE CAN COMMIT ‘UNINTENTIONAL CRIME’
TIAA to make announcement early next year By Karen Brune Mathis Editor The next name for EverBank Field, fan-shortened to “The Bank,” should be announced in early 2018. It might remain EverBank Field or it might take on a new name. Blake Wilson, president and CEO of TIAA, FSB in Jacksonville since June and former president and COO of EverBank, said Friday research is ongoing to rebrand the company and the stadium. EverBank Financial Corp. has had the naming rights to the stadium since 2010, when it signed a fiveyear, $16.6 million naming rights deal. The team agreed to a 10-year, $43 Wilson million extension in 2014 through the 2024 season. Wilson isn’t saying what the stadium will be named, but he is saying when it might be public. The announcement with the Jacksonville Jaguars is expected in the first quarter. That also means the bank’s name will be known by then. The names of the bank and the stadium have sparked questions since August 2016, when New
State’s top DUI lawyer defends all walks of life By Max Marbut Associate Editor
Each year, nearly 3,000 people are cited for DUI in Duval County. Under state law, that includes driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances or controlled substances, proved by impairment of normal faculties or an unlawful blood or breath alcohol level of .08 or above. Defending people charged with DUI is the specialty of the Epstein & Robbins law firm. Co-founder David Robbins said the focus started evolving after the firm opened in 1975. “When we started, we only did criminal law, but we were most successful doing DUI defense – and word got around,” he said. Attorney Susan Cohen joined the firm in 2000 after practicing for four years as an assistant state DUI
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Susan Cohen of Epstein & Robbins was recently recognized by the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as the 2017 “DUI Gladiator.”
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The Marbut Report: JBA sets holiday record More than 400 seniors receive gifts from lawyers. Public
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