659 ABA Journal 11th Circuit Court articles.
An attorney for the family of a Florida federal magistrate who died several years ago of a lung ailment says an environmental study report they have received documents a substantial…
Apr 23, 2008 11:08 PM CDT
Two Florida business coalitions have filed suit over a new law that will allow workers and other citizens to bring guns onto private property in their individual vehicles, starting July…
Apr 21, 2008 10:38 PM CDT
His own case is still ongoing, some seven years after his death. But tax attorney Burton Kanter’s wily plan for avoiding excessive payments in a nearly 20-year-old income tax matter…
Apr 7, 2008 10:35 PM CDT
An online music store has agreed to an injunction barring it from selling an early recording of a Beatles performance featuring then-new drummer Ringo Starr pending resolution of a lawsuit…
Apr 7, 2008 7:22 PM CDT
A lawsuit filed in a Florida federal court contends Einstein’s Notes committed copyright violations by publishing lecture notes and practice questions from a University of Florida professor.
A federal appeals court has ordered that former Alabama Gov. Donald Siegelman be released on bond. He has already served nine months in prison since he was convicted of bribery.
…Mar 28, 2008 2:10 PM CDT
The Justice Department is considering whether to drop charges against a prominent Miami defense lawyer accused of laundering money by accepting fees from drug dealers.
A government motion (PDF)…
Mar 28, 2008 11:51 AM CDT
A federal judge has approved an apparent $4.25 million settlement by Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in a lawsuit by a bankruptcy receiver. The suit had targeted the law firm…
Mar 28, 2008 11:03 AM CDT
In a repeat of abuses that led Congress to enact a special legislative exemption for defense lawyers a decade ago, over-aggressive federal prosecutors are pursuing a respected Miami attorney for,…
Mar 25, 2008 6:46 PM CDT
Defense Department officials told the New York Times that a review has turned up 50 videotapes of interrogations at military facilities that show interrogations of two…
Mar 13, 2008 11:51 AM CDT
An undisclosed settlement between Starbucks Corp. and 350 assistant managers who claim they were required to work unpaid overtime was approved yesterday by a federal judge in Houston.
But the…
Mar 5, 2008 5:48 PM CST
After pleading guilty in a $1 billion federal securities fraud conspiracy case last year, Florida attorney Stephen Ziegler was sentenced to a five-year prison term and had his law license…
Mar 4, 2008 8:22 PM CST
After repeated press accounts about charges that Richard “Dickie” Scruggs conspired to bribe a judge, the plaintiffs lawyer finally has some good news.
A federal judge…
Mar 3, 2008 12:57 PM CST
In a highly unusual action, U.S. trustees in three states are seeking sanctions against Countrywide Financial Corp., contending that the major mortgage lender has abused the bankruptcy process by making…
Mar 1, 2008 1:02 AM CST
A special master has concluded that the securities class action law firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins paid for stolen documents in a shareholders suit against Coca-Cola.
Special Master…
Feb 29, 2008 4:58 PM CST
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