Secret settlement: Some nasty litigation between retired Tampa criminal defense attorney Anthony F. Gonzalez and Alabama-based Colonial BancGroup Inc.'s Colonial Bank unit has come to a merciful conclusion.Starved for attention, Al Pina is eating again.: The Tampa-based chairman of the Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition broke a 13-day fast on July 9 after SunTrust Banks Inc. reminded the news media that it has made $24 billion in loans to disadvantaged Florida borrowers since 2000.Tampa firm acquired: An old Chicago law firm, Arnstein & Lehr LLP, recently acquired the three-lawyer Tampa firm of Cohn & Cohn PA.Lawyer hid cash in ceiling: The Florida Supreme Court ordered the 91-day suspension of Tampa lawyer David S. Shankman for several rules violations, including his hiding of a $20,000 bonus from his former law partners. The suspension is effective next month.Fifth Third outreach: Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp has hired a Latina to direct its Florida bank's efforts to do more business with Hispanic clients.Not in Kansas: Federal Aviation Administration officials say Wichita, Kansas, was wrong to make revenue guarantees to AirTran Airways, calling them "unjust economic discrimination."
