A Florida lawyer in a dispute with bar officials over his law firm’s tagline may challenge the state’s attorney advertising rules, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A criminal assault charge against a 50-year-old South Florida law firm founder has been dropped, as well as a related civil case brought by his 30-year-old alleged victim in a…
Conchita isn’t any ordinary Chihuahua. Dripping with diamonds (when she was willing to wear her $15,000 Cartier necklace, which wasn’t often) and chauffeured to the pet salon in her own…
The former chief operating officer for the now-shuttered Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm has pleaded guilty to a federal money-laundering conspiracy charge and said she helped her ex-boss, now-disbarred attorney…
Ordinarily, workers’ compensation provides the remedy for an employee who is injured or killed at work. But attorney Barry Cohen says he expects tort law to trump workers’ comp immunity…
Disbarred South Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, a sentence that is 10 years longer Jun 9, 2010 3:50 PM CDT
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to sentence ex-attorney Scott Rothstein tomorrow to a 40-year prison term for operating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme out of his former South Florida…
A California mom successfully used Facebook to search for the two children she hadn’t seen in nearly 15 years, after their father allegedly took them and told her she would…
Martin Powelson paid off his delinquent Detroit mortgage. But after a law firm that handles a high-volume foreclosure practice mistakenly said told the lender that the redemption period had expired…
A former South Florida lawyer awaiting sentencing for running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme tells a judge in a 12-page letter that he feels “overwhelming remorse and self-loathing” for harming…
A Florida appellate panel found a lower court didn’t abuse its discretion when it held a defense lawyer in criminal contempt after contacting a juror excused for a medical reason.
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