A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida law that required students to get their parents’ permission before being excused from the Pledge of Allegiance.
Two former state-court judges–one of them, until recently, a chief judge–as well as an attorney and a court administrator have been indicted in Georgia, in a federal case over state…
The creator of the Back Street Boys and ‘N Sync has been ordered to pay $300 million in restitution in a Ponzi scheme in which he reportedly netted more than…
A federal case has been dropped concerning a Florida attorney who spent a night in jail earlier this year for allegedly assaulting a federal prosecutor with an overly aggressive “handshake.”
A federal appeals court judge has questioned fee enhancements for exceptional legal work in what the blog How Appealing calls “a must-read decision” for many in the…
In the wake of a precedent-setting federal court ruling earlier this week that the IRS can seek the names of Americans holding secret accounts from Swiss-based UBS AG, the agency…
In a reportedly unprecedented court order, a federal judge in Miami has ordered Swiss-based UBS AG to reveal the names of U.S. residents who have been using secret accounts to…
Updated: The Department of Justice is trying to get an unprecedented federal court order requiring a Switzerland bank to turn over the names of wealthy U.S. residents who maintained secret…
Rather than waiting for lenders to foreclose, a group of struggling borrowers in Florida has turned the tables by suing those who gave them mortgages they can’t afford to pay.
Recent court filings concerning a tax evasion plea deal by billionaire Igor Olenicoff may cast a brighter light on similar efforts by less-wealthy individuals to evade U.S. income tax.
A federal lawsuit filed yesterday claims the Democratic Party is required to count all of Florida’s delegates because of the state’s history of discrimination.
The former general counsel of Florida Gulf Coast University sued her former client in federal court in April, alleging systemic employment discrimination and violation of…
A prominent South Florida criminal defense lawyer federally indicted in a controversial case concerning opinion letters he wrote approving attorney fees paid by a convicted Colombian drug kingpin to another…
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